English Mumpsimuses, a Senator’s Tweet, and Lesson in Tenses
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi I didn’t intend to write a sequel to last week’s column on the Senator Shehu San...
Nobody in the North Says He’s “Born to Rule”
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Every once in a while, discredited urban legends get rehabilitated, infused ...
“Economy Grows by 1.4 %”: Grammar Q and A on a Senator’s Tweet
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Question: Senator Shehu Sani wrote the following on Twitter: “Good news that o...
Remember Enoch Opeyemi Who Claimed to have Solved the Riemann Hypothesis?
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Two years ago, a certain Dr. Enoch Opeyemi who teaches mathematics at the Federa...
Social Class Prejudice in Nigerian Teacher Competency Tests
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The results of the teacher competency test in Kaduna State—and in several Nigeri...
“Moslem,” “Journey Mercies,” “Stay blessed”: Q and A on Nigerian Religious English and More
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Is it “Moslem” or “Muslim”? Are the expressions “remain blessed” or “stay blesse...
Ghost of PDP is Haunting Buhari’s Government
By Farooq Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Karl Marx famously started the Communist Manifesto with the following ominous word...
Boss Mustapha and Silly, Ungrammatical Titular Vanity among Nigerian Politicians
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperog i New Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha struck at the c...
Unravelling of the Corruption in Buhari’s “Anti-Corruption” Fight
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The latest thunderbolt from the Head of Service of the Federation that President...
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