Nude video, indecent dressing and other ‘immoral acts’

By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 26 Aug 2007
I have been watching some Western movies of recent. This is just to relax my nerves from the stress of academic life. The central themes in most of these videos be it ‘The Rising Sun,’ ‘Hired to Kill’ or ‘Gridlock’d,’ are sex and violence. It is as if without [...]

Reflections on the lamentations of Alison-Madueke

By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 19 Aug 2007
Our female ministers‘ emotional expression of our collective sadness as a people is purgative. A few months ago, an ex-Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, shed tears for our decaying school system. Now, the tear glands of the Minister of Transport, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, are almost filled. Recently, the woman [...]

Worshipping God in nightclubs and forests

By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 12 Aug 2007
Last April, the Ararat Baptist Church in Cardiff started what it called church in a bar. Every Sunday, it holds services in a nightclub called Clwb Ifor Bach on Womanby Street. The pastor, Rev. James Karran, 26, reportedly said he liked going out to pubs and into town on [...]

Indiscriminate arrests, ritual killers and other stories

By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 5 Aug 2007
My plight as a temporary widower almost worsened penultimate Saturday. My wife had told me the previous day that my second daughter, Kosisochukwu, was sick. So, when she called again that Saturday morning, I braced up for the worst. Besides, cheery news from home is as scarce as a [...]