Today’s Headlines: Tinubu Will Get 80% of Sokoto Votes — Dingyadi; Obasanjo, Others to Grace FT Africa Summit

Alhaji Yusuf Dingyadi, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the APC National Chairman, has expressed strong confidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will secure at least 80 percent of the votes cast in Sokoto State during the 2027 general elections. He made the statement on Sunday in Dundaye town, headquarters of Dundaye District in Wamakko Local Government Area, while attending an empowerment programme organised by the Managing Director of the Sokoto State Media Corporation, Alhaji Labaran Lumo Dundaye, which supported 300 indigent persons drawn from several districts.Dingyadi declared that the APC is fully prepared to win every elective position in the state, including the State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, governorship, and the presidency. He projected that the party would capture no less than 80 percent of all votes in Sokoto and further claimed the North-West region, with its more than 20 million votes, would deliver at least 15 million for the APC. He attributed this optimism to the structures already put in place, including campaign committees operating from ward to zonal levels.

The Financial Times Africa Summit returns for its 13th edition this month in London with Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, among others that have confirmed to take part.

The two-day summit will bring together African leaders, policymakers, investors and executives to examine the issues shaping the continent’s economic future.

Other confirmed speakers include Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive, Dangote Group; Jakaya Kikwete, Former President of the United Republic of Tanzania; Kristy Mcneill, Minister for International Development, UK Government; Mo Ibrahim, Founder, Mo Ibrahim Foundation; and Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance, Ethiopia, alongside ministers and business leaders from South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola, Mauritius, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥’𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐀𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭

The Lagos State High Court sitting in Osborne Foreshore, Ikoyi, on Monday struck out an application by Eurapharma Care Services Nigeria Limited, operators of Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital, seeking to stop the coroner’s inquest into the death of Nkanu Esege, son of celebrated Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie.

Justice Aishat Opesanwo struck out the application after dismissing the hospital’s arguments that the cremation of the deceased’s body deprived the coroner of jurisdiction to conduct the inquest and that the order for receiving evidence violated its right to a fair hearing.

The judge held that the inquest was required by law and that the absence of the deceased’s body did not, in itself, invalidate the coroner’s decision to proceed with the inquiry.

2026 𝗖𝗔𝗙 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗙𝗖𝗢𝗡 𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗼

The 2026 TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in Rabat, Morocco, on Monday, with eight nations competing for the continental title in a tournament running until October 21.

According to the Confederation of African Football on Monday, Libya and Zambia will play the opening match at the Moulay Abdellah Sports Hall as the competition gets underway.

The eight participating nations are hosts Morocco, Libya, Zambia, Algeria, Egypt, Angola, Mozambique and Tanzania.

The teams are divided into two groups, with Morocco, Libya, Zambia and Algeria in Group A, while Group B comprises Egypt, Angola, Mozambique and Tanzania.

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