Soyinka’s “K-leg” English and My Word of the Year
By Farooq Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi My first column this year is a reflection on Professor Wole Soyinka’s language use ...
Brace Up for the Next Petrol Price Hike
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi What follows is an abridged version of my October 29, 2016 column titled “Coming...
Re: Hausa-Speaking Northern Christian Names: An Onomastic Analysis
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Last week’s column attracted a rich cornucopia of responses. There is no space...
No, Jonathan Wouldn’t Have Been Better!
By Farooq Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi At perilous times like this when Buhari’s incompetence races to the rooftops, Goodl...
Hausa-Speaking Northern Christian Names: An Onomastic Analysis
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @ farooqkperogi As faithful readers of this column know, I have a scholarly fascination with th...
Shehu Sani’s Home Truth about Nigeria’s Foreign Missions
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Nigeria’s foreign missions are a distressing reflection of the crippling dysfunc...
The Self-Isolation of Native English Speakers
On Friday, here in Atlanta, I witnessed a communication breakdown between a Nigerian English speaker and a UK-born American English speake...
There Must be an Alternative to Buhari and Atiku
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi If former Vice President Atiku Abubakar (or anybody the PDP presents as a presid...
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