Reuben Abati

When the road lies in wait

By Reuben Abati “May we never walk when the road waits, famished” – Wole Soyinka,…

Anything can happen in America

By Reuben Abati  This is really exciting time in America; watching the drama of the 2016…

Ese Oruru and Nigeria’s shame

By Reuben Abati Three different incidents in the last week cast, poignantly, in bold relief…

When love isn’t enough

By Reuben Abati It is that time of the year again in the month of…

Reuben Abati: Remembering Carroll Dawes

  Teachers are the most important persons in anyone’s life. Teachers teach us everything that…

Reuben Abati: Who released, killed and ate our lion?

   “Did they send you your own share of the bush meat?” “Bush meat?” “The…

Reuben Abati: Odia, the man who would be Edo governor

By Reuben Abati One of the finest persons I have been privileged to know is…

Reuben Abati: In the grave, all men are equal

Reuben Abati writes about Abubakar Audu's inconclusive death and President Robert Mugabe's wheelchair  “You look…

Reuben Abati: Suu Kyi and the Burmese “Spring”

By Reuben Abati Aung San Suu Kyi writes in Letters from Burma:  “I have never ceased…

Reuben Abati: Biafra, Oodua and the seventh lesson

By Reuben Abati Democracy does not necessarily translate into the disappearance of crises and dilemmas,…