Category: Reconnection

By Abdu Rafiu Following the sighting of the moon first manifesting in a crescent also referred to as hilal, Ramadan Fast began on Wednesday, 18 February, 2026. The fast this year coincides with Lent when Christians, too, go fasting, and for 40 days. The coincidence occurs every 33 years. In other words, the last overlap […]

By IkeChukwu Unegbe Many speak and refer to love as if it is a mere feeling, but true love is displayed in ACTIONS inspired by a sense of pure sacrifice. The more conscious this sense of sacrifice is, the more it uplifts the person enveloped in its embrace. When expressed in this way, the one […]

By Abdu Rafiu We owe our dermatologists a whole world of gratefulness for awakening their fellow citizens to the dangers of skin bleaching to health. Their association launched a patriotic campaign early this week, visiting markets and speaking on the grave harm skin bleaching does to a person’s health, indeed to a woman’s health since […]

By Olusola Adeyegbe It took me many years of reading and listening to realise that the Grail Message, in lecture after lecture, points consistently to one central truth: _the structure of Creation and the Laws that govern it._ At every turn, it directs the seeker back to this knowledge, because the understanding of these Laws […]

By Abdu Rafiu My colleague, Dr. Lasisi Olagunju in his inimitable and breathtaking outing last Monday, 02 February, discussed exhaustively the harrowing experiences, the torments a childless woman goes through in her daily life in different parts of the world, but mostly in the developing countries in times such as ours. She goes through unceasing […]

By Abdu Rafiu In matters of human affairs, experiences and what have you bordering on what editors call human interest stories, reactions from readers are fast and sometimes they come in torrents. Predictably so because we are part of global human family. We see ourselves in the experiences of others. Even if it is easy […]

By Abdu Rafiu Four issues are burning in my heart this day. The first is the Sword of Damocles dangling over Siminalayi Fubara’s head despite Chamberlainist appeasement to placate the gods in his domain and placing the fetish of sacrifice in the shrines. But the chief priest is unimpressed. He is determined to conquer territory […]

By Abdu Rafiu As I was saying…The Great Star had been here on earth before to proclaim the birth of the Lord, Jesus. It stood high in the sky directly in the direction the Baby Love of God lay in a manger in Bethlehem! As I did hint last week, the Great Star, otherwise called […]

By Abdu Rafiu Man can no longer pretend not to sense that celestial elements are at work bringing about the now proverbial Climate Change sweeping through the planet earth. What with the unusual heat which has sent the forces driving age-long harmattan and cold, its accompanying harbinger, packing from its pristine throne! When we should […]

By Sola Adeyegbe A new year has barely opened, yet many people are not truly present in it. Some linger in yesterday, while others rush ahead into imagined tomorrows, leaving today quietly unattended. Here is a truth worth carrying into this year: the real profit of life is not what we remember nor what we […]