Category: The Ram

By Abdu Rafiu The thoughts of Socrates say it all. It is said of him that he believed that people embrace and do evil only out of ignorance. A darkened heart manifests what it has in store in several ways being the fountain from which evil springs. Out of ignorance, a darkened heart does not […]

By Abdu Rafiu It all began in 1981 — the tearing down of barriers between man and woman in, of all places, Christendom. We have the Anglican Communion, the Church of Nigeria to thank for putting up vigorous resistance to the abomination. Last Sunday, 12 February, it issued a strong statement denouncing the decision of […]

By Abdu Rafiu To the discerning and non-discerning, this cannot be the best of times for our country. To manifest the rowdy and confused situation, there are pockets of protests here and there. Three Governors have gone to court suing the Federal Government to force it to drop the Central Bank timeline for currency swap. […]

By Abdu Rafiu Many things are taking place in the land at the same time. Much as one will not wish to be sucked into the murky waters of our politics in the land, one can’t but follow developments with keen interest. No one who is seeking some measure of propriety can’t but be seriously […]

By Abdu Rafiu It will be a year in a few weeks since Russia stormed Ukraine in a war Ukraine did not want and for which it was least prepared. And when you would think calm was around the corner, as in the nature of all storms, the Russian storm began to rise and escalate. […]

By Abdu Rafiu (Dr. (Mrs.) Dorcas Ejemeh Krubu, a university teacher, continues her fascinating account of her inexorable journey to China to lecture in Chinese universities. She departed Nigeria on 06 April, 2003). In July 2006, I relocated to Jiangxi Province. During my first lecture with a new class of about 30 students, I tried […]

By Abdu Rafiu Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stirred the hornest’s nest again this time with his endorsement of Peter Obi as his preferred President in the next dispensation just around the corner. Obasanjo is not a stranger to controversies. We are used to it now that whenever he makes a pronouncement there can be […]

By Abdu Rafiu Nigerians hardly discuss their weather. What is there to discuss? The sun shines—what in other lands is cause for back slapping and celebration. Here, the appearance of the sun is given. It is taken for granted that we do not know how or remember to give thanks for it. In the same […]

By Abdu Rafiu Among some of the mails I regularly receive is one containing an enquiry which I find thoughtful and interesting. It is one which, I believe no doubt, has bothered a great many people. It is a riddle and it is troubling. As we human beings are wont to do, once something constitutes […]

By Abdu Rafiu The season of love and goodness is here; it is round the corner. The legendary Christmas is only three days away. There is hardly anyone who does not feel love to his finger tips. We feel uplifted, with eyes shining when we experience love. Love makes the world go round, it is […]