Category: The Ram

By Abdu Rafiu Creation and how it came into existence has, from time immemorial, been enigmatic to nearly all human beings on the face of the earth and will continue to be so for unforeseeable future. Scientists have pre-occupied themselves with the search for the answer. Archeologists have been digging looking for elusive evidence. What […]

By Abdu Rafiu A leader and a giant in the world of journalism has discarded his earthly cloak and departed earthly life. He is Peter Enahoro more known as Peter Pan. The news of his exit has reverberated around the world. His was a distinguished career in journalism. He joined the Daily Times in 1955, […]

By Abdu Rafiu The collapse of marriages of iconic figures and celebrities, influential people who stand tall before international or national gaze can’t but be sensational. Words immediately go round, first in whispers: Have you heard? It is the latest in town. It’s news flash; it is breaking news. In cases the story is too […]

By Abdu Rafiu The controversy over the constitutional electoral hurdle a candidate with his gaze fixed on the presidential seat at Aso Rock must clear will continue to befog political discourse until the Supreme Court makes a pronouncement. The debate has been fierce among lawyers as well as politicians. The impassioned nature of the debate […]

By Abdu Rafiu The Lord Jesus came, bringing His Word of salvation for all mankind. At the time of His coming, sent by His Father, the Almighty, mankind had been gravely sinking and on the verge of being drawn to eternal damnation and annihilation. His coming was thus urgent. It was such that the Jews […]

By Abdu Rafiu It was Palm Sunday last week, commemorating the triumphal entry of the Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. It also signaled the coming to the end of Lent which ended yesterday. Millions of Christians had embarked on self-elected deprivation of food and water, and distancing of themselves from earthly pleasures, in memory of […]

By Abdu Rafiu In the Question and Answer session featured on this page last week was the issue of people who are mentally challenged. It was one of the questions I treated. In my further contemplation of the subject, I recalled a contribution to a publication in which what drives the brain was discussed by […]

By Abdu Rafiu I am tearing away today from the iron grip of politics to re-direct my gaze to something more ennobling, something more uplifting which is the primary purpose of this column. Some questions have been received on some of the subjects treated in this column. I am addressing three of them today. One […]

By Abdu Rafiu Given the fiasco that currency note swap has engendered, on hindsight it must sound amazing how we could have thought of stoking two irons in the fire at the same time. I am referring to the currency note redesign and enforcement of electronic banking on the one hand and general elections on […]

By Abdu Rafiu The winner of our Presidential Election has been announced amid controversies. He is Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It was a highly competitive election. It was keenly fought. The four frontline contestants, Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwoso put in a lot in terms of energy, drive and resources. It was […]