Tag: abati
Abati: Cattle herdsmen as the new Boko Haram?
“No matter how far the town, there is another beyond it” – Fulani Proverb
There has been so much emotionalism developing around the subject...
A country in search of a miracle, by Reuben Abati
“You look tired”
“Ha, my brother. Thanks for being observant. I have been trekking.”
“Trekking?”
“I went to buy fuel at that fuel station...
The online warriors, by Reuben Abati
My criticisms of the excesses of the online phenomenon in terms of its brazen abuse in an unregulated environment has often made me...
Jan. 15: Where we came from, by Reuben Abati
January 15 every year is Nigeria’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day: wreaths are laid, statements are made, soldiers, government officials and the Nigerian Legion attend...
2015: The year of democracy, by Reuben Abati
What is the most compelling, most impactful and most remarkable issue in the year 2015 that has just ended? In my estimation, it is...
What the witches said, by Reuben Abati
“How was Christmas?”
“It’s come and gone. Life goes on. We thank God for the gift of life.”
“Life will always go...
Remembering Christmas, by Reuben Abati
Christmas looks so different these days from what it was when I was growing up. It is so different it is almost unrecognizable. In...
El-Zakzaky, religion and the Nigerian State, by Reuben Abati
El-Zakzaky, religion and the Nigerian State, by Reuben Abati
So much has been said about the December 12 confrontation between the Nigerian...
Reuben Abati: Great Ife and the failure of the gown
I have been reading some depressing stories about the state of the Obafemi Awolowo University, formerly University of Ife, which provide an equally depressing...
Reuben Abati: Who released, killed and ate our lion?
“Did they send you your own share of the bush meat?”
“Bush meat?”
“The lion in the zoo that became bush meat in Jos”
“What’s...