Category: The Ram

By Abdu Rafiu Have you heard? A scientist has made some progress on the construction of an artificial womb facility in which 30,000 babies can be produced. It is said it is a development on the breakthrough scientists made in that direction in 2017. It offers the possibility for parents to have customized babies. I […]

By Abdu Rafiu For about 150 years, Europeans have been struggling with whether or not to believe in the existence of the Creator. Belief how much more conviction in any Higher Being is thought to be for Europeans who are old fashioned—indeed if it is not dismissed with a wave of the hand as a […]

By Abdu Rafiu Christmas season is here. There is a certain feeling of lightness that cascades through bodies of millions of us human beings in several parts of the world, Christendom in particular. There is a certain inexplicable joy looking forward to the stupendous Event that is Christmas. Companies, factories begin to shut down from […]

By Abdu Rafiu A former colleague and Professor drew my attention to a statement Professor Wole Soyinka made on Sunday, answering questions on the occasion of the public presentation of what PMNews called “his two-volume collection of essays, Of Power and Freedom and the forthcoming release of a collection of poems.” What a great interactive […]

By Abdu Rafiu The country has slipped inexorably into election fever with the flag-off of the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential campaign in Jos on Tuesday. The Peoples Democratic Party had kicked off its own on 10 October in Akwa Ibom, the home state of high-flier Governor Udom Emmanuel. Mr. Emmanuel is the chairman of […]

By Abdu Rafiu The value of the Naira to the US Dollar is a matter that goes beyond the passing interest of even an average person—indeed from the wealthy, from the employer to the employee; from the wholesaler to the retailer, from the retailer to the end user. Because our economy is import dependent, with […]

By Abdu Rafiu Prices of practically all goods are rising in a wave, driven by the all-powerful US Dollar and public response to the planned re-design of Naira notes by the Central Bank. Those who have a mountain-load of Naira notes are running all over the place to buy up the Dollar from the parallel […]

By Abdu Rafiu Let’s imagine: A guest visits a house. His hosts are hospitable and helpful. The table is laden, and the order in the house is soothing and welcoming, indeed, pleasing to the eye. It is agreeable. That house provides the security and comfort for all those who may shelter in it. But there […]

By Abdu Rafiu When Permanent Secretary Nasir Sani Gwarzo issued his statement last Friday, alerting the nation to flood crisis that had engulfed several communities in the land, account had not been taken of the devastation in Anambra and Bayelsa states. Governor Douye Diri was paddled in a canoe through streets overtaken by floods to […]

By Abdu Rafiu The commemoration of Nigeria’s independence when the Union Jack was lowered took place two Fridays ago. The only opportunity to cling glasses in this column was last week but for my attention that was drawn to the unspeakable suffering of commuters on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and that of communities abutting it. It […]