Category: Reconnection

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 […]

By Abdu Rafiu It was so elating, so touching seeing and listening to Major-General Chinedu Nnebeife hand over the freed Oriire school children and their teachers, victims of kidnapping, to the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde. It was at a gathering comprising some senior officers from different arms of our security forces and senior state […]

By Abdu Rafiu Colleagues and readers of this column have drawn my attention to an article by Mr. Tayo Lawal which I was to discover has gone viral, if I may borrow the language of social media users about a subject that elicits quite an interest and has unimaginably been widely circulated. The beautifully crafted […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu By Femi Kusa PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu is saying Nigeria’s insecurity problem are causing him sleepless nights, depriving him of sound sleep, causing him to lose weight and age faster than he probably would have, and that all these personal problems are hidden underneath his heavy native robes. I believe the […]

By Abdu Rafiu As it is in the nature of elections, there is dancing and rejoicing; there is celebration. That is in the community of winners. In the circle of losers, there is gritting of teeth, squeezing of mouth; sorrow and disappointment stalk at the doorstep and there is recrimination: How are the mighty fallen! […]

By Aanuoluwapo Ogunadele Greetings All, Gratitude for giver of Life, a renewed elixir we have just received. We know but as a refresher. This power stays not with us or within us. It flows. It is us who have to BE in the flow of this renewed power stream running through all creatures. How does […]