{"id":178987,"date":"2025-09-15T11:58:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T10:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths"},"modified":"2025-09-15T13:03:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:03:24","slug":"charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Kirk Assassination Loss to Democracy and Youths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, said the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in the United States of America is a big loss to democracy and the youth movement globally.<\/p>\n<p>He made this known in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Kirk was shot last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump said that Kirk\u2019s killer should get a death sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Timi Frank strongly condemned the assassination of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCharlie Kirk\u2019s assassination is a big loss to this generation \u2013 not just to the United States of America, but to young people all over the world. At only 31, he had already begun to shape political discourse beyond America\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKirk was a rising star, a passionate patriot, and a man whose love for God, country, and humanity was evident in everything he stood for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, said the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in the United States of America is a big loss to democracy and the youth movement globally. He made this known in a statement on Monday. Recall that Kirk was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":178986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[18741,254,333,373],"class_list":["post-178987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-nigeria","tag-timi-frank","tag-us"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Charlie Kirk Assassination Loss to Democracy and Youths - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, said the assassination of Charli ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charlie Kirk Assassination Loss to Democracy and Youths\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, said the assassination of Charli ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-15T10:58:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-15T12:03:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757925404.060864.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"979\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Charlie Kirk Assassination Loss to Democracy and Youths\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-15T10:58:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-15T12:03:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths\"},\"wordCount\":168,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757925404.060864.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Charlie Kirk\",\"Nigeria\",\"Timi Frank\",\"US\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/charlie-kirk-assassination-loss-to-democracy-and-youths\",\"name\":\"Charlie Kirk Assassination Loss to Democracy and Youths - 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