Identity Questions in IBB’s Autobiography – Kperogi
We see evidence of identitarian anxieties in IBB’s life after he left his Niger cultural cocoon. Up until age 23 when he returned from India…
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As Foes and Friends Unite Against Tinubu – Kperogi
Of all the political realignments that are forming preparatory to the 2027 election, it’s the unity in political adversity between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar…
Why Does Nigeria Buy Official Cars Every Budget Year? – Kperogi
Ever since I started consciously monitoring the business of the government, I have always wondered why Nigeria’s yearly budgets unfailingly allocate astronomical amounts of money…
Emir Sanusi’s Quid Pro Quo for His Friends Turned Fiends – Kperogi
Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II on Wednesday became an involuntary, if narcissistic and self-important, humorist who embodied the age-old wisecrack that says when you…
Borgu, Northern Nigeria, and Yoruba History – Kperogi
Notions of collective identity with definite ethnographic boundaries are relatively new all over the world. I made this clear to Dr. Lasisi Olagunju who wrote…
Opinion: Tinubu’s Buharization of the NNPC – Kperogi
Ironically, this column was inspired by a well-regarded Yoruba supporter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is worried, in fact embarrassed, by the optics of…
Opinion: Kemi Badenoch’s Yoruba Identity Meets Inconvenient Truths – Kperogi
Kemi Badenoch, current leader of the UK’s Conservative Party, recently disavowed her Nigerian identity because of her resentment at being associated with northern Nigeria. “Being…
Opinion: Dele Farotimi, Afe Babalola, and Streisand Effect – Kperogi
When 95-year-old legal luminary Afe Babalola weaponized the Nigerian police to arrest and detain activist Dele Farotimi over alleged defamation in his book, Nigeria and…
Opinion: Petrol is Cheaper in Atlanta than in Nigeria – Kperogi
At the current exchange rate of 1,647 naira to the dollar, a gallon of petrol in Atlanta equates to approximately 5,200 naira or 1,102 naira…
Opinion: What Trump’s Comeback May Mean for Africa – Kperogi
Donald Trump is no more interested in religious morality than he is in the theological reveries of his African fan base. He is, in truth,…
Opinion: Nigerians Will Miss Tinubu After He is Gone – Kperogi
I fully anticipate that most Nigerians will figuratively call for my head after reading this headline. How could it be that a leader who has…
World Bank’s 15-Year Death Sentence on Nigeria – Kperogi
The World Bank’s Senior Vice President by the name of Indermit Gill, who is originally Indian, incited mass panic in Nigeria on October 14 when…
Tinubu, Remi, and Akpabio Mocking Nigerians’ Hardship – Kperogi
The torment of incessantly escalating petrol prices and the consequent surge in the cost of everything have plunged Nigerians into a precipitous decline in quality…
Tinubu Dramatizes Hollowness of Nigeria’s “Independence” – Kperogi
October 1 is celebrated as Nigeria’s Independence Day. But Nigeria isn’t independent. It is, for all practical purposes, a dependent state, a satellite state, whose…
October Surprise in American Presidential Elections – Kperogi
Several faithful readers of this column who have followed it from the mid-2000s in the Weekly Trust have asked me to spice up my columns…
Opinion: Why Only Nigerians Call Petrol PMS – Kperogi
There is a widespread misconception in Nigerian journalistic circles that “premium motor spirit” is the proper name for petrol, and this misconception appears to be…
