Today’s Headlines: Makinde More Competent Than Tinubu — Daura; I Didn’t Protest — Adeboye

Vice-Presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Alhaji Lawal Daura, has described the party’s presidential candidate, Seyi Makinde, as the most competent and credible for the 2027 Presidential election.

Daura said this is as a result of Makinde’s “unmatched performance” as governor of Oyo StateThe APM Vice Presidential candidate also reassured Nigerians, the North in particular, that the Makinde/Daura administration will be a four-year all-inclusive, transitional government of national unity that would focus on resetting Nigeria’s economy, education, security architecture and socio-political space.

Daura spoke at the weekend while receiving leaders of the Northern Patriotic Front (NPF) who were at the APM Presidential Campaign Headquarters in Abuja to bestow an award on Makinde and to register their support to him ahead of the January election.

𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 — 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘆𝗲

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has accused journalists of misrepresenting the date he carried a placard during a prayer walk, alleging that the report falsely linked the incident to former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

Adeboye said the incident occurred in 2020, five years after Jonathan left office in 2015, insisting that the walk was organised to pray against insecurity and killings in the country.

The cleric spoke to his congregation on Sunday during the church’s November Thanksgiving service, where he recounted how the report portrayed him as a wicked man for carrying a placard allegedly against the former president.

He said the report gained widespread acceptance without journalists verifying the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has urged residents of Sabon Gari Local Government Area to support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu and the return of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, to the National Assembly, citing their contributions to the development of the area.

The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Abdulkadir Meyere, gave the charge on Saturday during the flag-off of several constituency projects and the commissioning of a 20-bed primary healthcare centre facilitated by Abbas in Sabon Gari LGA.

Sani commended the Speaker for prioritising projects covering education, healthcare, security and infrastructure, describing the interventions as significant contributions to the development of the local government area.

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has accused President Bola Tinubu of neglecting Imo State, alleging that the President has not spent a night in the state since assuming office despite spending more than 260 days abroad.

Obi made the allegation during a town hall meeting in Owerri, Imo State, on Saturday, October 31, 2026, as part of his ongoing nationwide engagement with Nigerians ahead of the 2027 general elections.

In a statement posted on his X handle on Sunday, Obi said he had earlier visited a market in Owerri, where he interacted with traders, buyers and other residents about their economic challenges.

He said their accounts reflected the difficulties ordinary Nigerians were facing under the economic policies of the Tinubu administration.

At the town hall meeting, the former Anambra State governor criticised the Federal Government over what he described as rising national debt without corresponding improvements in citizens’ living conditions.

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