Today’s Headlines: Atiku-Obi Split Will Aid Tinubu — Duke; Trump to Honour Elon Musk

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Donald Duke, has predicted that President Bola Tinubu will be re-elected in 2027 if leading opposition candidates fail to unite.

This was as the Atiku Abubakar 2027 Presidential Campaign cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against tilting the electoral process in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), warning that the credibility of the 2027 general elections would depend largely on the commission’s neutrality and transparency.

Meanwhile, the National Chairman of African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark, declared that the party would not allow itself to be rigged out in the coming elections.

𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗨𝗦 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

US President Donald Trump will on Thursday present billionaire Elon Musk with the National Medal of Science, the highest honour the United States gives to scientists and engineers, The Hill reports.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia Chief Executive Officer, Jensen Huang, and Advanced Micro Devices CEO, Lisa Su, will receive the same medal at the White House’s “Science: A New Golden Age” summit.

Dell Technologies chief Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will get the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Fox News Digital reported that it will be the first time Trump has presented either medal in either of his terms.

𝗞𝗼𝗴𝗶 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗡 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗘𝗖𝗡 𝗯𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗕𝗕𝗙 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆

The Kogi State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria has thrown its weight behind the presidential ambition of the Director-General, Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi ahead of the forthcoming Nigeria Basketball Federation election.

Acting Chairman of Kogi SWAN, Olatunde Odimayo, said the time had come for sports stakeholders to support candidates with the vision, competence and capacity to reposition Nigerian sports, particularly basketball.

In a statement issued in the early hours of Thursday and personally signed by Odimayo, he described Abdullahi, popularly known as DAM, as a candidate with the experience, exposure and leadership capacity required to take Nigerian basketball to greater heights.

𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮, 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲

Lionel Messi has paid tribute to Argentina legend Diego Maradona and his late father, Jorge Messi, following what was described as his final appearance for the national team.

Reflecting on the occasion in an Instagram post on Wednesday, Messi said he already missed wearing Argentina’s famous sky-blue-and-white shirt but was confident he was making the right decision.

He described his international career as an “incredible journey” filled with both happiness and difficult moments, adding that every step had been worthwhile.

Messi also remembered Maradona, who remains one of the most revered figures in Argentine football.

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