Category: Reconnection

By Abdu Rafiu What is new in the life of Dr. Patrick Dele Cole in the last five years when he turned 80 that makes him deserving of public attention and tribute as he turns 85 years this month on this planet earth? He was 85 on August 4. Drums were not rolled out. There […]

By Abdu Rafiu In an environment of a plethora of lifestyles in the name of fashion, it is not inconceivable that educational institutions would be ill-at-ease and, therefore, feel obligated to protect their students from being tainted. Faith-based universities and colleges, in particular, rightly believe they have a responsibility protecting their students from unwholesome influences […]

By IkeChukwu Unegbe, Esq The term ‘tradition’ and his brother ‘custom’ attract certain awe and reverence, indeed mystique of inviolability. Many, therefore, only refer to the ancient traditions and customs of their people with such sacred approach that invokes a sort of life and death status. It is almost similar to the approach offered to […]

By Abdu Rafiu The last may not have been heard in the Ibom Air affair. I am referring to the incident that occurred just before the take off of Uyo-Lagos flight Q9 303 of the airliner on Sunday. The brouhaha escalated when the aircraft landed in Lagos. The lady at the centre of the messy […]

By Abdu Rafiu It is the same old story, but let me open the column with this. I am at a crossroads. I had planned to write to celebrate with my erstwhile boss, Dr. Patrick Dele Cole, more addressed as Dele Cole or PDCole in the circle of friends and associates, on his 85th birthday. […]

By Abdu Rafiu Predictably, there have been torrents of reactions to this column published last week captioned Awujale and Funeral Rites. Some of the responses wondered why Oba Sikiru Adetona submitted himself to be crowned King if he was not prepared to abide by the tradition and custom attendant to the throne. It was therefore […]

Abdu Rafiu There have been heated debates on the rites of passage Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona elected for himself and which those charged with the responsibility carried out upon his departure from earthly life. The mounting of the throne comes with certain rites which are in line with age-long practices and which have become mores. […]

By Olusola Adeyegbe In an age where intellectual reasoning is exalted and feelings are elevated as the compass for decision-making, we often witness heartbreaking personal choices that are less about truth and more about confusion. I recently watched a video of a woman mercilessly asking her husband for a divorce. She confessed that her husband […]

I have come to this conclusion, not just from books or sermons, but from the steady drumbeat of real life. From watching friends, colleagues, family members, great men—men of wisdom, strength, and wealth—choose to retire… only to quietly fade into sickness, into sorrow, and then, far too soon, into the arms of death. Retirement, in […]

By Abdu Rafiu There are no fewer than seven theatres of war in the world today which have invited more than our passing attention. I am referring to the major ones which have been in focus for a while, much more so currently. These are Russia versus Ukraine; Israel-Hamas War; the armed conflict in the […]