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Names for Pig and Pig Meat in English Muslims Should Know – Farooq A. Kperogi

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Names for Pig and Pig Meat in English Muslims Should Know – Farooq A. Kperogi

In the spirit of Ramadan, I am republishing a revised version of an article I wrote in June 2017 in my defunct “Politics of Grammar” column about pig-based meats and foods that Muslims are forbidden from eating but which many of them who visit the West unwittingly eat on occasion because of their poly-appellativeness (my…

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Tinubu Getting Governance Right But Economy Wrong – Farooq Kperogi

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Tinubu Getting Governance Right But Economy Wrong – Farooq Kperogi

IT takes a special kind of partisan bullheadedness— or an acute amnesia of the immediate past— to fail to acknowledge that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has, in the last few weeks, enlivened governance, shown praiseworthy sensitivity to public opinion, and has exerted unaccustomed social, symbolic, and political presence in the country. But it also requires…

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How to Stop Judicial Coups Against Democracy in Nigeria – Farooq A. Kperogi

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How to Stop Judicial Coups Against Democracy in Nigeria – Farooq A. 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 Atlanta to a national seminar it organized last Thursday on “targeted judicial reforms and enhanced judicial integrity in post-election litigation.” Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it, but here are the thoughts…

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[OPINION] Tinubu, Sanusi, Subsidies, And The Economics Of Empathy – Farooq Kperogi

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[OPINION] Tinubu, Sanusi, Subsidies, And The Economics Of Empathy – Farooq Kperogi

In response to my September 30 column titled “Thought Subsidy Was Bad. Why is Tinubu Bringing it Back?” a Facebook follower of mine by the name of Anas Mundi asked, “So why is SLS [i.e., Sanusi Lamido Sanusi] always agitating for fuel subsidy removal? I still don’t get it really!!” My curt, perfunctory, irritated response…

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Why Tinubu Must Restore Fuel Subsidies Now – Farooq A. Kperogi

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Why Tinubu Must Restore Fuel Subsidies Now – Farooq A. Kperogi

A speculative news story from TheCable about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu considering a temporary restoration of petrol subsidies in light of the current unspeakable adversity that Nigerians are going through trended early this week. If it’s true, it’s commendable, but on Thursday Tinubu doubled down on his decision to remove subsidies, saying his government was…

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Tinubu’s Risky Niger Gamble, Shetty’s Embarrassment – Farooq A. Kperogi

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Tinubu’s Risky Niger Gamble, Shetty’s Embarrassment – Farooq A. 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 enforce compliance of the military junta in Niger should they remain recalcitrant.” This is a dangerous, ill-advised, potentially self-destructive gamble Tinubu would do well to give up because it…

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