Casmir Igbokwe
Njide is a Christian who does not joke with church dogmas. She did her traditional marriage earlier in the year. But she has vowed not to live with her husband until after their church wedding in November. Living with her man without this important rite, she believes, will be an easy ticket to hell. [...]
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Thinking about hell
August 19, 2008Voodoo, prayer conference and Niger Delta crises
August 11, 2008 By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 10 Aug 2008
Incredible! That is the only way I can describe the latest scandal involving the Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Ambassador Sam Edem. The police arrested the man last Friday in Abuja for allegedly contracting the services of a native doctor with N510m. Edem even reportedly put the [...]
PDP as stick in our throat
August 4, 2008Casmir Igbokwe
The recent scuffle over N10, 000 by some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ikirun, Osun State, typifies what the ruling party has become. A party chieftain had reportedly given out the money. But these thugs disagreed over the sharing formula. Hence, they freely used broken bottles, charms and knives to settle the [...]
The revolution we need
July 28, 2008By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 27 Jul 2008
THE message was short and direct: ”When those in authority have pushed their people to the wall, what else do you expect? A revolution! Watch out!” This is one of the reactions to my piece last week. It came from an unknown group that calls itself the Nigerian Revolution [...]
The bats in our belfry
July 21, 2008By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 20 Jul 2008
Bat is a strange mammal. It is ugly, mouse-like and nocturnal. But unlike other mammals, it can fly. Recently, the strangeness of this animal manifested in Norwich, England. Foreign media reports indicated that a 19-year-old lady felt some vibrations in her bra. For about five hours, she endured the [...]
Fat, killer-vitamins and poor lifestyle
July 16, 2008Published Sunday, July 13, 2008
Casmir Igbokwe
For some male travellers, the attractiveness of air hostesses could be a factor in deciding a particular airline to patronise. In India, private airlines recognise this fact by engaging beautiful and smartly-dressed young ladies as crew members. On the contrary, state-owned Air India used to care less about the physical [...]
Reflections on the National Assembly probes
July 7, 2008By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 6 Jul 2008
MOST honourable members of the National Assembly are very busy at the moment. They have probed and are still probing some past activities of government agencies and parastatals. Ndudi Elumelu and his committee investigated the embezzlement of the power sector funds. The Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory [...]
Kids as witches and commodities
June 30, 2008 By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 29 Jun 2008
I was privy to a discussion of two young women recently. One told the other that her menses were causing her stomach upset. She last experienced this some years back when she had not started having children. The other asked her if she had been using contraceptives. She answered [...]
Selling truth down the river
June 23, 2008 By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 22 Jun 2008
TO sell somebody down the river is an idiom. It means to betray somebody, especially to one’s own advantage. I find this expression very apt, especially against the background of some happenings in the country today. First, former Heads of State (Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar) openly [...]
MTN, free airtime and phone abusers
June 16, 2008 By Casmir Igbokwe
Published: Sunday, 15 Jun 2008
I GOT a queer text message from a reader of this column last Sunday. It reads: “I love you, from the Deputy Governor of Lagos State. Call me for further details. This is my number: 07057410198.” Knowing that the Deputy Governor of Lagos is a woman, I first alerted [...]
