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In a drive to transform Akure, the Ondo State capital, into an economic hub, the state will play host to entrepreneurs, investors and policymakers during the Global Entrepreneurship Festival (GEF) in November. According to the Special Adviser to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Dr. Summy Smart Francis, the festival will focus on…

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President Bola Tinubu returns to France today after swearing in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). A flight tracker indicated that his plane was flying to Nice, France, on Friday afternoon, after flying from the same location to Abuja yesterday. Tinubu had cut short his visit…

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Directorate, have arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters in an undercover operation in Federal Low-Cost Housing Estate, Makurdi, Benue State. Their arrest followed actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in internet fraud. The suspects are: Austine Okwori, Osita Idoko Valentine, Skott King David, Thomas Ifebuche,…

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The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that there may be no budgetary allocation for new roads as over 4,000 such roads are yet to be constructed in the country. Umahi said this during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. “We have made a request to the National Assembly so that they…

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The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete Obot, has ordered the release of 44 prisoners, including two women, in prisons across the three senatorial districts of the state. The move, which was taken as part of efforts to decongest prisons in the state, saw some other prisoners released on compassionate grounds…