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...

Art, People and Freedom: Artocracy in Tunisia The First Community Action from JR’s InsideOut Project is Unveiled Paris, France (April 14, 2011) /PRNewswire/ — In early March, the artist and TED Prize winner JR announced his wish to turn the world “Inside Out.” Through his InsideOut Project, JR invited people around the globe to share a photo portrait – along with a statement about what they stand for – and paste thepictures in their communities. A group of photographers and organizers in Tunisia were the first to participate in an InsideOut community project, which they named Artocracy. Through Artocracy, six Tunisian photographers – joined by JR and his team – traveled the country in late March to take pictures and display images of more than 100 Tunisians who represent the nation’s incredible diversity: men and women of every age, profession, cultural background, and geographic location. “For the first large street exhibition in a new Arab democracy, the pasting promised to be surpri...

11 Mar 2008 16:28 Africa/Lagos Could the Patriot Act Have Brought Down Eliot Spitzer? U.S. Politics Today Covers Breaking Stories WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was exposed for his frequenting a prostitute, it was ABC News which broke the story about the nature of bank transactions that got Spitzer busted. Commentators are questioning if Spitzer wasn't the victim of political intrigue in retribution for his tough stance on Wall Street corruption. It was reported that Spitzer's bank was the first one to contact the FBI, but speculation is surfacing over whether the governor's well-placed enemies could have notified the FBI about Spitzer's private life and then the Patriot Act was used to get at this controversial Democrat's bank information. Stay on top of U.S. Politics with a free trial to EIN News' U.S. Politics Today: http://uspolitics.einnews.com/users/register.php See also: -- Daily Breaking News on U.S...