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The President will first visit Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, where he is scheduled to inaugurate several projects completed by Governor Umo Eno's administration and attend a political rally.

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, in a ruling delivered on Thursday after a trial-within-trial, held that the Federal Government had established that the defendants voluntarily made the statements and participated in the recorded interrogations.

Keyamo, who described members of the Mark-led faction as an "illegal band of marauders", maintained that the law was determined by facts and evidence rather than political sentiments, emotions or public outrage.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), declaring its caretaker committee illegal and nullifying all actions taken by it, including the presidential primary that produced former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as the party’s candidate for the 2027 general election.

Eligible Nigerians can now check their status for the Federal Government’s ₦50,000 National Emergency Relief and Stabilisation Intervention (NERSI) through Moniepoint Microfinance Bank’s USSD channel.

Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi, has declared his intention to wage an uncompromising war against kidnapping, insecurity and corruption, pledging to unite the country and prioritise citizens' welfare if elected president in the 2027 general election.

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Clerk of the National Assembly to produce documents in a suit challenging the alleged defection of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Kingsley Chinda, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The Osun State Government has issued a stern warning to the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, over alleged inflammatory statements capable of triggering religious crises and inter-town conflicts, directing the monarch to desist from conduct capable of threatening peace and communal harmony.

The President’s aircraft arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 8:53 pm, marking the end of his religious visit to the Middle Eastern country.

Democrat Chris Pappas has made history in the United States after defeating Republican former Senator, John E. Sununu, in New Hampshire's Senate election, becoming the first openly gay man elected to the upper chamber of the US Congress.