On Fowler’s Fake Doctorate and Integrity Deficit
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi About 20 minutes after presidential spokesman Femi Adesina announced President B...
How English is Changing Languages in the World
For several years, English has been known as the language that borrows from almost every language. It borrows vocabulary, lexis, structure...
Re: Boko Haram, Alex Badeh, Jonathan and the Stolen Trillions
Please enjoy a sample of the reactions that last week’s column generated. I’ve heard a lot of people advocate that President Buhari s...
Shakespearean Expressions that Sound Illiterate by Today‘s Standards
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In my July 19, 2015 article titled “ Response to t...
Boko Haram, Alex Badeh, Jonathan and the Stolen Trillions
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi I thought I had become inured to the scandal of brazen corruption in Nigeria ...
Q and A on Nigerian Media English, Usage, and American and British English Punctuations
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperog i Is “believe you me” Standard English? What’s the difference between single and ...
Urgent Need for “Braintashi” in the Nigerian National Assembly
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Excuse the vulgarity and prurience of my choice of words, but most Nigerians ar...
Q and A on Titles, Grammaticality of “Treasonable Felony” and Other Expressions
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi I have a backlog of unanswered questions from several weeks ago to which I hope...
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