Category: Reconnection

By Abdu Rafiu To all who may be discerning, we are indeed living in unusual times, not just in our country, Nigeria but in nearly all parts of the world. There are protests even in relatively stable countries. There have been explosions with overturning of fuel tankers in Benin and the notorious Otedola Bridge in […]

By Abdu Rafiu The yearly World’s Teachers’ Day was marked in our land on Monday. It is a celebration inaugurated by UNESCO to draw attention to teachers and invite appreciation for their high tasks as the primary builders of society. They mould character of children; they impart knowledge to them. They set their gaze high. […]

By Abdu Rafiu The concessioning of King’s College which older generations were wont to call Eton College, the twin arm in Nigeria of the famous school in the United Kingdom. Sending children to King’s College was the dream of most parents of the post -independence era. For the class conscious, it marked entry into the […]

By Abdu Rafiu Three really troubling video recordings were forwarded to me within the week. My heart sank on watching them. One in particular required summoning courage and efforts to watch to the end. One was a live picture of a man using acid to fry groundnuts to make them get done faster than going […]

By Abdu Rafiu Reincarnation has, for ages, remained a controversial subject. The following is a reaction to the subject of reincarnation treated in this column last week. The author prefers to remain anonymous but because some of the points he has raised are germane, I have decided to run it all the same. Come with […]

By Abdu Rafiu There is much to say about the blessings in reincarnation. As I did state last week, it is a special grace borne out of the love, mercy and justice of the Most High, the Creator of all the worlds that possibility of reincarnation is worked into His mechanisms with which He governs […]

By IkeChukwu Unegbe Esq When it comes to praying for Nigeria, some Nigerians are so fired up. Every challenge and problem needs fasting and prayers; some would even need casting and binding of the _spirit_ behind such failures. And suddenly, we now have more prayer centres than manufacturing hubs. There is nothing inherently wrong with […]

By Abdu Rafiu A great many must have been held spell-bound on Saturday watching a nine-year-old girl on television dazzle the world with her disarming display of her knowledge in mathematics. It was a spectacle, the kind of story you watch or read about in faraway lands. Charlotte Muritala shot into the consciousness of Channels […]

By Olusola Adeyegbe Familiarity rarely announces itself as a risk. It comes quietly. It often begins the moment we drop titles and say, “Please, call me by my first name.” That small sentence sounds harmless, even warm. Yet in many professional and cultural settings, it is not casual at all. It requires permission. It signals […]

By Abdu Rafiu There is hardly any disease that is as dreaded as cancer. In all parts of the world, it is the most feared and it is not what anyone would wish for his enemies. The reason is simple: It goes about brandishing death firmly enfolded in its clutches. Doctors and researchers who preoccupy […]