Black American Vernacular English Expressions You Should Know
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is observed every Febru...
A Vote for “Naija” and Against “Nigeria”
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The National Orientation Agency is relaunching a pointless and misguided campa...
Orwellian Doublespeak About Buhari’s Health
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Doublespeak is intentional manipulation of language to conceal uncomfortable ...
American Influences in Nigerian English
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The trouble with labeling anything American English these days is that American ...
The Dangerous Criminalization of Fulani Ethnicity
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The Nigerian mass media—and the online echo chambers they have spawned on social...
Presidential Lying in Defense of Corrupt “Executhieves”
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi People who have read my column for the last few weeks might be led to suppose th...
Princes, Not Kings, Are Called "His Royal Highness"
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In this week’s column, based on requests from readers, I explain why the popular...
Buhari’s Gambian Gambit As Borno Burns
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Gambians are our West African brothers and sisters who deserve our help in their...
Memories and Legacies from My Late Father
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi During my last six-minute phone conversation with my late father on December 28,...
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