Tinubu’s Presidential Dissociative Disorder
By Farooq A. Kperogi There have been at least two prominent instances when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu betrayed what I have called presidential dissociative disorder, which I define as power-induced…
Author: Farooq Kperogi
Farooq Adamu Kperogi is a Nigerian-American professor, author, media scholar, newspaper columnist, blogger and activist. He was a reporter and news editor at many Nigerian newspapers including the Daily Trust, Daily Triumph and the now defunct New Nigerian.
Paradoxical Privilege of Success
By Farooq Kperogi One of the English proverbs I memorized in high school is, “Nothing succeeds like success.” This simple proverb encapsulates why it’s easier to get a job when…
Why Moghalu’s Exit from ASG Matters for Africa
By Farooq A. Kperogi When former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) deputy governor Professor Kingsley Moghalu was appointed last year as the inaugural President and Vice Chancellor of the Kigali-based…
Obi’s Litigious Reflexes vs Adeyanju’s Burden of Truth
By Farooq A. Kperogi In what irreverently humorous social media denizens are calling the battle between the “social media president” and the “Temu lawyer” (unflattering epithets to suggest that Peter…
Jonathan’s Entry Would Radically Shake the 2027 Election
By Farooq A. Kperogi If the whispers from the smoke-filled inner rooms of northern political conclaves are to be believed, former President Goodluck Jonathan is being courted to return to…
Why We Should Stop Renaming Well-Established Universities
By Farooq A. Kperogi In Nigeria, there’s a disturbingly haunting temporariness in the appellative identity of every university that derives its name from its location. If the current trend holds,…
Ten Days in Japan
By Farooq A. Kperogi I was in Japan for a 10-day vacation (workation for my wife), which gave us an opportunity to see our first daughter, a final-year engineering student…
On Buhari’s Death
By Farooq Kperogi It has been announced that former President Muhammadu Buhari passed away in London. Anyone familiar with my writings and commentary knows I vigorously disagreed with many of…
AI’s Threat to Journalism, Scholarship, and Self-Expression
By Farooq A. Kperogi On June 16, the final day of my three-week visit to Nigeria, I met with my dear friend Malam Ali M. Ali, Managing Director of the…
Seeing Nigeria from My American Daughter’s Eyes
By Farooq A. Kperogi Sometimes, it takes the unburdened and free-spirited perceptions of outsiders, particularly children, to appreciate taken-for-granted cultural peculiarities. This fact came to the fore for me after…