The call by the Governors’ Forum for the scrapping of the petroleum subsidy is understandable in a way, but it is ultimately not the solution to their monetary constraints. The Federal Government subsidizes petroleum imports amounting to almost a trillion naira a year and the governors want to access that money to enable them pay the new minimum wage of [...]

The former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Sani Yerima has married a 13 year old Egyptian girl for whom he paid her family $100,000. The “marriage” is being discussed in the news but no charges of rape and forced marriage are being pursued. Two other men, Harrison Eze and Ademola Arogboto have both been charged with rape though for some reasons the [...]