Today’s Headlines: We Know How to Stop Tinubu’s Second Term — Momodu; Pope Leo’s Brother Has Cancer

National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Felix Muoka, has insisted that Nigeria and Nigerians are better off than ever before, saying the party will win the 2027 presidential election based on its positive records.

Muoka said the APC was working hard to secure voters’ support, adding that the party would not take Nigerians’ votes for granted.

Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, Thursday, he said the party’s preparations and campaign efforts were aimed at securing as many votes as possible in the next general elections.

He said: “Qualitatively speaking, our country is better. Nigerians are better today than they have ever been. Is there a country that has transited from this depressed economy, like we have had for decades, to that level of prosperity that didn’t go through these stages?

A brother of Pope Leo XIV is receiving treatment for blood cancer, a report has said, a day after the pontiff underwent surgery that revealed a diagnosis of lung cancer.

A source close to the Prevost family told NBC 5 Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern that the pope’s brother, Louis, was being treated for blood cancer.

However, no further details were available about Louis’ prognosis or how long he had been undergoing treatment.

The development comes after Pope Leo underwent surgery in Rome, during which doctors confirmed he had lung adenocarcinoma, a type of non-small cell lung cancer.

According to Harvard Medical School, lung adenocarcinoma develops when abnormal cells in the lungs multiply uncontrollably and form a tumour.

The Lung Cancer Foundation of America identifies the disease as the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for approximately 40 per cent of cases.

𝗘𝘅-𝗜𝗬𝗖 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁

A former President of the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, Udengs Eradiri, has urged state governors to comply with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to reduce transport costs, saying Nigerians should begin to feel the impact of government interventions through lower fares.

In a statement on Wednesday, Eradiri urged governors to take the initiative seriously and deploy the increased resources available to their states to bring down high transport costs.

Recall that Tinubu had directed state governments to accelerate the implementation of the National Affordable CNG Transit Programme to achieve measurable reductions in transportation costs across the country.

𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁

A 28-year-old Nigerian, Adebayo Maoli, has been arrested and charged with sexual assault and two counts of committing an indecent act in Toronto, Canada, following allegations that he exposed himself to passengers on the city’s subway system.

The Toronto Police Service disclosed this in a statement seen by PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, saying the alleged incidents occurred at King and College subway stations on September 1 and October 3, 2026, respectively.

According to the police, the first incident occurred around 3pm on September 1, when Maoli allegedly exposed himself to two passengers aboard a southbound Toronto Transit Commission subway train at King Station.

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