Popular Expressions English Borrowed from Other Languages
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Dictionary.com has an interesting slide show of 9 popular expressions in English th...
People President Buhari Must Fire to Show he Means Business
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi I am a firm believer in the virtue of magnanimity in victory. I also think that, as...
Common Election-Related Grammatical Errors Nigerian Journalists and Politicians Make
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Most of the material in this week’s column was initially published on May 1, 2011. ...
Re: After the Euphoria, What President-Elect Buhari Needs to Know
Twitter: @farooqperogi Many readers who responded to my column of last week also had lots of advice to share with our president-elect....
Curious British Parliamentary Vocabularies in Nigeria’s American-Style Democracy
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Although Nigeria practices American-style presidential democracy, its political an...
After the Euphoria, What President-elect Buhari Needs to Know
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi March 30 was my birthday. Although I don’t celebrate birthdays, people close to ...
Q and A on Grammar, Usage, Politics, Election, and Nigerian English
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Why is saying “the climate is not conducive for growing crops” nonstandard English...
Aisha Buhari, Patience Jonathan, and Politics of Regional Sensitivities
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Every region in Nigeria has its stereotypical vulnerabilities. From religious extre...
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