THE international oil and gas conference that Tell organised in Abuja was in celebration of 50 years of Nigeria’s export of crude oil. In ke...

Besides the controversial third term bid of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, one other issue that marked down his government is the failu...

THE nation missed an opportunity to improve Police welfare and ensure its combat readiness to fight insecurity due to allegations of impropr...

The just concluded Africa Cup of Nations is clearly Nigeria's worst outing since 1982. The dismal performance of the national team, the ...

When the British, Nigeria's former colonial master, outlawed the Atlantic slave trade in 1807 because it considered it evil, it certainl...

WHEN Sunday Ehindero, the immediate past Police Inspector-General, speaks, the nation ought to stop and listen not necessarily because of th...

Chad faces serious challenge of rebel onslaught that might put it in chaos for months. Rebels of the United Forces for Democracy and Develop...

Three major events took place in Nigeria in the last 48 hours - First, the 32nd anniversary of the cold-blooded assassination of General Ram...

IN his piece titled "The Barack Obama Phenomenon", (The Guardian, Crossroads, February 10, 2008), Dr. Reuben Abati has done a very...

EARLY this month, serious fighting broke out in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, when rebels sought to overthrow the government of Presid...

No your eyes are not dullibg you and no there is absolutely wrong with me. Really before you bite me, let me clarify. i do not mean an anato...

The Court of Appeal through its judgement that nullified Ibrahim Idris’s election as governor of Kogi State confirmed that electoral victory...

The Court of Appeal through its judgement that nullified Ibrahim Idris’s election as governor of Kogi State confirmed that electoral victory...

COURTS in Nigeria are prostrate courtesy of court workers’ strike. They want improved welfare packages. The Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria,...

MANY things we consider obstacles to Nigeria’s growth – and most likely more – would be confirmed when Nigeria undergoes the peer review, a ...

NIGERIA is unique. A debate has ensued about what to do with the Super Eagles, who have done such irreparable damage to what was left of the...

NIGERIA is unique. A debate has ensued about what to do with the Super Eagles, who have done such irreparable damage to what was left of the...

THREE years ago, Nigeria suffered considerable embarrassment on the international stage when clothes, or the lack of them, became a major di...

THE Federal Government's reported decision to begin a phased withdrawal of troops from the restive Niger Delta region underpins the futi...

AN embattled revolutionary once advised compatriots who might find themselves in personally tragic situations to be careful not to judge a h...