From Febuhari to “Wailing Wailers”: Linguistic Creativity Decline of the Buhari Brand
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi President Buhari’s political brand is going from being the most linguistically inn...
Buhari is Losing the Symbolic War
This column was written on Tuesday before Buhari's public declaration of his assets. By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkp...
Q and A on Idioms and Common Nigerian English Usage
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Question: What is the correct usage of these two words: beautiful and handsome...
On Fowler’s Fake Doctorate and Integrity Deficit
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi About 20 minutes after presidential spokesman Femi Adesina announced President B...
How English is Changing Languages in the World
For several years, English has been known as the language that borrows from almost every language. It borrows vocabulary, lexis, structure...
Re: Boko Haram, Alex Badeh, Jonathan and the Stolen Trillions
Please enjoy a sample of the reactions that last week’s column generated. I’ve heard a lot of people advocate that President Buhari s...
Shakespearean Expressions that Sound Illiterate by Today‘s Standards
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In my July 19, 2015 article titled “ Response to t...
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