10 Mind-blowing Facts about English that May Shock You
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Everyone knows English is an eccentric language with unpredictable rules and cur...
“Fulani herdsmen” as Nigeria’s new Devil Term
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The signifier “Fulani herdsmen” or, better still, “suspected Fulani herdsmen,” h...
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...
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