Very sad news out of London today – Ken Saro Wiwa Jr, the son of the legendary environmentalist Ken Saro Wiwa Sr, who was killed under Abacha’s rule – died after having a stroke on Tuesday morning.
In a world where President Barack Obama basically kisses the ground his wife walks on, Pres Buhari is telling the world his wife belongs only in the kitchen.
On Friday, May 15th, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala – Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy – was awarded with an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Yale University. And not everyone is happy about it; in fact, 4000 people and counting have signed a petition calling for Yale to withdraw the degree. Read the petition after the click.
According to the Kano state Attorney General, the case against the 15 year old girl who killed the 35 year old man she was forced to marry with rat poison, has been dropped. Reasons? Because she’s a minor and the victim’s family forgave her. More on the click.
