English Words that Make Nigerians Say the Opposite of What They Mean
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In this week’s column, I bring to light Nigerian English words and expressions th...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In this week’s column, I bring to light Nigerian English words and expressions th...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The reader is probably asking, “Who in the world is Ayodele James?” Well, Lebi-Ay...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter:@farooqkperogi After I wrote my January 24, 2016 column titled “Those Annoyingly Fake Trans-Atlan...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The moral outrage over Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun’s obviously forged National ...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi After Premium Times’ over-the-top but nonetheless admirably ethical and well-inte...
Continued from last week. Read the first part here By Ahmed Umar, Ph.D. From secondary to tertiary levels of education, a student’s...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi President Muhammadu Buhari has now established a template for “grieving” with peo...
My column last week about the tendency for everyday people to defend mediocrity in English usage among the Nigerian elite ignited an inter...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In politics, pandering refers to the insincere, opportunistic appeasement of a gr...