Nicholas Said’s Encounters with American Racism
By Farooq A. Kperogi This column continues from last week . Isaac Jacob Rochussen, the patrician from the Netherlands who brought Nicholas...
Borno Man Who Fought in America’s Civil War in 1860s
By Farooq A. Kperogi In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is celebrated every February, I am continuing my tradition of w...
As Foes and Friends Unite Against Tinubu
By Farooq A. Kperogi Although 2025 has only just begun, the Machiavellian maneuvers and the increasingly tensile, high-decibel political shr...
Why Does Nigeria Buy Official Cars Every Budget Year?
By Farooq A. Kperogi Ever since I started consciously monitoring the business of the government, I have always wondered why Nigeria’s yearl...
Emir Sanusi’s Quid Pro Quo for His Friends Turned Fiends
By Farooq A. Kperogi Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II on Wednesday became an involuntary, if narcissistic and self-important, humorist who ...
Borgu, Northern Nigeria, and Yoruba History
By Farooq A. Kperogi My December 21, 2024, column titled “ Kemi Badenoch’s Yoruba Identity Meets Inconvenient Truths ,” where I set out to ...
NNPC and Fresh Perspectives on Ojulari’s Identity
By Farooq A. Kperogi Last week’s column on what I called the “relentless Yorubacentric take-over of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company...
A Death that Has Deeply Broken My Family’s Heart
By Farooq Kperogi I am shattered beyond words can express by the sudden passing of my dear friend and brother, Ndagana Baba Alhaji. His los...
Tinubu’s Buharization of the NNPC
By Farooq A. Kperogi After the sustained, unwarranted personal attacks I endured for eight years from northerners for unswervingly calling ...
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