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Conspiracy of Price Gouging Between Dangote and NNPCL

Global UpfrontSep 21, 2024September 21, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi I had said to myself and to people close to me that I would never write again on the untenably rising

Why Only Nigerians Call Petrol PMS

Global UpfrontSep 14, 2024September 14, 20240

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

Mystery of Dangote Refinery in Nigerian Oil Politics

Global UpfrontSep 7, 2024September 7, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi Many Nigerians invested hopes in the Dangote Refinery and thought it would bring stability to Nigeria’s chaotic petroleum industry. But on

Tinubu: Overfed Father of Starving Children

Global UpfrontAug 24, 2024August 24, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi, @farooqkperogi The unfailingly abiding emotional investment I have in the wellbeing of common people springs forth from my experiential and mediated

Tinubu’s Economic Reforms: Nightmarish Cases from Other Countries

Global UpfrontAug 17, 2024August 17, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration likes to psychologically anesthetize Nigerians who are grieving from the hurt of its economic policies

Zanga-Zanga and Tinubu’s Crumbling Northern Alliance

Global UpfrontAug 10, 2024August 10, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Twitter: @farooqkperogi The 10-day nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests that end today, known by the reduplicative compound “Zanga-Zanga” in Hausaphone northern Nigeria, have ruptured

Tinubu: A Tyrant In The Making

Global UpfrontAug 5, 2024August 5, 20240

By By Farooq Kperogi President Tinubu’s self-serving speech–which basically sang his own praises, said he’d heard the people’s anguished cries but won’t do anything about

Five Lessons From The Ongoing Hunger Protests

Global UpfrontAug 3, 2024August 3, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi The nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests that are convulsing the neoliberal fundament of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration are redefining and

Protests: Tinubu’s Real Troubles Are Just Beginning

Global UpfrontJul 27, 2024July 27, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi In light of his planned astronomical hike in petrol prices euphemistically called “subsidy removal” in 2023, which his opponents

“Mesu Jamba,” A Slur Against Ilorin People, Is A Linguistic Fraud

Global UpfrontJul 20, 2024July 20, 20240

By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi One of the responses I got to last week’s column repeated a historically and sociolinguistically suspect claim about the