It was a hot afternoon. I was at my friend’s house. We were chatting and I was at the same time scrolling down the timeline on my twitter account when suddenly i saw a new tweet saying the PPRA has increased the price of a litre of Premium Motor Spirit or petrol as we all know it, from 65 Naira to 141 Naira. I was shocked! Completely devastated! The first thing that came to my mind was “is this man well at all?” “On New Year’s Day?” “Is this man is a politician at all?” I wasn’t myself. My friend told me later in the day that we were talking when suddenly i paused, stared at my phone then stood up and started walking home. On reaching home, I called on my mum to tell her about what i just read. She told me it was a lie, that it is just one of those lies people spread on the net. That the price of fuel will not be increased until April. There was no electric power supply then, so we waited till the next hour, on the hour to tune a radio station for the news and alas! It was true. I turn...