By Farooq A. Kperogi I am taking a break from political commentary to everyday language usage this week. A few weeks ago, a British journali...

By Farooq Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi ASUU president Emmanuel Osodeke obviously didn’t know what “quack” really meant when he used it to...

By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Since 2015, every August 26 has been observed as “Hausa Day” (or “Ranar Hausa” in the Hausa lan...

By Farooq Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Nigerians now increasingly say “he’ll win him” to mean “he’ll defeat him.” Even prominent politici...

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi It is only in Nigerian English (and perhaps in Ghanaian English since both varieties sha...

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter:  @farooqkperogi   This edition of my Q and A series answers such questions as the difference bet...

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has failed to bring about the “change” it...

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi 1. Question: Is it “screen touch” or “touch screen? Answer: Until I recei...

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Nigerian English is filled with words that are either exclusively invented by Nig...

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter:  @farooqkperogi Although many Nigerians, including Professor Wole Soyinka, use “academicians” an...