Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Every English-speaking nation on earth has its repertoire of idiosyncratic solecisms. I have written about com...

By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi The spate of unnerving stories about “evil forests” and “ritual killers” in Ibadan and Ab...

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Is it “minutes of the meeting WERE read” or “minutes of the meeting WAS read”? What is the difference betw...

I have decided to take a break this week and share these thoughtful responses to my article with readers. Enjoy. Your column hits at t...

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Archaisms are expressions that have lost currency in contemporary usage. Their use can sometimes be inte...

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. In September 2004, Mr. Jeremy Weate, co-owner of Cassava Republic Press in Nigeria, wrote a thoughtful an...