Nigerian Times

President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria. Nigeria: From the Wasted Generation To the Retarded Generation Those who have been following the genesis of the Nigerian crisis since 1960 to date can understand the predicament of our social and political woes and tell you that things are getting worse and no matter the political propaganda of the paid apologists of the ruling political contractors in the corridors of power, those who are going through the dire straits know that Nigeria was better even during the tragic years of the late military despot Gen. Sani Abacha. The most glaring indices of the present calamities are the recurrent mass failures recorded by majority of Nigerian secondary school pupils and the intellectual morons graduating from the tertiary institutions and the collapse of the manufacturing industries in the country. The generation of Prof. Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe has been described as the wasted generation, because even though their generation gave us...

Darfur - George Galloway by inet 21 Nov 2011 06:35 Africa/Lagos Darfur / UNAMID Media Brief EL FASHER (DARFUR), November 21, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- UNAMID Media Brief / 20 November 2011 UNAMID supports sports competition in North Darfur In its continued efforts to engage the local community, UNAMID presented today sports equipment to five secondary schools from Abu Shouk, Al Salaam and Zamzam internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in North Darfur, which will participate in the Back to School Tournament. The kits included balls, nets, footwear and clothes for female and male volleyball and football teams. UNAMID Director of Communications and Public Information Kemal Saiki said that “UNAMID has been very active working for the community, essentially for the youth. We are keen to see the youth engage in activities that promote competition in a peaceful way”. On behalf of the Principals of the schools and the Umdas (community leaders) from the three camps, Ibrahim Al...