Category: The Ram

By Abdu Rafiu The field is congested with about 30 politicians jostling for the office of the President on the platform of APC alone and 17 from PDP. It is said that only just about half of those who have announced their interest with fanfare actually paid the mind shattering non-refundable N100 million cost of […]

By Abdu Rafiu Justice Victor Ovie-Whiskey said in 1983 that if he saw N1million he would faint. He was chairman of Federal Electoral Commission, more conveniently called FEDECO at the time. He spoke amidst charges of corruptive influences caging his commission, and the predictable attendant controversies. He said he had never seen N1million in his […]

By Abdu Rafiu Again, it is spring. Gardens everywhere have grown full green. The weather is soothing. For the uninitiated in our clime, spring is the period between the end of the dry season and beginning of the rainy season, signaled by the return of the sun to the Equator third week of March from […]

By Abdu Rafiu For some years, concern has been expressed in many countries over sermons either in churches or on crusade grounds. It is believed that many clergy men exploit human weaknesses and sometimes desperation for material well-being to neglect the all-important talk and guidance about inner development, better referred to as spiritual development, which […]

By Abdu Rafiu The Lord Jesus brought the Message of Truth to mankind from His Father, the Almighty, and the Creator of All. However, to the priestly and political Establishment in Israel in conspiratorial resolve, the high, sublime, and beneficent Mission must be swiftly terminated. The priests found His teachings irksome and saw Him as […]

By Abdu Rafiu It does not require a special gift of discernment to recognise the state of the world in which we live—the chaos and the uncertainties. The horror in Ukraine—mindless killings and unconscionable destruction of properties must leave us to wonder, again and again: Wither our world? Is this how our world is supposed […]

By Abdu Rafiu We can have a glimpse of the mystery of woman and her roles from what science seeks to elucidate despite its limitations. Science teaches us that two molecules of hydrogen and one of oxygen unite to give us water in the same way that sodium and chlorine, both splitting of a species, […]

By Abdu Rafiu The gender issue came to the front burner about three weeks ago in our land, arising appropriately in the wake of International Women’s Day 2022. For the period the activities marking the Day lasted there were women protests at the National Assembly in Abuja, and town hall meetings in some other towns […]

By Abdu Rafiu The nation has been plunged into darkness following the collapse of the national grid. Reports say the collapse occurred on Monday. The darkness had been creeping in for months, with authorities managing the sector seemingly dropping hints that it was on the way with load shedding in the language of the managers […]

By Abdu Rafiu Predictably, legal works have begun over whether Justice Inyang Ekwo was right or wrong in his judgment ordering Dave Umahi to vacate office as Governor of Ebonyi State on grounds of defection from the PDP to APC. His deputy, Barr Eric Kelechi Igwe, is to go with him. Umahi has reacted angrily […]