Newspaper Headlines Jan 23, 2025
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Reflections on Prof Moghalu’s voice on African leadership
By Toyin Falola For a long time, the response of Africans to leadership paralysis that is almost consuming the continent has been very reactionary and not necessarily proactive. With no exemption of any African country in particular, the crops of leaders that one would find at every position of leadership are individuals with sufficient demonstration […]
A PROLEGOMENON ON ARMAGEDDON
By Toyin Falola The Armageddon is coming With a wave of travail and a wind of trouble. Armageddon is coming! The travails of hunger dice it. Propagated by the impulsiveness of the mind Here in Nigeria and there in the world at large. Historians had warned us. Who came before us and The horn bearers […]
Civil Society Organisations Condemn Planned Resumption of Oil Extraction in Ogoniland
By Esi-ife Arogundade A coalition of civil society organisations in the Niger Delta has condemned the Nigerian government’s planned resumption of oil exploration and production activities in Ogoniland, Rivers State. Twenty-one members of the group voiced their opposition in a statement after their recent meeting at the Port Harcourt office of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of […]
Court Dismisses SERAP’s Suit Challenging NASS’ Power Over Own Budget
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Incorporated Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) challenging the powers of the National Assembly to amend its budget in the 2024 Appropriation Act. Nigerian Current reports that Justice James Kolawole Omotosho ruled, among others, that SERAP lacked the locus […]
Awoyinfa and Igwe’s 50 World Editors
Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light – Joseph Pulitzer, 1847-1911 (A review of 50 World Editors: Conversations with Journalism Masters on Trends and Best Practices, Mike Awoyinfa […]
Trump’s Tenure and Africa’s Relation
By Toyin Falola The reelection of Donald Trump and his return to the White House on January 20, 2025, have spurred debates regarding the consequences this new chapter in the leadership of the United States could have for the state of international relations. Although many analysts are focused on how this change in power would […]
Raise Tobacco Control Budget To N300m, CAPPA Urges NASS
As the National Assembly continues its review of the N49.7 trillion 2025 Appropriation Bill presented by President Bola Tinubu on December 18, 2024, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Senate and House of Representatives to raise the budgetary allocation for Tobacco Control in the 2025 National Budget from the current […]
TikTok ban: Trump gives 75-day grace period
US President Donald Trump has ordered a 75-day pause on enforcing a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the US, as he floated an idea of partnering with the app’s Chinese owner. The executive order delayed implementation of the ‘Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which took effect January 19 and would […]
27 persons injured after major earthquake hits Taiwan
A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, injuring no less than 27 persons and causing damage to buildings and roads, according to authorities. The quake struck at 12:17 a.m. (1617 GMT Monday) at a depth of 9.7 kilometres. Its epicentre was in Chiayi County, approximately 200 kilometres south of the capital Taipei. According […]
