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  By Oluwatope Lawanson Mr Steve Omanufeme, Managing Director/Editor-In- Chief, Daily Independent Newspapers, has urged the Federal Government to implement friendly policies to enable businesses to flourish in the country. Omanufeme made the appeal during the 2023 Annual Thanksgiving Service of the Daily Independent Newspapers, held on Wednesday at Ogba, Lagos. He also advised President Bola Tinubu to avoid announcing plans without putting proper measures in place to ameliorate the attendant effects. Omanufeme agreed that the pronouncement of the economic policies by the Tinubu was long overdue. He, however, said that the timing was not right adding that it should have been properly planned and phased out. According to him, the pronouncement of subsidy removal, floating the Naira on the same day has cost so many things. Omanufeme said the President needs to be more active, more articulate and spell out his policies to the disbelieving public. “Before removing subsidies, measures with d

    Following an urgent petition by a real estate company, INTERPOL has commenced investigation and frozen the assets of one Odupaye Abimbola Joseph on grounds of alleged fraud. Odupaye Abimbola Joseph and her company, Tigers Property LLC have been charged before a Nassarawa Chief Magistrates' for allegedly obtaining N457 million under false pretences. Other respondents in the suit number M/185/2024 are United Bank For Africa (UBA), Guaranteed Trust Bank, Polaris Bank, Access Bank, Eco Bank, Wema Bank, Fidelity Bank, Abbey Mortgage Bank, First  Bank  and Toluwani Gideon Olisa. The petitioner, through his counsel, Mr David Njoku, said that the real estate company paid the sum of N467 million to Joseph and her company for the purchase of four ( one bedroom units) of what  they  claimed to be their Regina Tower Project in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Njoku submitted that his client brought a total number of five investors who signified  interest to the purchase of the purported proper

  Insurance By Clara Egbogota Asaba, Feb. 13, 2024 (NAN) Mr Isaac Akpoveta, Director-General of Delta State Contributory Health Commission,  has urged Nigerian students to key into the contributory health insurance scheme. Akpoveta gave the advice on Tuesday at the launch of the Tertiary Institutions Social Health Insurance Programme (TISHIP). The event held at the Dennis Osadebe University, Asaba. According to the official, all  Nigerian students should enrol into the scheme due to the benefits. “Delta State is the number one to take it up and domesticate it. Today about 5,000 students from this university will be enrolled into the scheme, and it has numerous advantages. “We will return part of the money they are going to pay, to the school clinic to enable it to upgrade to a standard healthcare centre, and the students will receive care within the school premises. “In addition to that, the access card will enable them to be referred for higher treatment anywhere else, and it takes ca

  Nigerian writer, journalist and author Tomi Falade is set to unveil two literary exploits on Sunday, February 11. The event is billed to be hosted by Gbenga Adeyinka 1st at De Rembrandt Hotel, Alausa, Lagos and will see Falade unveiling her first two books, ‘OLOBUN: Matriarch Of Ondo, Mother Of Legacy’, and ‘Dates From Hell.’ Falade, an entertainment editor with Independent Newspapers Ltd, opened up on her foray into the world of writing as an author and journalism saying, “My love for literature is what led me to journalism, and after over a decade in the media industry, my flair for telling extraordinary stories has not waned. I believe it is time to share another facet of my literary exploits with the world in drama and story form.” On why she chose to launch the two books together, she revealed that it was mere coincidence. “The plan was to originally launch Dates From Hell in 2023, but prevailing circumstances at the time made me move it to 2024.  Now that the two books are read