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By Casmir Igbokwe Most Nigerian political leaders are very good at leaving substance to chase shadows. Oftentimes, they are propelled by selfish intentions. Last week, the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution regaled us with a proposal for the creation of 31 additional states in Nigeria. From their proposal, the North-Central will have additional seven ...

By Casmir Igbokwe From today, we will most likely begin to behold Nigeria’s national flag and colour, green-white-green, in many public places. This is in commemoration of Nigeria’s independence anniversary. On Tuesday, many of us will clink glasses and chant, ‘Happy Independence, Nigeria’. Our President will probably make a national broadcast to mark the day. Every October 1, we celebrate ...

By Casmir Igbokwe Happiness Monday has wrestled with poverty and hunger for many years. Things got worse when her boyfriend impregnated her and abandoned her to her fate. When she could no longer bear the situation, the young woman reportedly connived with a midwife and sold her newborn baby for N400,000. Both Happiness and the midwife are said to be ...

By Casmir Igbokwe President Bola Tinubu was in Lagos recently. For most Nigerians, the point for discussion was not the projects he came to commission, but the large convoy of exotic vehicles that moved around with him. People shared the video of the convoy and wondered why the President chose to display opulence in the face of utter misery and ...

By Casmir Igbokwe Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose’s brother trended on the social media recently. The outrageous amount of money he pays as electricity tariff every week was the crux of the matter. Some Nigerians apparently thought he was joking in the video where he claimed his weekly electricity bill was N100,000. And this is for three rooms. He ...

By Casmir Igbokwe Three videos which trended on the social media last week brought home the current reality of life in Nigeria. The first one happens to be a group of young women struggling to scoop rice from the pot of a rice vendor in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The big pot of rice was still on fire, steaming ...

By Casmir Igbokwe When Karl Maier wrote ‘This House Has Fallen: Nigeria in Crisis’, in the year 2000, we never knew that Nigeria was still a paradise then. Today, the country’s currency, the Naira, is not the only thing in a free fall. Almost everything, including the economy, security, health, education and many other sectors, is collapsing. Simply put, Nigeria ...

By Casmir Igbokwe Let us pray! Almighty father, we your children have suffered untold hardship and deprivations in Nigeria. The worst now is that kidnappers and terrorists have made life unbearable for us. O God, our government has abandoned us. Without you, we can do nothing. We place all our hopes and trust in you. No weapon fashioned against us, ...

By Casmir Igbokwe It is not only churches that organize harvest and bazaar these days. Since President Bola Tinubu became the President of Nigeria on May 29, 2023, we have been in an unending season of bazaar. Nigeria has been auctioned off. But, the proceeds are not meant to favour the over 133 million Nigerians living in multi-dimensional poverty. They ...

By Casmir Igbokwe Frustration and despair have secured permanent residential permit in Nigeria. The cost of living has gone haywire. Insecurity is at its peak. Poverty and hunger have turned many citizens into beggars. The ruling cabal had promised renewed hope. The majority of Nigerians suspected they were lying. They desired change. They voted for competence and capacity against primordial ...