Category: The Ram

By Abdu Rafiu If there is any subject that is divisive in the free world today and which shows no signs of ever abating in cacophony and, indeed, ever being resolved, it is the matter of abortion. It is a subject over which the conservatives agonize. In the camp of the progressives, it is vexatious […]

By Abdu Rafiu It is often said that man is the architect of his fortune. This is a deep pronouncement to which, like most proverbs and wise sayings, the modern man pays scant attention. Hardly do we invite ourselves into serious contemplation of what these reveal about our past and our present and about deep […]

By Abdu Rafiu The acceleration of events in the land is such that before a person has fully digested the occurrence of one event, another has swept past him. Really, before one could catch his breath. What with the VAT imbroglio, and the Northern Governors Forum’s insensitivity and arrogance, foreshadowed by Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed’s recklessness. […]

By Abdu Rafiu A video went viral last week showing an endless and shocking column of children. They were ill- cladded and unkempt. Some were carrying bowls, some were not. In the nature of children, as children must be children, and will always be children, they were captured running up and down unconscious of their […]

By Abdu Rafiu War can be started, but it is not always easy to predict its end—when and how it will end. The war mongers had, therefore, better watch it. The battle, as they say, is not always for the strong, nor is the race always for the swift. A time even comes when the […]

By Abdu Rafiu The way faces lit up in joy in several quarters in the South-West you would think that the coronation of Olu of Warri was exclusively and purely an affair of this part. They had keenly followed the development that culminated in the emergence of Prince Tsola Emiko as the 21st monarch. There […]

By Abdu Rafiu I have taken more than passing interest in the political career of Bello Masari since he emerged on the national scene as Speaker of the House of Representatives in succession to no-nonsense Ghali Umar Na’Abba who guarded the independence of the legislature fiercely. Bungling Buhari must thank his stars that he was […]

By Abdu Rafiu This epoch has crept in on us mankind slowly, but inexorably. I believe that the experiences of these times go beyond what we look in the direction of the alert and the discerning alone to unravel and interpret. Scholars, sociologists, scientists and philosophers are no doubt digging. A group of scientists issued […]

By Abdu Rafiu One does not have to be a star gazer to see what battles lie ahead for the inhabitants as well as the government to save and preserve Ikoyi, the abode of the movers and shakers of our society. Ikoyi, the community of our pride! It is the habitation of the affluent. It […]

By Abdu Rafiu A lot has been written and said about the beleaguered head of Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari following FBI disclosures about his relationship with Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi. The findings by the American Federal Bureau of Investigations are shocking and mind-blowing for those who may have followed his career with keen […]