The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) aroused the rage of Nigerians this week when it revealed in its periodic newsletter called “EFCC Alert” (which... Read More
Farooq Kperogi articles
Zenith Bank’s New MD and the Burden on Successful Women – By Farooq Kperogi
6 min read Share with friends:
It so often happens that whenever a Nigerian woman makes the news as having been appointed to a high position that is, has been or,... Read More
As we welcome the blessed month of Ramadan, I extend my warmest greetings to fellow Muslims all over the world. This time of reflection, prayer,... Read More
House of Reps’ Legislative Banditry Against Universities – By Farooq Kperogi
6 min read
Share with friends:
I would have missed the story of the devious designs by members of the House of Representatives to extort vice chancellors, rectors, and provosts of... Read More
In the last few weeks, kidnapping in Nigeria has escalated into such a terrifyingly contagious national epidemic that it’s now difficult to keep up with... Read More
As Malagi and Ngelale Renounce Lai’s Lies and Adesina’s Insults – By Farooq Kperogi
7 min read Share with friends:
The Information and National Orientation Minister, Mohammed Idris Malagi, and the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, started their jobs... Read More
After failing to stop him from emerging as APC’s flag bearer in 2022 and mounting steep hurdles for him in the 2023 election, Muhammadu Buhari... Read More
PhD Graduation of a Hausa-Yoruba Nigerian in America – By Farooq Kperogi
6 min read Share with friends:
Last Saturday, I attended the Ph.D. graduation of a treasured mentee of mine by the name of Abdulbasit Kassim at Rice University in Houston, Texas.... Read More
Exactly a month from today, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be inaugurated as president of Nigeria—unless something seismically dramatic happens before then. There are literally hundreds... Read More
Obi Seems to Be Poverty-Shaming the North, But Is He? By Farooq Kperogi
6 min read Share with friends:
In a series of tweets on April 18, Labor Party presidential candidate Peter Obi said, among other things, that he was “committed to lifting people... Read More
Obi’s face-saving litigious bluster against Peoples Gazette – By Farooq Kperogi
6 min read Share with friends:
For at least three reasons, I really wanted to stay away from the hoopla that attended Peoples Gazette’s publication of Peter Obi’s “religious war” (or... Read More
Between Obi and Kwankwaso, Who’s the “Local Champion” Now? By Farooq Kperogi
6 min read Share with friends:
In the months that preceded the February 2023 presidential election, supporters of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso both badgered me to recognize Kwankwaso’s matchless political might and... Read More
Nigeria’s dangerously rising post-election ethnic tension – By Farooq Kperogi
7 min read Share with friends:
I wasn’t born in the First Republic (i.e., 1960 to 1966) and hadn’t come of age in the Second Republic (i.e., 1979 to 1983), so... Read More
Chatham House and Nigeria’s Growing Cultural Cringe – By Farooq Kperogi
5 min read Share with friends:
The increasingly central role that British think factory Chatham House is playing in Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, which has seen most of our top presidential... Read More
Toyin Falola: A Transcendental Academic Giant at 70 – By Farooq Kperogi
6 min read Share with friends:
Today’s column celebrates the birthday of a famous and uncommonly intellectually productive Nigerian professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. Let’s normalize... Read More
Buhari’s Second Niger Bridge Parting Gift to Ndigbo – By Farooq Kperogi
6 min read Share with friends:
This week’s column explores the complicated dynamic between the Buhari regime’s seeming Igbophobia and its praiseworthy completion of a major project that is dear to... Read More
Aisha Buhari’s Barbara Streisand Effect Nightmare – By Farooq Kperogi
6 min read Share with friends:
First Lady Aisha Buhari ordered the kidnap, torture, captivity, and arraignment of a Federal University Dutse undergraduate by the name of Aminu Mohammed Adamu because... Read More
When Justice Tajudeen Olukayode Ariwoola was appointed Chief Justice of Nigeria, I was excited for two reasons. One, he comes from Oke-Ogun, a part of... Read More
Tinubu’s Cognitive Decline, ASUU’s Misplaced Aggression – By Farooq Kperogi
6 min read Share with friends:
Over the last few days, several video clips of Bola Tinubu’s disturbingly cringeworthy verbal mishaps during speaking engagements have flooded social media platforms and have... Read More
Although ASUU strike has been called off and schools are scheduled to resume academic activities from next week, all is not well in most universities.... Read More
The Peter Obi Tsunami APC and PDP are Underrating – By Farooq Kperogi
5 min read Share with friends:
Former Anambra State governor Peter Obi is inspiring a powerful, social media-enabled, youth-led political tidal wave that will radically change the contours of the 2023... Read More
Muhammadu Buhari’s “suspension” of Hajia Hadiza Bala Usman as Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) four months after prematurely approving a second term... Read More
Pastor Tunde Bakare’s trending video on Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for which he is receiving caustic flak from the Nigerian online commentariat, isn’t the deodorization of Tinubu’s smelly... Read More
Share with friends: