Today's Headlines: Nigeria’s Democracy At Risk-Atiku, Trump Sacks Team Of Lawyers Who Prosecuted Him
Today's Headlines: Nigeria’s Democracy At Risk-Atiku, Trump Sacks Team Of Lawyers Who Prosecuted Him. The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has said that Nigeria’s democracy is at a crossroads, emphasising that coalition-building and an outright merger are crucial to removing the ruling All Progressives Congress from power. While speaking as a discussant at the National Conference on Strengthening Democracy in Nigeria in Abuja on Monday, Atiku stated that state capture makes it nearly impossible to achieve democratic change. He said, “There’s no doubt that our democracy is at a crossroads. Put simply, it is at the risk of eroding completely. And it is not caused by one single person or one single administration. In fact, a number of us have been warning over the years that we may come to this pass if we lose our vigilance and fail to take corrective actions to protect and deepen our democracy. “At the risk of sounding modest, I...