Nigerian English Words You Won’t Find in Any Modern Dictionary
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Nigerian English is filled with words that are either exclusively invented by Nig...
Trump, Buhari, Xenophilia and “Lifeless” “Integrity”
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi President Muhammadu Buhari’s supporters are frothing at the mouth with impotent r...
It’s “Academic,” not “Academician” Q and A on Nigerian English Errors and Usage
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Although many Nigerians, including Professor Wole Soyinka, use “academicians” an...
Ilorin is an Ethnogenesis: Response to Kawu’s Anti-Saraki Ilorin Purism (II)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Last week, I pointed to the presence of non-Muslim Fulani pastoralists in Afonja’...
English Words that Make Nigerians Say the Opposite of What They Mean (III)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Also see: English Words that Make Nigerians Say the Opposite of What They Mean (...
Ilorin is an Ethnogenesis: Response to Kawu’s Anti-Saraki Ilorin Purism
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi This is a difficult column to write because Malam Ishaq Modibbo Kawu, director-ge...
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...
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