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Published in THE PUNCH on 18 March 2007
Casmir Igbokwe
Mark Lungu will not forget last Tuesday in a hurry. The ranking of his country, Malawi, among the world poorest had saddened him. He had also expressed worry that his country’s government was unstable; and that it had a high rate of corruption, unemployment, inflation, HIV victims [...]
Published in THE PUNCH on 11 March 2007
Casmir Igbokwe
Nigerian government has reduced doctors to certain characters in The Beggars’ Strike. Surely, these respected physicians are not the type Aminata Sow Fall mirrored in her book. Their profession is among the most highly revered in the world. But, on February 26, certain government policies pushed them [...]
Published in THE PUNCH on 04 March 2007
Casmir Igbokwe
The atmosphere was colourful. People from different nationalities came in their rich national costumes. Some brought their local foods and danced to their traditional music. Ladies, in a symbolic display of emotion, cuddled, kissed and admired the two little children in attendance. It was as if to [...]
Published in THE PUNCH on 25 February 2007
Casmir Igbokwe
Obijifor Aginam is angry with the boss of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. His anger stems from Prof. Dora Akunyili’s reported participation in the ruling party’s recent presidential campaign visit to Anambra State. In a recent e-mail to me, Aginam, an associate [...]
Published in THE PUNCH on 18 February 2007
Casmir Igbokwe
Chioma was almost tempted to behave like Chicken Licken. The anecdotal bird, in case you have forgotten, once rushed to tell the king that the sky was falling. Her evidence was that an acorn fell and struck her on the tail. Likewise, Chioma, a Nigerian resident in [...]
Published in THE PUNCH on 11 February 2007
Casmir Igbokwe
The lecture was an interesting one. Midway into it, a female student of Middle East descent sauntered in with a young man. Hardly had they sat down when the man started playing with a computer. Looking surprised, the lecturer wondered if the strange man was a new [...]
Published in THE PUNCH on 04 February 2007
Casmir Igbokwe
“Buy one, take two” is a common phenomenon in many supermarkets in the United Kingdom. Some companies also seduce customers with generous discounts on their products. But, if you are an intending traveller to Britain, you need to be careful because some of these free things can [...]
Published in THE PUNCH on 28 January 2007
Casmir Igbokwe
Mama Precious is a neighbour and village-square paediatrician in Lagos. Her major qualification is that she is an experienced housewife and mother. When my one-year-old son, Ebube, had some fever last November in Lagos, I heard that mama Precious’ diagnosis was that the baby was missing his [...]
Published in THE PUNCH on 14 January 2007
Casmir Igbokwe
For ladies, entering most churches in Nigeria in see-my-breast blouses is a good way of attracting harassment from church officials. As a woman, you must not also enter some churches in trousers. Or move in without covering your hair. This, presumably, is to prevent the seduction of [...]
Published in THE PUNCH on 07 January 2007
Casmir Igbokwe
Condoms made to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men. This was one of the popular stories on the British Broadcasting Corporation last December. And it was based on a two-year study, carried out by Indian Council of Medical Research. The study reportedly [...]
