Do We Lose Our Emotions When We Speak English as a Second Language?
I apologize again for not concluding the series I started three weeks ago on Nigerian English expressions that make Nigerian English speake...
Again, Osinbajo Dramatizes Buhari’s Leadership Inadequacy
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi On the day President Buhari left for London on yet another recklessly wasteful “1...
Vocabularies for Party Switching in Other English-Speaking Countries
By Farooq A. Kperogi, PhD Twitter: @farooqkperogi In light of last week’s gale of defections from political parties and the conversat...
Corruption Fighting Corruption: The Tragicomic Case of Obono-Obla
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Okoi Obono-Obla, Special Assistant to the President on Prosecutions and Head of S...
English Words that Make Nigerians Say the Opposite of What They Mean (II)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi This week’s column is a continuation from last week . It’s a compilation of Niger...
Fake Viral News about Buhari’s ICC Secret “Integrity” Dossier
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi There is a viral message making the rounds in Nigerian social media circles about...
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...
Between Adeosun’s Forged NYSC Certificate and Ayodele James’ Fake ICAN Certificate
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The reader is probably asking, “Who in the world is Ayodele James?” Well, Lebi-Ay...
Menace of Fake Incomprehensible English Accents at Nigerian Airports
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter:@farooqkperogi After I wrote my January 24, 2016 column titled “Those Annoyingly Fake Trans-Atlan...
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