FAROOQ KPEROGI Archives - Global Upfront Newspapers

Daniel Bwala’s Al Jazeera Humiliation

Global UpfrontMar 7, 2026March 7, 20260

By Farooq Kperogi, March 7, 2026 I barely know Daniel Bwala. He came to the forefront of national media attention in 2022 because of his

History And Psychoanalysis Of El-Rufai’s Troubles With Ribadu

Global UpfrontFeb 28, 2026February 28, 20260

By Farooq Kperogi, February 28, 2026 Given the depth and intensity of the friendship they cultivated over decades, many people are befuddled by why the

Boko Haram Terrorists Murder 170 People In My Backyard

Global UpfrontFeb 5, 2026February 5, 20260

By Farooq A. Kperogi I am using the last ounce of energy left in me to type this. A rural community in Kwara State’s Kaiama

Tinubu’s Türkiye Fiasco Spotlights His Age, Health And Wife

Global UpfrontJan 31, 2026January 31, 20260

By Farooq Kperogi, January 31, 2026 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to Türkiye this week dramatised two uncomfortable realities: the visible toll of age

Tinubu’s New Tax Regime As Sovereignty For Sale

Global UpfrontDec 13, 2025December 13, 20250

By Farooq Kperogi, December 13, 2025 For weeks, I deliberately avoided commenting on the sweeping new tax regime the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration plans to

General Uba’s Death And Our Debt To The Military

Global UpfrontNov 29, 2025November 29, 20250

By Farooq Kperogi, November 29, 2025 In 2020, The Atlantic published an explosive story, which claimed that in 2018 Donald Trump told advisors he could

Tinubu’s Presidential Dissociative Disorder

Global UpfrontSep 13, 2025September 13, 20250

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Saturday, September 13, 2025 There have been at least two prominent instances when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu betrayed what I have

Litigation Is Not Always Intimidation – A Reply To Farooq Kperogi

Global UpfrontSep 6, 2025September 6, 20250

By Abdullahi Hamza Farooq Kperogi is rightly acclaimed as a versatile academic and a titan of Nigerian media commentary. But, a closer examination of his

Jonathan’s Entry Would Radically Shake The 2027 Election

Global UpfrontAug 16, 2025August 16, 20250

By Farooq Kperogi If the whispers from the smoke-filled inner rooms of northern political conclaves are to be believed, former President Goodluck Jonathan is being

Tinubu, Listen To Falana On Welfare For The Poor

Global UpfrontAug 9, 2025August 9, 20250

By Farooq Kperogi, August 9, 2025 Femi Falana’s August 3 request to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to “approve not less than N5 trillion to fund