CBN’s Aisha Ahmad, Misogynistic Bullying, and Religious Hypocrisy
By Farooq Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi At least two categories of (male) Nigerian social media denizens were disconcerted ...
Semantic Bleaching in English
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Just like skin bleaching is the chemically induced lessening of the melanin of a...
Femi Adesina and the Godification of Buhari
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Dissent and criticism are not only core structural components of democracy, they...
Old Forgotten English Words We Should Start Using Again
Language is always in a state of flux. It hardly ever happens that archaisms stage a comeback in languages. However, lately, people have d...
El-Rufai’s Morbid Fixation with Death of His Political Opponents
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi There is no doubt that Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai embodies one of the ...
“Police is your friend,” “fire for fire”: Q and A on Nigerian English Errors
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter:@farooqkperogi Question: Is it “congratulate for” or “congratulate on”? In other words, should...
Buhari’s Obsessive Compulsive Runawayism
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi President Buhari is held prisoner by what appears to be an obsessive impulse to ...
When and How to Use “in” and “on” in Some Fixed Expressions
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Several readers have asked me to give them some guidance on when it is proper to...
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