Tribute to my Father Who Died on December 31 Farooq A. Kperogi Saturday, January 07, 2017 tribute By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Last year ended on a tragically sour note for me. As many of my Facebook friends...
Re: Tribute to Haliru Dantoro, Emir of Borgu Farooq A. Kperogi Saturday, November 14, 2015 Farooq Kperogi Readers shared many thoughtful comments on last week’s tribute to the late Haliru Dantoro. I share a few of them below: Thanks for th...
Kainji State? Why Not Borgu State? Thoughts on State Creation Farooq A. Kperogi Saturday, July 19, 2014 Weekly Trust By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. One of the low points of the ongoing national conference, at least for me, is the recommendation that 18 mor...
Of Yoruba, Arabic, and Origins of Nigerian Languages Farooq A. Kperogi Thursday, August 09, 2012 Yoruba Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. My May 13, 2012 column titled “The Arabic origins ofcommon Yoruba words” elicited interesting reactions. These...