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Tag: Farooq Kperogi
Rising ethnic tension between Hausa and Fulani
In everyday dialogic engagements on social media, in the marketplace, and in the streets, Hausa and…
OPINION – Openly Partisan Chief Justice of Nigeria?
The man seems to have lost his calling. It’s evident that he would do better as…
OPINION – Hope Buhari doesn’t appear on new naira notes
With an ineffectual, uninformed, obsequious, servile, and partisan CBN governor like Emefiele who is beholden to…
OPINION – Nigerian editors and writers as free community laborers
A few months ago, someone wanted me to edit a book containing the speeches of a…
OPINION – How to make this the last ASUU strike
We shouldn’t let public universities die because the government that is constitutionally mandated to fund them…
OPINION – Why is Bola Tinubu Hiding in London?
Tinubu and his minders need to come clean about the state of his health. If they…
OPINION – Cruelty to students, poor info management, and partisanship hurting ASUU
Why would ASUU propose to punish innocent, powerless, and defenseless students because of the actions of…
Why Nigerian Medical Doctors are the Best
Maybe this is self-selection bias, but there’s no Nigerian medical doctor I know who isn’t superlatively…
OPINION – What Tinubu would do if he’s denied APC ticket
By Farooq Kperogi While most people are fixated on Tinubu’s sense of entitlement and digs at…
OPINION – How APC can solve its Tinubu problem
By Farooq Kperogi There is no question that Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the main character in…
OPINION – 2023 Presidential Election should be cancelled; it’s already predetermined
By Farooq Kperogi With the help of Aminu Tambuwal, Atiku Abubakar has defeated Nysom Wike to…
OPINION: INEC is in bed with APC and can’t be trusted
By Farooq Kperogi The only major political party that INEC’s 6-day extension of the primary election…
Murderers of Christian woman in Sokoto must be arrested and punished!
By Farooq Kperogi I just watched a bloodcurdling video clip of a bunch of murderous, maniacal…
Saraki’s 419 Northern PDP “Consensus” Candidacy
By Farooq Kperogi Bukola Saraki manipulated “northern elders” led by Professor Ango Abdullahi to simultaneously endorse…
Ex-governors’ pardon shows Buhari’s anti-corruption fight silliest joke
By Farooq Kperogi The Buhari regime’s pardon of former Plateau State governor Joshua Dariye and former…
2023: Farooq Kperogi goofed on Gov. Wike
By Louis Achi Democracy would lose its defining egalitarianism if it foreclosed the free expression of…
Reuben Abati’s revolt against broadcasting’s titular conventions
By Farooq A. Kperogi Arise TV anchor and former presidential spokesman Dr. Reuben Abati stirred a…
Why ritual murders like Bamise’s will continue
By Farooq Kperogi The heartrending murder of 22-year-old Bamise Ayanwole in Lagos yesterday is sadly just…
Previously unseen bombshell ASUU report on Pantami’s controversial professorship
By Farooq Kperogi Someone shared with me this February 12, 2022, report of the ASUU committee…
“Owners of Nigeria” have been and can be defeated
By Farooq Kperogi In his interview with Arise TV recently, Ovation publisher and presidential hopeful Dele…
Buhari should give no more interviews
By Farooq A. Kperogi One of the self-care treats I’ve chosen to indulge in, for…
Why the North bleeds and the people sleep
By Farooq A. Kperogi Northern Nigeria, particularly Muslim northern Nigeria, has become by far the…
TRIBUTE : Memories of hilarious stories Ahmed Joda told us
By Farooq A. Kperogi When I read the heartbreaking news of Malam Ahmed Joda’s passing…
Lauretta Onochie and the Ephemerality of Outrage, by Farooq Kperogi
There’s something I call the ephemerality and impotence of outrage in Nigeria that Nigerian government…
OPINION: No Tears for Nnamdi Kanu, by Farooq Kperogi
I’ve known since the beginning of the month that Nnamdi Kanu would be arrested and…