Nigerian Times

The Islamophobic and racist cartoon I am not going to nominate Barry Blitt for the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning and I am not going to join any mob to lynch him, but I must say the truth. His bizzare and offensive cartoon is a political lampoon to ridicule Senator Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama. It is as Islamophobic and racist as the twelve editorial cartoons of prophet Muhammad published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005 . The New Yorker is accountable for this deliberate act of political provocation to aggravate the negative rumours of the Islamic backgrounds of Senator Barack Obama and his African American heritage. It is a libelous cartoon published for the defamation of the personality of an African American Senator and damage the prospects of his election as the first African American President of the United States . The New Yorker can fool the rest of America by making obnoxious and preposterous excuses for this derogat...

7 Apr 2008 21:41 Africa/Lagos Chicago Tribune Wins 25th Pulitzer Prize CHICAGO, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The staff of the Chicago Tribune was awarded journalism's highest honor -- the Pulitzer Prize -- for investigative reporting, it was announced today. The newspaper's 25th Pulitzer was awarded for its series about faulty government regulation of dangerously defective toys, cribs and car seats. "Our staff's dedication and passion on this important project is unparalleled," said Ann Marie Lipinski, editor of the Chicago Tribune. "This collection of stories brought much needed attention to the way our government oversees manufacturers of children's products, and consumers are all safer because of it." The winning Tribune investigation, "Hidden Hazards," was a seven-month series that documented the hazards of lead-tainted toys, defective cribs, faulty car seats and dangerously designed magnetic building sets. Chicago Tribune funde...

I thank God Samantha Power, resigned with apologies and regrets for her terrible utterances against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton . Samantha Power is brilliant without doubt. But you cannot blame Bill Clinton for the Rwandan Genocide as you cannot blame President George W. Bush for the the genocide in Darfur happening before our very eyes. I am 100% Black African who is committed to the efforts to end the Darfur Crisis and communicated with the former UN Special Envoy to Sudan, Jan Pronk and my own insider in Darfur on how to stop the massacre of innocent people in Darfur. But the Sudanese government and the rebels have continued to pour fuel in the fire of the conflict in Darfur and they are both guilty of the genocide. The African Union and the UN are guiltier than the former President Bill Clinton on the Rwandan Genocide. I do not think there is anything Bill Clinton would have done to stop the genocide in the hellish circumstances if the UN failed to do so. America cannot ...

Samantha Power Samantha Power , the senior foreign policy adviser to Senator Barack Obama , called Senator Hillary Clinton a "monster" Thursday night, whilst talking to some Scottish reporters. This could be the beginning of the negative attacks planned by the Barack Obama Camp since losing in three states to Hillary Clinton last Tuesday. They are now scared of losing woefully in the Pennsylvania primary next month. Negative attacks will only worsen the chances of Barack Obama's quest for the White House . "She is a monster, too - that is off the record - she is stooping to anything," Samantha Power said and added more abusive remarks. "You just look at her and think: ergh. But if you are poor and she is telling you some story about how Obama is going to take your job away, maybe it will be more effective. The amount of deceit she has put forward is really unattractive," she added...

Oil ShockWave Underscores Dangers of U.S. Oil Dependence Secretary Rubin: Risks to Economy and Security "Profound" WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) today conducted Oil ShockWave to simulate a global oil supply crisis and explore economic and strategic options for limiting the damage that could be inflicted by a major interruption of the flow of oil. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, who led the simulation, remarked, "Oil ShockWave demonstrates the critical importance of preventative action in mitigating the risks of oil dependence. Once a major supply crisis occurs, the short-term options are extremely limited. "The profound nature of the risks to our economy and security argue for concerted action to enact a national energy policy designed to reduce oil dependence." In addition to Rubin, participants included: former Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage; CENTCOM Commander General ...