Nigerian Times

President Jonathan Embraces Mutual Capitalism and Partnership, So Should Our Public leaders and Institutions President Jonathan plans to use more than ‘ government-help-only’, to pursue various avenues for development in education, healthcare, road care, electricity and other areas in order to build a very strong national enterprise and economic foundation for our emerging democracy. Recently, the President showed everyone that in any area of national development, as in university development a quicker realization of a project is more of a possibility with the aid of the government and private sponsorship. He successfully urged individuals and corporate entities to support the new federal university in Otuoke, in the State of Bayelsa, an idea that is beneath what could be called mutual or communal capitalism. It is true that some existing public institutions like universities are in a state of deteriorating condition, partly because a typical Nigerian university is stubbo...

14 Mar 2011 14:19 Africa/Lagos Nigeria / Pass Bill to Prosecute Electoral Abuses / End Impunity for Electoral Offenses by Prosecuting Perpetrators ABUJA, March 14, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The National Assembly should pass legislation establishing a special Electoral Offences Commission to investigate and prosecute election-related abuses, including violence, Human Rights Watch and the Nigerian Bar Association said today. Nigerian authorities should also set a clear precedent for accountability ahead of elections, planned for April 2011, by prosecuting under current law the perpetrators of recent abuses. Nigeria has a history of violent and deeply flawed elections. At least 300 people were killed in violence linked to the last general elections in 2007, according to Human Rights Watch. Corrupt politicians, in many cases backed by mafia-like “godfathers,” openly mobilized gangs of thugs to terrorize ordinary citizens and political opponents and to stuff or steal ballot ...