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, [...]

Crime in UK and Nigeria: Lessons from a Buddhist monk

 Published in THE PUNCH on 31 December 2006

Casmir Igbokwe

Last month, a Buddhist monk reportedly cut off his penis with a machete in Thailand. Reason? He had an erection during meditation even when he had renounced all earthly things. The man, 35, allowed doctors at Maharaj Hospital in Bangkok to dress his wound, but refused reattachment [...]

Pleas for absolute loyalty

 Published in THE PUNCH on 27 November 2006

Casmir Igbokwe

Somebody once described them as spare tyres. Today, some of them are in the driving seat. Though they got to that seat by treachery, these deputy governors (now governors?) are demanding absolute loyalty from their subjects.  They may get this. But, it will be like the loyalty [...]

Personal publishing has changed the way magazines approach journalism

The magazine industry is gradually waking up to the fact that disseminating information is no longer the exclusive preserve of the mainstream media
Casmir Igbokwe
“I’m a digital immigrant. I wasn’t weaned on the web, nor coddled on a computer. Instead, I grew up in a highly centralised world where news and information were tightly controlled by [...]

Interview with Kate Monaghan

Ms Kate Monaghan is the Education and Welfare Officer of Cardiff University Students’
Union. As part of her duty, she is involved in some efforts to dissuade female students in
Cardiff from binge drinking. In this interview, she gave the reasons, implications and solutions to the problem of binge drinking among women. She spoke to CASMIR IGBOKWE. [...]

Women and binge drinking in Cardiff

 As women soak themselves more in alcohol, anti-social behaviour rises in Cardiff
It was about midnight. Sandra (not real name) apparently thought she was on her bed. Her phone rang intermittently in her bag. Even, the mini skirt she wore that night made her sitting position an eyesore. Passersby hissed. But, a gentleman pulled up by [...]