Notes from Atlanta with Farooq Kperogi

Conspiracy of price gouging between Dangote and NNPCL

I  had said to myself and to people close to me that I would never write again on the untenably…

7 months ago

Why only Nigerians call petrol PMS

I AM taking a break from political commentary to everyday language usage this week. A few weeks ago, a British…

8 months ago

Mystery of Dangote Refinery in Nigerian oil politics

MANY Nigerians invested hopes in the Dangote Refinery and thought it would bring stability to Nigeria’s chaotic petroleum industry. But…

8 months ago

The 18-year-old age limit for School Certificate

The directive by education minister, Professor Tahir Mamman to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council…

8 months ago

Tinubu: Overfed father of starving children

The unfailingly abiding emotional investment I have in the wellbeing of common people springs forth from my experiential and mediated…

8 months ago

Tinubu’s economic reforms: Nightmarish cases from other countries

THE President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration likes to psychologically anesthetize Nigerians who are grieving from the hurt of its economic…

9 months ago

Zanga-Zanga and Tinubu’s crumbling northern alliance

THE 10-day nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests that end today, known by the   reduplicative compound “Zanga-Zanga” in Hausaphone northern Nigeria, have ruptured…

9 months ago

Five lessons from the ongoing hunger protests

The nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests that are convulsing the neoliberal fundament of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration are redefining and redrawing…

9 months ago

Protests: Tinubu’s real troubles are just beginning

IN light of his planned astronomical hike in petrol prices euphemistically called “subsidy removal” in 2023, which his opponents also…

9 months ago

“Mesujamba,” a slur against Ilorin people, is a linguistic fraud

One of the responses I got to last week’s column repeated a historically and sociolinguistically suspect claim about the supposed…

10 months ago

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