Q and A on the Grammar of Titles and Forms of Address
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi What does the term “professor emeritus” or "emeritus professor" really...
Q and A on Nigerian Media English Misusage, Demonyms, and Word Usage
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi This week’s Q and A column answers questions on English usage in the Nigerian me...
New Evidence that Goodluck Jonathan’s PhD May be Genuine
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Did former President Goodluck Jonathan actually earn a Ph.D. in Zoology from the...
In Jamaica, English is a “Girlish” Language
A September 6, 2015 story in The Jamaican Gleaner about Jamaican boys resisting English because it is considered “girlish” is at once surp...
Re: Buhari is Losing the Symbolic War
I received numerous responses to last week’s column . Several people wrote to tell me that Alhaji Yahaya Abdulkareem is still alive and ki...
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...
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