Today’s Headlines: 2027 will be Atiku’s easiest election; hungry Nigerians will vote for him — Shaibu; What Pastor Adeboye told me when I met him — Sowore

Phrank Shaibu, a communication aide to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has said the 2027 presidential election will be the easiest for his principal, predicting that Nigerians struggling with economic hardship will vote for him.

Shaibu said Atiku would gain additional votes from Nigerians dissatisfied with the economic conditions under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

He stated this during an interview on the Mic On Podcast while responding to a question about how Atiku could improve on his performance in the 2023 presidential election, when he secured 29 per cent of the votes, amid Tinubu’s incumbency and political structure.

Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has recounted his meeting with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, saying the cleric told him he prayed for him regularly and believed he would triumph.

Sowore said Adeboye also told him that he knew his ways were pure during their meeting at the church’s national headquarters in Ebute-Metta, Lagos.

The activist disclosed this in an interview on the Naija Unfiltered Podcast, about a week after attending the RCCG’s National Thanksgiving Service.

In a post on X after the service, Sowore had said Adeboye offered to pray for him during a private meeting.

𝗔𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗳𝘂 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗢𝗯𝗶 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻, 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 ‘𝗢𝘀𝘂𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁’

Activist Aisha Yesufu has joined the “Osun Script” social media campaign, pledging to protect her vote ahead of the 2027 elections.

Yesufu announced her participation in a X post on Saturday, sharing a personalised poster generated through an online link that allows participants to declare their commitment to protecting their votes.

In her pledge, the activist identified herself as being from the Federal Capital Territory and declared her intention to vote for the National Democratic Congress in the January 16, 2027, election.

Explaining her pledge, Yesufu said she would follow the voting and counting processes to protect her vote.

A man has died after entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park in northern England and being attacked by one of the animals, police have confirmed.

South Yorkshire Police said the man was pronounced dead at the scene despite efforts by medical personnel who responded to the incident on Saturday, October 10, 2026.

In an update published on its website on Saturday, the police said it received reports at about 1:35pm that a man had entered the tiger enclosure at the wildlife park near Doncaster.

“The tiger subsequently attacked the man, resulting in serious injury,” the police said.

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