Today’s Headlines:2027: Former Obidient Movement Coordinator, Yunusa Tanko dumps Peter Obi for Adebayo;2027: Tackle fake news early, Yiaga urges INEC

The former National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, has dumped Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, for the Social Democratic Party, SDP, presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo.

This comes as the SDP Chairman, Prof. Abubakar Sadiq Gombe, announced Tanko, as the coordinator of the party’s presidential campaign council on Wednesday.

Accordingly, Tanko, a key figure in Obi’s 2023 presidential campaign, will now coordinate support for Adebayo’s 2027 bid to unseat President Bola Tinubu.

Earlier, DAILY POST reported that, Gombe had urged members of the party’s campaign council to take their appointments seriously.

Yiaga Africa’s Director of Programmes, Cynthia Mbamalu, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission must provide accurate and timely information on the electoral process.

This, Mbamalu said, would prevent AI-enabled disinformation, from eroding public confidence and discouraging voter participation ahead of the 2027 general elections.

She warned that deliberate attempts to mislead voters posed a greater threat than misinformation shared unknowingly, urging the electoral commission, to adopt proactive communication and establish clear channels through which citizens, can verify election-related information.

Speaking at The PUNCH webinar on AI, misinformation and Nigeria’s 2027 general elections on Wednesday, organised by the PUNCH Media Foundation, YIAGA Africa’s Director of Programmes said public trust, was critical to electoral participation, warning that citizens, who lost confidence in the process were less likely to participate.

Danny Kelly, a former BBC radio presenter, has died at the age of 69.

He was remembered as a “broadcasting titan”, after his death was announced on Wednesday.

Kelly, had stepped away from his long-standing role at Talksport following a throat cancer diagnosis in March.

Before joining Talksport in 2007, he presented a sports radio programme on BBC London.

Each player in Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football squad, the Flamingos, is set to receive ₦100 million from President Bola Tinubu, after the team’s landmark FIFA World Cup triumph in Morocco.

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, made the announcement on Wednesday, in Abuja, when the players and their coaching staff visited the Presidential Villa.

She explained that the funds, would be placed in trust for the young athletes in selected banks.

Under the reward package, the head coach Busari Hakeem, will also receive ₦100 million, while every member of the technical crew will get ₦50 million.

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