Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Sunday morning 

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers;

1. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced the arrest of two candidates and a parent for falsifying 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results using Artificial Intelligence and other electronic tools. The disclosure came on Friday as the board released scores for 632,788 candidates who sat the examination on Thursday, April 16.

2. Katsina State Police Command has arrested 26 suspected social miscreants in a major overnight operation aimed at restoring order in the state capital. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Friday.

3. The Federal Road Safety Corps, Kano Sector Command, has confirmed the death of four persons and 53 others injured in separate road crashes in Kano. The Public Relations Officer of the Sector Command, Abdullahi Labaran, confirmed the figures in a statement on Saturday.

4. Anambra State Police Command has arrested one male suspect, identified as Eric Nwombu, for alleged criminal impersonation and unlawful possession of JAMB examination materials. In a press statement on Saturday, the Spokesman for the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the operatives arrested the suspect under the IGP’s “Safe School Initiative”.

5. Plateau State Police Command has confirmed that two persons died and three others sustained injuries following an explosion at a filling station in Daffo District, Bokkos Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Saturday signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Alfred Alabo, the command said the incident was mistakenly circulated online as a bomb blast, but was in fact an industrial accident.

6. The planned defection of Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress has collapsed following disagreements over a proposed power-sharing formula. The consultations between the governor, his Turaki-led PDP faction, and the APC leadership ended in a deadlock after the ruling party reportedly rejected a 60–40 formula for the control of party structure in Bauchi State.

7. The All Progressives Congress, Kano State Chapter, has firmly debunked a statement allegedly issued by a group known as Arewa APC Forum, Kano State Chapter, claiming withdrawal of support for the second-term bid of President Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Saturday by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Auwalu Abdullahi, the APC described the claim as false, misleading, and a calculated attempt to tarnish the image of the party.

8. Suspected bandits have abducted a traditional ruler, his wife and another resident in a brazen midnight attack on the Olayinka community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The monarch is said to be among those recently elevated by the state government.

9. Tensions have sharply escalated in the Middle East as Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, accusing the United States of violating prior understandings amid an ongoing naval blockade. In a statement on Saturday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared that control of the strategic waterway had “returned to its previous state,” citing continued US restrictions on Iranian ports as justification for the move.

10. The father of two victims abducted on Wednesday from a Benue Links bus en route to Otukpo has cried out over ransom demands by their captors, who he said are insisting on N9 million for each of his kidnapped children. The victims were among those seized when armed men intercepted the bus and forced passengers into nearby bush paths.

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Sunday morning