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Good morning! Here Are Some Major News Headlines In The Newspapers Today: Minority leader: PDP writes Akpabio over nominations

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1. Ahead of today’s resumption of the Senate, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has resolved to transmit a letter to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to stay action on filling the position of the Senate minority leadership of the upper legislative chamber. This was part of the decision taken by the National Working Committee of the party on Monday at a meeting in Abuja.

2. The Presidential Election Petition Court, in Abuja, on Monday, admitted in evidence the final report of the European Union Observer Mission on the February 25 presidential election. The EU report was tendered at the tribunal by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who are challenging the outcome of the poll.

3. A woman, Nnaemaka Nwosu, on Sunday, allegedly set a policewoman and her two children ablaze in Nnokwa community, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the suspect, who hails from Amawbia community, after being divorced by her husband, became homeless and was in dire need of accommodation when the policewoman offered her accommodation in her apartment.

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4. Ejikeme Mmesoma, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, Anambra State, who was accused of inflating her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result, on Monday, said she printed her result from JAMB portal, adding that she was not capable of forging her result. She said she had always been a brilliant pupil, who had secured first position from primary school days.

5. Fire on Monday gutted the popular Soprom Hotel in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State, destroying property worth millions of naira. The state’s police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident on Monday, said the fire started around 5am and that policemen were immediately deployed to the scene to maintain law and order.

6. Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has ordered a probe into the controversy trailing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE) result of a pupil from the state. In a statement on Monday, Anambra State, Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, said the State government had instituted a panel of inquiry to probe the controversy.

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7. Several persons were on Monday, trapped in a four-storey building that collapsed at Life Camp, Jabi, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It was gathered that the building, which was still under construction, collapsed at about 4:00 pm on Monday, while the workers were working on the site.

8. President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, met with the nation’s service chiefs for the first time since their appointment and charged them to work as a team to deliver on their assigned responsibilities. National Security Adviser, Nuru Ribadu, who led the chiefs to the meeting, told State House Correspondents that they would work tirelessly to ensure peace in the country.

9. The 2023 presidential election substantially complied with the Electoral Act, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) insisted on Monday. Head of Technology (IT) Department, Dr. Lawrence Bayode, said this at the hearing of the petition by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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10. A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided the expulsion of former Enugu State Governor Chimaroke Nnamani from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over alleged anti-party activities. In a judgment on Monday, Justice James Omotosho held that Nnamani was not given fair hearing in accordance with the constitution of the PDP.

 

 

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Good morning! Here Are Some Major News Headlines In The Newspapers Today: FG requires $10bn yearly, to revive power sector – Minister

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1. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said $10 billion is needed yearly for the next ten years to revive the nation’s power sector and nip in the bud the challenges bedeviling it. The minister said this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Power for investigative hearing over the recent electricity tariff hike by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.

 

2. Former Super Eagles winger, Finidi George, has been named senior men’s national team’s new head coach by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. The 52-year-old former Real Betis and Ajax Amsterdam attacker was given the reins after the NFF Board approved the suggestion of its Technical and Development Committee, according to a statement released on Monday, April 29.

 

3. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an interim order empowering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to freeze about 1,146 bank accounts belonging to individuals and companies. The EFCC claimed it was investigating the affected accounts over allegations of unauthorised dealing in foreign exchange, money laundering and terrorism financing.

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4. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, results. The examination, which began on Friday, April 19, ended today, Monday, April 29.

 

5. Some supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, stormed the Secretariat of the ruling party in Abuja on Monday to register their displeasure with those allegedly plotting anarchy in the party. The protesters alleged that some external forces were behind the recent purported suspension of the National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje.

 

6. A High Court in Kano State, on Monday, fixed May 16, 2024, for ruling on whether the court will allow service through substituted means to respondents in the case between the Kano State government and former governor, Abdullahi Ganduje and eight others. Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat and son, Umar and five others are defendants in the suit.

7. National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has described the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, as a party of failed politicians. Speaking while addressing a coalition of support groups who were at the APC national secretariat on a solidarity visit, he alleged that NNPP leaders were sponsoring protest as part of efforts to remove him as APC helmsman.

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8. A Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, CCPT, sitting in Abuja, on Monday, restrained MultiChoice Nigeria Limited from increasing its tariffs and cost of products and services scheduled to begin on May 1.

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Tribunal stops MultiChoice from increasing DStv, Gotv subscription rates

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A competition and consumer protection tribunal (CCPT) in Abuja has stopped Multi-Choice Nigeria Limited from increasing its tariffs and cost of products and services scheduled to begin on May 1.

 

A three-member tribunal led by Saratu Shafii gave the interim order following an ex-parte motion moved by Ejiro Awaritoma, counsel to Festus Onifade, the applicant.

 

The tribunal, in the ruling, restrained Multi-Choice from going ahead with the impending price increase pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed before it.

 

“The 1st defendant is hereby restrained from taking any step(s) that may negatively affect the rights of the claimant and other consumers in respect of the suit pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice,” Shafii ruled.

Shafii also directed all parties in the suit to appear before the tribunal at 10 a.m. on May 7 for the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

 

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Onifade, a legal practitioner, filed the suit marked CCPT/OP/2/2024, against Multi-Choice Nigeria Ltd and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Monday.

 

On April 24, Multichoice Nigeria announced an increase in the cost of subscriptions for its DStv and GOtv packages.

The pay-TV firm cited the rise in the cost of business operations as the rationale behind the price increase.

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How to check 2024 JAMB UTME results

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released modalities for the checking of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results via SMS.

For candidates who took part in the 2024 UTME organised by JAMB, the examination body said the results of the exercise can be checked following some simple steps.

 

“Candidates are advised to use the phone numbers they used to register to text UTMERESULT to 55019/66019. There is no need to approach any CBT centre or cybercafé to check results,” JAMB said.

 

“The following are the responses to be expected hence, a candidate with a result will receive the message: ‘Dear ‘Candidate X’, your result is as follows (and the details will be provided).’”

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