Category: The Ram

By Abdu Rafiu In a situation that a man’s life is considered as cheap as that of a fowl which can be taken when it is least expected, it is hardly possible to distinguish between a criminally motivated attack and a politically driven one in the times we are today. This is the blurred picture […]

By Abdu Rafiu Any close observer of the goings-on in the South East cannot but be alarmed at the hellish situation and the rest of us are looking away. Our gaze and exertions are concentrated on politics when gloom overcasts the land. Listening to politicians and outspoken members of the elite clubs, you have the […]

By Abdu Rafiu It was described as a catastrophic implosion — the tragedy of the Titan voyage to the depths of the ocean to find the wreckage of Titanic ship that sank 111 years ago. On June 21, five men comprising the pilot and four passengers embarked upon a 10-day sail from Newfoundland. Each passenger […]

By Abdu Rafiu An unexpected disaster hit the world last week. It was hard and it came with speed. It was totally unexpected as the ongoing devastating Ukraine-Russian war and shooting conflict in Sudan had concentrated the minds. When will mankind come to their senses and shrink from destroying and polluting the world made out […]

By Abdu Rafiu The Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration has unpretentiously put on its gloves to do battle with the forces that have constituted clogs in the wheel of development and progress of our nation. He said the fuel subsidy was gone and it has been out of the way, seven days short of a month […]

By Abdu Rafiu Predictably, prices are shooting through the roof in the wake of the inevitable removal of fuel subsidy. Prices of goods and services such as transport fares have risen dramatically and without notice. You get to a petrol filling station from where the previous day you bought fuel for N210 a litre and […]

By Abdu Rafiu The storm in Sudan has been raging for almost two months and it has shown no sign of abating. More than 1, 800 persons have been killed and no less than 1.6 million have been displaced. Aljazeera has reported that Saudi Arabia and the United States brokered peace talks have been suspended. […]

By Abdu Rafiu There is so much to say and write about the month of May. May is the fifth month of the year. As numerologists are wont to say, but mostly those who preoccupy themselves with the science of numbers, Figure 5 represents Love. It is powered by the force that is Love and […]

By Abdu Rafiu The thought alone of travelling from Lagos to Ibadan using the Expressway is nightmarish. As you get to Oworonsoki the sensing of what may lie ahead hits you, and this develops into fear as you surmount the Ojota flyover. Then comes the sight of long stretches of vehicles on both sides of […]

Bu Abdu Rafiu As I was saying…again for oft times, apologies to the inimitable Allah-De now of blessed memory, a great many are still struggling within themselves over the concept of the Supreme Being, the Almighty Creator God. According to those who have occupied themselves flashing their radar to cover past millennia, they have come […]