Today’s Headlines: Makinde More Competen Than Tinubu-Daura, Adeboye Denies Carrying Placard Against GEJ

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.

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has faulted media reports linking a placard he carried during a prayer walk to former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

The cleric spoke on Sunday during the church’s November Thanksgiving service, where he accused a journalist of misrepresenting the incident and portraying him as a wicked person for allegedly carrying a placard against the former president.

Recounting how he came across the report, Adeboye said he was initially amused by the claim.

“Recently, somebody wrote in the papers, or said somehow, ‘Pastor Adeboye is a very wicked man. After all, we know that not too long ago, he carried a placard against President Goodluck Jonathan,’” he said.

US President Donald Trump has agreed to grant a visa to the mother of a 15-year-old Ghanaian boy, Javits Frimpong, who was fatally shot in the Bronx, New York, to enable her to travel to the United States and attend her son’s funeral.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the development on his X handle on Saturday, saying he had personally spoken with Trump about the grieving mother’s situation.

Mamdani said he appealed to the US President to facilitate her travel to the country, describing the loss of a child as an unimaginable tragedy that no parent should have to experience, particularly from thousands of miles away.

He tweeted, “The murder of a child is a pain no parent should have to endure, let alone from thousands of miles away.

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and Chancellor of Achievers University, Owo, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, CFR, has strongly commended the Federal Government’s bold interventions in the education and security sectors, declaring that the reforms are laying a solid foundation for Nigeria’s economic transformation, social stability and national renewal.

Dogara who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Credit Guarantee Company Limited (NCGC) gave the commendation while delivering the Convocation Address at the 16th Convocation Ceremony of Achievers University, where he presented a compelling vision for a more secure, prosperous and united Nigeria.

Speaking on the theme, “Rethinking National Security for Sustainable Peace, Development and National Renewal,” the former Speaker applauded the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what he described as courageous and forward-looking policies aimed at expanding educational opportunities and strengthening the nation’s security architecture.

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