Public servants and Christmas bonus loot

By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 30 Mar 2008

HERE is a story that perfectly illustrates the rot in the entity called Nigeria. It is the story of four men, who own a cat each. A friend e-mailed it to me recently. The men all brag about how smart their cats are. The first man, an engineer, calls [...]

Missing plane, aviation herdsmen and rescue hunters

Casmir Igbokwe
Hunting is associated with village life. Any mention of it brings fond memories of those days when boys and girls engaged in moonlight plays with little or no fear of unwanted pregnancy. With a bag on his shoulder, a local gun and a dog in tow, a hunter could traverse the bush the whole [...]

Fight for women’s lives

By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 16 Mar 2008

FIDELIA (not real name) was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State, with a referral from another hospital. The 23-year-old girl, who was the second in a family of seven, was presented with abdominal pain and some other ailments. Seventeen days earlier, she had terminated an unwanted [...]

Between Obasanjo’s birthday and PDP’s convention

By Casmir Igbokwe

Published: Sunday, 9 Mar 2008
It is unfortunate that the printer’s devil decided to play the devil’s claw on former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday, March 5. The Guardian I read that day had a full-page advert congratulating Obasanjo on his birthday. It read: “Happy 60th Birthday. My great political leader and mentor, Baba, [...]

Beyond election manipulations and nullifications

By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 2 Mar 2008
Of all the victims of the recent spate of election nullifications, the person I pity most is Murtala Nyako. Shortly after his inauguration as the Governor of Adamawa State mid last year, his four wives started fighting over who should be rightfully addressed as the First Lady of the [...]