Category: Reconnection

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 […]

By Abdu Rafiu The alertness and the attendant promptness of action displayed by President Bola Tinubu on the frozen finances of Osun State Government by the EFCC on suspicion of impropriety deserves fulsome commendation. The timing of the EFCC action could not have been worse. It was insensitive. The action of the President asking the […]

By Abdu Rafiu My attention has been drawn to publications in the BusinessDay, Nigeria’s leading and compelling business newspaper today. I said last week, horrendous as the experiences of our people were in the hands of South African mobs, Nigerians themselves were not, to a large extent, without blame. To every effect there must be […]

By Abdu Rafiu As I was saying … were we to have a faint idea of how the mechanism that governs life and existence, the entire Creation, work, we would want to show greater empathy to the perpetrators of evil than we may want to demonstrate to the victims. I did state last week that […]

By Abdu Rafiu As in nearly all great events, we human beings move about unsuspecting and when hinted about any of them we hardly believe, except where there are ceremonies, where there will be dancing and rejoicing. But when the event invites us into deep contemplation, it becomes enigmatic and we do not want to […]