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MAY 11, 2019 Miyetti Allah: Presidency replies Ohaneze, dismisses allegation of N100bn ‘gift’ The Presidency has described as an ‘absolute falsehood [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  [ipower]( MAY 11, 2019 [***] [Miyetti-Allah-tile]( Miyetti Allah: Presidency replies Ohaneze, dismisses allegation of N100bn ‘gift’ The Presidency has described as an ‘absolute falsehood’ the allegation that the Federal Government gave N100billion to Miyetti Allah, an association of Fulani herders, for ‘dubious reasons’. Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, May 9. The presidential aide was reacting to comments credited to Ohaneze Ndigbo and Afenifere, who expressed concern about the meeting between the government and Miyetti Allah. [Read more]( [***] [JAMB]( UTME results will be released today – JAMB Registrar Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, yesterday said the board would release the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Board today. He said the board would give details of the results to reporters on the same day.The 2019 UTME was conducted between April 11 and 18 this year. He said: “We had a meeting yesterday. And so, we are releasing our results tomorrow (today).” [Read more]( [***] [BuharixTinubu]( Buhari hosts Tinubu to Ramadan breakfast at Aso Villa President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday evening hosted the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bola Tinubu to Ramadan breakfast at the Residential Villa, Abuja. The President’s Personal Assistant (Photograph), Mr Sunday Aghaeze, in a pictorial reports made this known in Abuja. 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ALSO READ: Royal Baby: Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle gives birth to boy I saw a video of people who travelled miles with balloons and other 'baby shower' stuff to welcome the new baby. [Read more]( [***] [KIDS CURVED]( [***] [Technology]( [***] [github]( Microsoft launches Github package registry Microsoft Friday announced a new package management service for GitHub, GitHub Package Registry, designed to allow developers to publish public and private packages next to their source code. GitHub Package Registry is compatible with npm, Maven, RubyGems, NuGet and Docker and would allow developers to find and publish their own packages, using the same GitHub interface they use for their code. [Read more]( [***] [canalys]( Smartphone shipments in North America drastically drops by 18% Smartphone shipments in North America have declined. According to the latest figures from Canalys. Could that perhaps be a sign that the world is moving away from mobile phone technology? It's too early to speculate yet. According to the figures, the numbers have dropped to a five-year low where it has been estimated that a total of 36.4 million smartphones were shipped in Q1 2019. [Read more]( [***] [blue-moon]( Jeff Bezos vows to send man to moon by 2024, this time to stay Billionaire Amazon owner Jeff Bezos has unveiled plans to send man back to the moon, this time to stay. The world's richest man said his aerospace company Blue Origin is developing rockets for short space tourism trips and satellite launch contracts. The Blue Moon lander, which has been in development for three years, can carry up to 6.5 metric tons for deposit on the moon, allowing it to lay the framework for future human missions. [Read more]( [***] [anthem-hack]( US court charges Chinese hacker group over breach of American firms A federal grand jury has charged the Chinese hacker group responsible for breaching many large American businesses including Anthem Inc. The breach affected a computer system containing data on nearly 80 million people, Reuters report. Fujie Wang, 32, and others including one individual charged as John Doe, conducted intrusions into Anthem and three other American businesses, according to the four-count indictment in federal court in Indianapolis, where Anthem is based. [Read more]( [***] [Sport]( [***] [Mkhitaryan-Arsenal]( Henrikh Mkhitaryan could miss Europa League final due to political tensions Arsenal's Henrikh Mkhitaryan could miss the Europa League final against Chelsea later this month due to political tensions between his homeland of Armenia and host nation Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani capital Baku will stage the final between the two London clubs on May 29.There is a very real chance, however, that Mkhitaryan will play no part. He has already missed out on Arsenal's game against FK Qarabag in Azerbaijan earlier this season. 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