Highlighting the 10 Leading Stories from Nigerian Newspapers on Tuesday, March 25

Here are the top 10 stories making headlines across the country today. 1. Akpoti-Uduaghan faces recall as constituents submit petition to INEC A group of constituents from the Kogi Central Senatorial District on Monday formally submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and called for the recall of their representative, Senator Natasha…

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Israel endorses contentious plan to ease Palestinian emigration from Gaza.

Israel’s security cabinet has approved a controversial proposal to facilitate Palestinian emigration from Gaza, a move people believe could amount to ethnic cleansing.   Far-Right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday, March 23 said the security cabinet approved the proposal by Defense Minister Israel Katz to organize “a voluntary transfer for Gaza residents who…

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Elon Musk Is Not the Issue

Image by Mariia Shalabaieva.. As the world’s top billionaire rummages through the inner workings of its mightiest state, the influence of America’s oligarchs is hard to miss these days. Never before in modern U.S. history has a private citizen wielded as much political clout as Elon Musk. It is exactly what President Joseph R. Biden warned about…

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Obasanjo asserts democracy’s failure in Africa, advocates for a homegrown governance model

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that democracy has failed in Africa, arguing that the system has not delivered meaningful progress for the continent’s people. He made this assertion on Monday in Abuja during the 60th birthday colloquium of former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha. Obasanjo attributed the failure of democracy…

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