Opinion: Zenith Bank’s New MD and the Burden on Successful Women – Kperogi
It so often happens that whenever a Nigerian woman makes the news as having been appointed to a high position that is, has been or,…
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Opinion: How to Stop the Kidnapping Epidemic in Nigeria – Kperogi
Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru told Arise TV that abductions have skyrocketed in the FCT because kidnappers from the adjoining states of Niger and Kaduna are…
Opinion: Tinubu Getting Governance Right but Economy Wrong – Kperogi
"I was in Nigeria in December 2023 and saw firsthand the extreme, unbearable, and unexampled adversity that the vast majority of people have been thrown…
Opinion: Why the North Suddenly Cares about Northern Lives – Kperogi
It should be made clear from the outset that I am overwrought with immense grief by the heartbreaking but unintentional killing of 126 innocent men,…
Opinion: How to Stop Judicial Coups Against Democracy in Nigeria – Kperogi
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), one of Nigeria’s most prominent pro-democracy NGOs, invited me to make a virtual presentation from my base in…
Opinion: Tinubu’s Risky Niger Gamble, Shetty’s Embarrassment – Kperogi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday wrote to the Senate to inform it of an impending “Military build-up and deployment of personnel for military intervention to…
Davido: Why Yoruba and Hausa Muslims Reacted Differently to Video – Kperogi
Music star Davido’s social media promotion of a new song by Logos Olori (whose real name is Olalekan Emeka Taiwo) titled “Jaye Lo” where men…
Opinion: IMF’s Neoliberal Sadomasochistic Paradise is Finally in Nigeria – Kperogi
It used to be that, like all normal human beings, ordinary Nigerians chafed at policies that choked and squeezed the life out of them, and…
Why Tinubu’s Hiring and Firing Frenzy Excites Nigerians – Kperogi
After an unexpectedly sluggish start (it took him longer than usual to appoint his spokesperson, which conduced to the luxuriant flowering of avoidable rumors and…
Opinion: President Tinubu and Dangers of Subsidy Removal – Kperogi
It’s either President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his inner circle didn’t read my April 29 column titled “Six Agenda Items for Tinubu’s Success” or they…
Chatham House and Nigeria’s Growing Cultural Cringe – Kperogi
The increasingly central role that British think factory Chatham House is playing in Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, which has seen most of our top presidential…
Buhari’s Second Niger Bridge Parting Gift to Ndigbo – Kperogi
In one of my first open criticisms of the Muhammadu Buhari administration on Facebook in August 2015, I called attention to what I called the…
How Atiku, Obi Split “Owners of Nigeria” – Kperogi
Ovation publisher Chief Dele Momodu popularized the expression “owners of Nigeria” to denote a coterie of power brokers and traffickers of influence who habitually sit…
Aisha Buhari’s Barbara Streisand Effect Nightmare – Kperogi
First Lady Aisha Buhari ordered the kidnap, torture, captivity, and arraignment of a Federal University Dutse undergraduate by the name of Aminu Mohammed Adamu because…
An Openly Partisan Chief Justice of Nigeria – Kperogi
When Justice Tajudeen Olukayode Ariwoola was appointed Chief Justice of Nigeria, I was excited about two reasons. One, he comes from Oke-Ogun, a part of…
Tinubu’s Cognitive Decline, ASUU’s Misplaced Aggression – Kperogi
Over the last few days, several video clips of Bola Tinubu’s disturbingly cringeworthy verbal mishaps during speaking engagements have flooded social media platforms and have…
