Category: The Ram

By Abdu Rafiu The conversation on the subject of slavery and slave trade as well as the possible compensation for the heinous crime cannot ever end. The descendants of the perpetrators will not agree and the prospective beneficiaries will not give up. Ghana President Nana Akufo-Ado revived the subject last week, bringing it to the […]

By Abdu Rafiu Alan Louis Charles Bullock (1912-2004) was one of the foremost British historians. His book, Hitler: A Study in Tyranny”, caught the attention of the world for its exhaustiveness and pondering on the meaning of evil.  He said: “If evil means anything in this world, it means the corruption of people to behave […]

By Abdu Rafiu Lawyers are hardly on the same page on issues of law. They do not ever agree on points of law, on interpretation of laws, and what constitutes the letters and spirit of a law. Sometimes the law of evidence is given scant attention. Brilliance, eloquence is everything. Brilliance is defined by how […]

By Abdu Rafiu It is unaccustomed of me to write in celebration of a man or woman who is under 80 years. Yes, 70 is a milestone worthy of celebration. It even enjoys Biblical endorsement. Science and technological wonders have made three scores and ten relatively easier to attain, many have tended to observe and […]

By Abdu Rafiu We have General Abdulsalami Abubakar and the Sultan of Sokoto, His Highness Sa’ad Abubakar, to thank for silencing war drums by ECOWAS and pressing for dialogue to resolve the quagmire into which Nigeria has been dragged, putting President Bola Tinubu at a crossroads. With their intervention, downscaling tension that had literally risen […]

By Abdu Rafiu General Abdulsalami Abubakar rising from a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu has rekindled the longed-for hope that there may be no war after all to resolve the debacle in Niger Republic. Nigerians are vehemently opposed to our country participating in any invasion of Niger because any such invasion is unjust. As […]

By Abdu Rafiu Talk about the struggle for the freedom of the Press, the mind cannot but race to Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, fondly called LKJ by his peers. As I was saying…with the formation of the Nigeria Union of Journalists solidly in place, an effort that entailed hard work between 1952 and 1955, and […]

By Abdu Rafiu It was a remarkable gathering of the leaders in the media industry on Monday. The Banquet Hall of Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, was packed full with editors from several parts of the country. It was their event — an event by the Guild of Editors under the promising leadership of Eze Anaba, its […]

By Abdu Rafiu So, the authorities and Labour could not avert the nation-wide strike which promises to be total and unsparing, going by the pronouncements of the Labour leaders. They threatened to shut down the country. There is anger in town, no doubt; there is distrust and distraught. Sorrow and hopelessness overcast the horizon arising […]

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 […]