In Naija, Ethnicity and Religion Determine Outrage Over Crime – Kperogi
There seems to be a heightened (social media) obsession in Nigeria to call people out for what crimes they haven’t (yet) condemned—or that they have…
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IPOB’s Full-Blown Barbarous Terrorism Must be Stopped – Kperogi
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which also masquerades as Eastern Security Network (ESN) or Unknown Gun Men (UGM), has stepped up premeditated mass murders…
AGF Ahmed Idris’ “Blasphemy” Against ASUU and Nigeria – Kperogi
I am intentionally appropriating, and extending the semantic boundaries of, the term “blasphemy” for this piece because it seems to be the only term that…
Deborah: I’ve Lost Faith in Humanity – Kperogi
That such a large number of highly credentialed, full-grown northern Nigerian Muslim adults in full control of their mental faculties (who repeat the mantra that…
Emefiele: A Corrupt, Inept, Heart-Attack-Loving Presidential Wannabe – Kperogi
Central Bank of Nigeria governor Godwin Emefiele embodies all that is wrong with Nigeria. He is infernally incompetent, exceptionally corrupt, mind-blowingly self-serving, incomprehensibly clueless, overweeningly…
Murderers of Christian Woman in Sokoto Must Be Arrested and Punished – Kperogi
I just watched a bloodcurdling video clip of a bunch of murderous, maniacal brutes murdering and burning a Christian woman at the Shehu Shagari College…
Ahmed Lawan and Threat to INEC’s Independence – Kperogi
Senate President Ahmed Lawan’s last-minute entry into the APC presidential primary contest is shaping up to be the first real crucible of the independence and…
Making Sense of APC’s Allcomers’ Presidential Contest – Kperogi
Even people who normally pontificate with cocksure certainty about politics in Nigeria are mystified by what’s going on at APC right now.
ASUU: As Students Suffer, VC’s Wives, Politicians Smile – Kperogi
If you want to measure the depth and breadth of any society’s depravity, moral decay, and hopelessness, look no further than how it treats its…
Osinbajo’s Adeboye-Inspired RCCG Supremacist Bigotry Now Open – Kperogi
Pastor Timothy Olaniyan, whom a Feb. 28, 2022, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) memo appointed to lead a newly created “Office of Directorate of…
A President Saraki Won’t Pay Federal Workers’ Salaries – Kperogi
Bukola Saraki is one of the strongest contenders for PDP’s presidential nomination. On paper, his identity agnosticism (i.e., his capacity to be simultaneously a northerner…
Only These Kinds of People Will Buy Nomination Forms for N100m – Kperogi
There is an unexampled swarming of the presidential nomination arena by a motley crowd of wannabes. One argument for this is that Muhammadu Buhari and…
Wike May Clown His Way to PDP’s Nomination – Kperogi
One of my new guilty pleasures is binge-watching videos of Gov. Nyesom Wike clowning around the country in his bid to win over PDP delegates.…
Saraki’s 419 Northern PDP “Consensus” Candidacy – Kperogi
Bukola Saraki manipulated “northern elders” led by Professor Ango Abdullahi to simultaneously endorse him AND Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed as the North’s “consensus candidates”…
Verbal Primitivism as PR in an Election Year – Kperogi
It’s election season in Nigeria. The political public relations industry is abuzz. Political hopefuls are hiring hacks to write tendentious screeds that make them feel…
Buhari Regime’s Bishop Kukah Obsession – Kperogi
Why does it seem like the Buhari regime is propelled by a knee-jerk, irresistible impulse to respond to everything Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah says?
