Category: Reconnection

By Abdu Rafiu The trumpet of insecurity is blowing louder by the day, literally speaking. It is blowing loud enough for the deaf to hear and the accompanying air thick enough for the blind to touch. The waves are sweeping unrelentingly through the land, mostly through the Northern states. It was such that the Speaker, […]

By Abdu Rafiu What we had thought was settled has unfortunately been re-opened: it is the subject of employing indigenous languages to teach children in their early part of schooling. The National Language Policy which formally gave the nod to the use of indigenous languages to teach in primary schools has been thrown out of […]

By Abdu Rafiu Each day, each major burning issue, raising tension in the polity! Each time, it is hot potato! Otherwise, how do we place the unfortunate public spat between the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, and a young Naval Officer, Lt. A. M. Yerima? Alarmed high ranking retired officers of the […]

By Abdu Rafiu World leaders of about 197 countries, and with European Union, making 198, began holding yesterday what may turn out to be a most important summit in a long while, given the theme of the conference. The theme is “Climate Action and Implementation.” What brings them together yearly is the future of the […]

By Abdu Rafiu Love, it is said, conquers all things. The saying was echoed by the Archbishop of Homs for the Syrian Catholics, Jacques Mourad while narrating his harrowing experiences in captivity. He was among several Assyrian Christians in North-East Syria abducted in February, 2015. According to Agency reports at the time abduction occurred when […]

By Abdu Rafiu William Shakespeare said a long time ago that there is no art to find the mind’s construction in the face. That will be generally speaking. Sometimes, you hear it said: “As if he has picked my thoughts.” Thoughts are generated by the frontal brain, cerebrum, the seat of the intellect with the […]

By Abdu Rafiu There are three burning issues that call for deep reflection at this time. The first is: Should former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan throw his signature hat into the ring to battle his way back to the Villa in 2027? Whether he is warming up and rehearsing for the battle royal would seem […]

By Abdu Rafiu There is something that is thrilling about independence which triggers a feeling of upliftment. It is an upwelling of a deep sense of freedom even though it is not every time that independence and freedom are one and the same. One can see that independence is not always connected with freedom, deep […]

By Abdu Rafiu Most of the problems afflicting the world can be traced to alienation from Nature. The estrangement may have been borne out of ignorance or self-will. Neither is excusable. As the saying goes, ignorance is no excuse under the law. Ignorance does not protect from earthly law enacted by parliaments propounded by human […]

By Abdu Rafiu It is a year already since the Dangote Refinery was commissioned. It is a year since the visionary industrialist, Aliko Dangote, courageously stepped forward to rescue the nation from the chokehold of NNPCL and its allies in the petroleum business and the booty of oil subsidy. In his speech marking one year […]