Today’s Headlines: We’re ‘Madly in Love’ With Tinubu — Eradiri; What Pastor Adeboye told me when I met him — Sowore

The Director of Media of the Tinubu Support Group (TSG), Bayelsa chapter, Udengs Eradiri, has fired back at the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Vice-Presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, declaring that supporters of President Bola Tinubu are “madly in love” with him and will re-elect him in 2027.

Eradiri described as reckless and irresponsible, a statement credited to Amaechi that only thieves and mad people would vote for Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.

He accused the former Rivers governor and minister of transportation of hypocrisy, alleging that Amaechi is now insulting Nigerians he had previously persuaded to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) when Tinubu was providing leadership for the party.

Speaking in reaction to Amaechi’s comment, Eradiri said Tinubu deserved a second term to consolidate the reforms and transformation he believed the President had initiated.

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.

𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘂 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗺 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗖 𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁

The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ogun State for the 2027 election, Oladipupo Adebutu, has urged his supporters to remain calm following the omission of his name from the list of governorship candidates published by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Adebutu, in a statement released on Sunday, said there was “no cause for alarm”, insisting that he remained a duly registered member of the PDP and had complied with the requirements for his candidacy.

He said he completed his digital membership registration within the stipulated period, adding that his membership card had been printed and verified before the necessary documents were submitted to INEC within the prescribed time.

𝗚𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹’𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗬𝗮𝘆𝗶, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘆

The younger brother of former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, Olola Daniel, has backed the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the state, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi.

He also dismissed the controversy surrounding the senator’s ancestry as a distraction ahead of the 2027 governorship election.

Daniel, who is the convener of Ogun Progressive People and the Progressive People Diaspora Coalition for YAYI, said political discussions should focus on candidates’ records, experience, policy proposals and capacity to address the needs of the electorate rather than controversies over their ancestry.

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