Tag: Farooq A. kperogi

BBC, Betta Edu, and her Ministry of Corruption – Farooq Kperogi[Culled]

Posted on By Rextun boss No Comments on BBC, Betta Edu, and her Ministry of Corruption – Farooq Kperogi[Culled]
BBC, Betta Edu, and her Ministry of Corruption – Farooq Kperogi[Culled]

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) aroused the rage of Nigerians this week when it revealed in its periodic newsletter called “EFCC Alert” (which it shared with news organizations on Monday) that it had recovered up to 30 billion naira of the money allegedly stolen by suspended Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation minister Betta Edu….

Read More “BBC, Betta Edu, and her Ministry of Corruption – Farooq Kperogi[Culled]” »

Opinion

Tinubu’s Anti-People, Reverse Robin Hoodist “Courage” – Farooq A. Kperogi

Posted on By Rextun boss No Comments on Tinubu’s Anti-People, Reverse Robin Hoodist “Courage” – Farooq A. Kperogi
Tinubu’s Anti-People, Reverse Robin Hoodist “Courage” – Farooq A. Kperogi

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is so inordinately inebriated by his IMF-motivated decision to remove subsidies on petrol that at every opportunity he has he brags about it in giddily superlative terms. For example, during a meeting with the Nigerian community in France on June 24, 2023, he couched his decision to impose the Tinubu fuel…

Read More “Tinubu’s Anti-People, Reverse Robin Hoodist “Courage” – Farooq A. Kperogi” »

Opinion

Tinubu, Nigeria Is Sinking And Streets Are Full of Tears – Farooq Kperogi

Posted on By Rextun boss No Comments on Tinubu, Nigeria Is Sinking And Streets Are Full of Tears – Farooq Kperogi
Tinubu, Nigeria Is Sinking And Streets Are Full of Tears – Farooq Kperogi

The searing torment that everyday folks are going through in Nigeria right now is so dire, so unbearably extreme, and so unexampled in its rawness that even diasporan Nigerians like me who live tens of thousands of miles away from home can feel it not just vicariously but also experientially. The unending streams of requests…

Read More “Tinubu, Nigeria Is Sinking And Streets Are Full of Tears – Farooq Kperogi” »

Opinion

North and Tinubu’s Back-to-Lagos Moves – Farooq A. Kperogi

Posted on By Rextun boss No Comments on North and Tinubu’s Back-to-Lagos Moves – Farooq A. Kperogi
North and Tinubu’s Back-to-Lagos Moves – Farooq A. Kperogi

When my uncle called me over the weekend, he had no time for the customary conversational courtesies that typically preceded our phone chats. He was agitated and wanted to know straight away why President Bola Ahmed Tinubu wanted to relocate Nigeria’s federal capital back to Lagos. His questions were pregnant with anger, befuddlement, and a…

Read More “North and Tinubu’s Back-to-Lagos Moves – Farooq A. Kperogi” »

Opinion, Politics