Category: Reconnection

By Abdu Rafiu The nation can at last heave a sigh of relief; the eagerly awaited Dangote Refinery is here at last, solid. The much-longed-for stability in energy flow for the country is assured. It calls for dancing and rejoicing, for clinking of glasses to toast this development. Aliko Dangote deserves hearty congratulations. The nation […]

By Abdu Rafiu A major conference by women opened in Abuja on Tuesday to discuss women’s inclusiveness in governance. It is a subject that will not go away since the 35 percent Beijing Affirmation Declaration of 1995 adopted by 189 countries. Speakers at the Abuja conference referred to the latest edition of ‘Progress on the […]

By Abdu Rafiu Somehow, I found myself drifting to the subject of hypnotism on the Internet. This is in a season when the subject in town is the success story of Dangote Refinery and controversies on fuel pump price. But there was I confronted, as it were, with the success stories of five persons who […]

By Abdu Rafiu As I was saying…Among the mails this column regularly receives was one from Ghana in which the sender raised a thought-provoking and interesting question. Why does a Ms Blessing live in misery, begging for data, Favour is struggling to feed; Wisdom does not get sense; Victory failed exams and Courage even fears […]

By Abdu Rafiu It is a troubling question that is not likely to go away very soon. It is a subject the perplexity of which is dismissed with a wave of the hand as inscrutable: What’s in a name? It is even our attitude to it that will make the question to be with us […]

By Abdu Rafiu Wonders of life cannot but continue to excite and amaze us human beings. There is renewed keen interest among archeologists and many others who pre-occupy themselves with it: The Mystery of the Egyptian Pyramid. It was one of the early features of Egyptian civilization, invincibility, and power. What lies behind it? Not […]

By Abdu Rafiu It cannot come as a surprise that many negative forces have risen and are training their arrows to fire at Aliko Dangote. Some are already firing from their arsenals. It is enheartening, however, that many powerful voices have also emerged to form a solid rampart of defence around him, not just to […]

By Abdu Rafiu The news of the Supreme Court pronouncement on the financial relationship between state governments and local governments hit everyone like a thunderbolt—the various tiers of government and public affairs enthusiasts, those who preoccupy themselves with public affairs. Private citizens who occasionally reflect on matters of this nature only in their closets because […]

By Abdu Rafiu It is often said that there is nothing as certain as death. Despite its inevitability, it is often thought of with trepidation. A great many quickly dismiss it from their minds. Some of us avoid funeral procession or passing by a cemetery. It is thought cemetery is the abode of Mr. Death […]

By Abdu Rafiu I am not in the practice of crystal gazing. Something, however, told me at the time of his dethronement that he would be back. How and when my inner crystal ball did not say. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi had certain things going for him: Education of the right kind, exposure and courage of […]