Nigerian Times

The charismatic Ronald Wilson Reagan ( February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004), the 40th President of the United States has been rated as the best American President since World War Two and the second best in history after Abraham Lincoln and followed by George Washington according to the Harris Poll released today ahead of this year's Presidents' Day on February 21, 2012. Guess who is rated the worst President? George W. Bush! The following is the complete report of the poll. NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the nation prepares to celebrate Presidents' Day, it is always interesting to see what people think about some of the past presidents. Looking at all the presidents since World War II, one-quarter of Americans (25%) say Ronald Reagan is the best president, one in five (19%) say Franklin Roosevelt while 15% say it is John Kennedy and 12% say Bill Clinton. The nine other presidents, including Barack Obama, are at 4% or less. Looking at the flip side, just over one-qua...

Inside a typical prison in Nigeria. Nigerian Prisons, the Courts and Imprisoned Terrorists ~ By John Egbeazien Oshodi The Nigerian courts and the prisons have in the last few months become intensively involved in terrorists being imported from our streets into the penal system. Nigeria, unlike the Euro-American or Western world does not have the enormous technological, security and psychological experience to put a full handle on the ‘war of terror’. Yet, hundreds of reported arrested members of Boko Haram sect are continuously being tossed into our already overcrowded prisons. Certainly, everyone including the prison personnel, convicts and the persons awaiting trial as well as their respective families are likely to be increasingly preoccupied with safety concerns Considering that both the domestic and foreign terrorists come into the prisons with endured religious, political and social influences, these detained and convicted terrorists currently under lock up, could make our pris...

There are more foreign students coming to study in America and spending billions of dollars yearly. Photo Credit: ASPA National Weblog . 14 Nov 2011 18:23 Africa/Lagos Foreign Students Contributed More than $20 Billion to U.S. Economy Last Year PR Newswire WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2011 New state-by-state foreign student and study abroad data now available from NAFSA WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Foreign students and their families spent more than $20 billion in the United States during the 2010 – 2011 academic year, according to a new NAFSA report released today. California, New York, and Texas welcomed the largest numbers of foreign students, and those states and others across the country each saw a substantial benefit from spending by these students and their families on living expenses, tuition, and fees. * See NAFSA's new foreign-student spending data by state, congressional district, and top receiving institutions of higher education (www.nafsa.org/eis)....

President Barack Obama may need more Champagne, because things are not so rosy for majority of Americans. Photo Credit: Redif . 2 Nov 2011 21:31 Africa/Lagos U.S. Ranks 10th In Global Prosperity Index - Falls Behind China In Economic Rankings U.S. scores high on measures of public health and entrepreneurial environment but falls behind China in economic rankings LONDON, November 2, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- A new study ranks the U.S. 10th out of 110 countries in a worldwide assessment of wealth and quality of life. Norway, Denmark, and Australia lead the rankings. China improved on economic indicators - moving ahead of the U.S. for the first time - and places 52nd overall. The Legatum Prosperity Index(TM) ( http://www.prosperity.com) provides the world's only global assessment of national prosperity based on both wealth and well-being. The Index assesses 110 countries (accounting for over 93% of the world's population and 97% of the world's GDP) and ranks them based on their perf...

August 13, 2011 New Yorkers give Sherri some insight on those tough marriage moments! Marriage is a Monopoly of one man keeping a woman all to himself selfishly after playing Totopoly for many years. ~ Orikinla Osinachi Tweet

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Visit of President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria to the White House President Obama will welcome President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria to the White House on Wednesday, June 8. The President looks forward to consulting with President Jonathan on the latest regional and global developments, and deepening our strong bilateral partnership.

As Queen Elizabeth 2 ends her own first visit to Ireland, President Barack Obama begins his own. President Barack Obama He will be one of eight hundred thousand Americans expected to travel to Ireland this year, but his is perhaps the most historic one, because he is actually going back to his ancestral roots. Yes, Barack Obama is also Irish. Most people know him as a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, whose mother Ann Dunham Stanley came from Wichita, Kansas of mostly English descent with the roots of her family tree going as far back as Germany, Wales and of course Ireland where Obama will be welcomed with open arms in Moneygall, County Offaly the birthpace of his great-great-great grandfather Falmouth Kearney (who emigrated to the US in 1850, because of the potato famine). Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, was a descendant of one of Kearney's daughters, Mary Ann Kearney, and Jacob William Dunham. So, the Irish can also claim him and how amusing that would be to his kith and kin from h...