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As Foes And Friends Unite Against Tinubu

Global UpfrontFeb 1, 2025February 1, 20250

By Farooq Kperogi ALTHOUGH 2025 has only just begun, the Machiavellian maneuvers and the increasingly tensile, high-decibel political shrieks being emitted by politicians about the

Why Does Nigeria Buy Official Cars Every Budget Year?

Global UpfrontJan 25, 2025January 25, 20250

By Farooq Kperogi EVER since I started consciously monitoring the business of the government, I have always wondered why Nigeria’s yearly budgets unfailingly allocate astronomical

Emir Sanusi’s Quid Pro Quo For His Friends Turned Fiends

Global UpfrontJan 18, 2025January 18, 20250

By Farooq A. Kperogi Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II on Wednesday became an involuntary, if narcissistic and self-important, humorist who embodied the age-old wisecrack

Borgu, Northern Nigeria And Yoruba History

Global UpfrontJan 11, 2025January 11, 20250

By Farooq Kperogi My December 21, 2024, column titled “Kemi Badenoch’s Yoruba Identity Meets Inconvenient Truths,” where I set out to show that contrary to

Tinubu’s Buharisation Of The NNPC

Global UpfrontDec 28, 2024December 28, 20240

By Farooq Kperogi AFTER the sustained, unwarranted personal attacks I endured for eight years from northerners for unswervingly calling out what I called the “embarrassingly

Kemi Badenoch’s Yoruba Identity Meets Inconvenient Truths

Global UpfrontDec 21, 2024December 21, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi Kemi Badenoch, current leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, recently disavowed her Nigerian identity because of her resentment at being associated

A Reflection On Daily Trust’s Tension With Tinubu

Global UpfrontDec 14, 2024December 14, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi As a media scholar who engages with Nigeria’s media landscape from the safe yet impassioned perch of the diaspora, I have

Dele Farotimi, Afe Babalola And Streisand Effect

Global UpfrontDec 7, 2024December 7, 20240

By Farooq Kperogi WHEN 95-year-old legal luminary Afe Babalola weaponised the Nigerian police to arrest and detain activist Dele Farotimi over alleged defamation in his

Petrol Is Cheaper In Atlanta Than In Nigeria

Global UpfrontNov 30, 2024November 30, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi This week, as I refueled my car, I couldn’t help but be struck by the sharp contrast between petrol prices here

Is Port Harcourt Refinery The New Nigeria Air?

Global UpfrontNov 28, 2024November 28, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi I decided to fact-check the buzz about the Port Harcourt Refinery supposedly springing back to life, so I reached out to