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The Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) has promised to support Babcock University establish insurance department in the institute, as part of its commitment to increasing the industry’s manpower with new generation of Nigerian youths. The President of the CIIN, Funmi Babington-Ashaye, made the promise when council members of the University led by its Deputy Vice Chancellor, Management Services, Prof. Sunday Owolabi, visited the Institute’s Secretariat, as part of the process to fine-tune the plans. She said the Institute, which currently has about 5,000 qualified and student members, is committed to raising more professionals for the industry, stating that having…

• Police investigate food poisoning in Enugu Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force says it will commence the cleanup of illegal parks today and begin full operations against all motorists engaging in illegal commercial activities under the Ojuelegba and Ikeja bridges. The task force chairman, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, said full enforcement of the operations would commence after the expiration of a 48-hour quit notice served on the affected people by the agency. “All the illegal motorists engaging in commercial activities around Ojuelegba and Ikeja by Ipodo Market, Awolowo Way have been served a ‘Quit Notice’ on Saturday, September 9,…

World No 1 Rafael Nadal sealed his 16th Grand Slam title and third at the US Open after making light work of Kevin Anderson in Sunday’s final. The top-seeded Nadal also won the French Open in June and claimed two major titles in the same year for the first time since his last triumph at Flushing Meadows in 2013. World No 32 Anderson was attempting to become the lowest-ranked champion in New York since Andre Agassi in 1994, but the dominant Spaniard, appearing in his 23rd Grand Slam final, including third this season, was in a different league and blitzed…

Arik Air Limited has filed a N20 billion suit against the Federal Government and Ethiopian Airlines over recent claims in the media that they were negotiating the takeover of the airline. The suit was instituted by the airline at the Federal High Court, Lagos against Ethiopian Airlines, the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Attorney General of the Federation. A copy of the suit which was filed on September 6 by Arik Air’s counsel, Mr Babajide Koku (SAN), Mr Chukwuemeka Nwigwe and Mrs Ezinne Emedom, was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. In its…

In spite campaign against same-sex marriage in some countries of the world, Australian political leaders, including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, have come out in support of a campaign. More than 20,000 people gathered in Sydney to campaign ahead of a non-binding postal vote on changing Australia’s marriage act. Mr Turnbull made a surprise appearance and speech at the launch of the New South Wales Yes campaign. Opposition leader Bill Shorten then addressed the crowd at the main rally. The non-binding vote to gauge support for changing Australia’s Marriage Act will be sent out from 12 September, with a result expected…

Nigeria on Saturday said it had foiled Boko Haram plans for a coordinated series of attacks across the country, as the army slammed claims of security failings and that the militants were resurgent. The country’s intelligence agency, the Department of State Services (DSS), said it had disrupted “sinister plans… to cause mayhem and destruction” during celebrations for the recent Eid al-Adha festival. “The plan was to conduct gun attacks and suicide bombing on selected targets in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, Niger, Bauchi, Yobe and Borno states,” said DSS spokesman Tony Opuiyo. The alleged mastermind of the planned…

The police command in Niger says it arrested 22 suspected criminals, recovered 415 cows and seven cars in the state between July and September. Mr Austin Agbonlahor, the state Commissioner of police, made this known while giving account of his stewardship on Sunday in Minna. “It will interest you to know that from July 14 to September 2017 when I resumed duty in Niger state we have arrested 22 suspects. “They include six cattle rustlers, five kidnappers and recovered 415 cows and seven cars,” he said. Agbonlahor said that the police also recovered exhibits such as two AK- 47 rifles…

Chinese authority says plans are in the pipeline to ban the production and sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans. The country’s Vice Industry Minister Xin Guobin, said the plan had started with “relevant research” but that it had not yet decided when the ban would come into force. Guobin told the China’s official news agency Xinhua, that the measures in place would bring profound changes in China’s car industry’s development considering that the country had become the world’s biggest car market. China made 28 million cars last year, almost a third of the global total. Both the UK…

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has berated Women Affairs and Social Development minister Jummai Aisha Alhassan over her comments on 2019 presidential election candidacy and asked her to resign. She had confirmed a BBC report where she expressed preference to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar against her boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, for the 2019 presidential ticket of APC. Amosun, who spoke at a book launch in Abeokuta, on Saturday said although Alhassan was entitled to her opinion, he expected her to have tendered her resignation immediately after the comments. The governor said that Alhassan was entitled to her opinion…

Senator Stella Oduah has said it appears the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was repeating the mistakes that led to its defeat in the 2015 elections. The senator representing Anambra North, who reacted to the Anambra state governorship primary, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the party has started again to impose candidates for elections. Oduah, a former aviation minister, who had formally complained to the leadership of the party, explained that due process was not followed in the conduct of the primaries. Those in charge of the primaries, she alleged, imposed a candidate and disenfranchised other…