Raping young girls for rituals

By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 27 Jan 2008

The African Nations Cup fever is still on in Ghana. One of the revelations of the tournament is Anjorin Moucharaf. The man is not a player. But, as a core African and the President of the Benin Football Federation, Moucharaf believes in the efficacy of juju in African football. [...]

FOI: Mark has overstepped the mark

By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 20 Jan 2008

Please pause and ponder over these posers: One, how many extra-marital affairs did the former United Kingdom‘s Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, conduct between entering office on 2 May 1997 and 12 July 2006? Two, how much toilet paper was used at 10 Downing Street, London? And three, how [...]

Mr President, save us from pendulous policies

By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 13 Jan 2008

On assumption of office in May 2007, he enunciated a seven-point agenda aimed at lifting Nigeria up. He promised to declare an emergency in the power sector; to make Nigeria one of the 20 biggest economies in the world by 2020; and to provide security for lives and property. [...]

The New Year soothsayers

Casmir Igbokwe

Published on Sunday 06 Jan. 2008
Prior to the return of civilian rule in 1999, Rev. Chinecherem Oliwe was sure to be the next civilian President of Nigeria. The man called himself the founder of the Great Mustard Seed Church in Oyigbo, Rivers State. And he had claimed that God spoke to him and assured [...]