Farooq Kperogi

Atlanta, Georgia

Professor of Journalism @KennesawState University, columnist @nigeriantribune, author of Glocal English; Nigeria's Digital Diaspora; & Digital Dissidence & SMC.

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Fight against vanity academic titles in Africa

3 weeks ago | tribuneonlineng.com | Farooq Kperogi

On May 30, 2025, Ghana’s Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) issued what it termed a “final caution” against individuals, especially politicians, entrepreneurs, and other public figures whose vanity drives them to flaunt honorary doctorates and professorships as though these titles had been academically earned.
Debt Servicing Burden: Nigeria blows N16.72trn, $14.3bn in five years - Century Post

4 weeks ago | centurypost.com.ng | Farooq Kperogi

Nigeria may be groping into a debt trap if urgent fiscal and monetary recalibrations are not carried out, experts have warned. This is because Nigeria’s debt stock has consistently been on the upward trajectory amid local crises and global headwinds that continue to jolt the economy and retard the revenue generation momentum, reports Saturday Sun.
Heroic Immigration officer rejects N10 million bribe, arrests alleged ritualist •Gets N1million reward for patriotism

4 weeks ago | centurypost.com.ng | Farooq Kperogi

In an inspiring display of patriotism and integrity, a young official of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Prince Orji Ugochukwu, has been commended and rewarded for rejecting a ₦10 million bribe and aiding the arrest of a suspected kidnapper and ritual killer, Levi Onyeka Obu, popularly known as Ezeani, Ichie Billion, or “E Dey Play, E Dey Show.” The suspect, who had gained social media fame for his ostentatious lifestyle and was celebrated for his apparent wealth, is now at the center...
Fidelity set to hold 3rd edition of FITCC in Atlanta, USA September 2025

4 weeks ago | centurypost.com.ng | Farooq Kperogi

Leading African financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, is set to hold the 3rd edition of its flagship market access platform, the Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect (FITCC) Expo from September 18 to 20, 2025, at the Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park, Georgia, USA.
Inclusive education in action, Union Bank sponsors Mathematics Competition for hearing impaired students

4 weeks ago | centurypost.com.ng | Farooq Kperogi

Union Bank of Nigeria, through UnionCares, an arm of its Corporate, Sustainability and Innovation Initiative, recently sponsored the Ajofa Special Education Foundation for the Deaf Mathematics Competition held at the Wesley School for the Hearing Impaired at Surulere Lagos, Nigeria, with the theme “Impacting Deaf Students and Life with Mathematics in Nigeria.” The Mathematics Competition had in attendance representatives from Union Bank, the Lagos State Education Board, Principals of Schools,...
FG seizes Osun LGs’ February, March, April allocations

4 weeks ago | centurypost.com.ng | Farooq Kperogi

THE crisis over the control of local government councils in Osun State between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) has boiled over, with the state government dragging the Federal Government to the Supreme Court for allegedly seizing the monthly allocations accruing to the councils.
BREAKING: Protest breaks out on Epe-Ijebu-Ode Expressway over new tollgate charges - Century Post

4 weeks ago | centurypost.com.ng | Farooq Kperogi

Angry residents on Saturday morning, blocked the Ijebu-Ode–Mojoda–Epe Road to protest new tollgate charges introduced by the Ogun State Government. The protesters used tires and wooden planks to barricade the ever-busy dual carriageway, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded, reports Daily Post. The protest, which erupted along the Fari Expressway stretched and extended towards Mojoda in Epe, Lagos, disrupting traffic flow. The protesters were seen chanting solidarity songs with placards.
Declining Reading Culture: Don launches social media clinic

4 weeks ago | centurypost.com.ng | Farooq Kperogi |Oswald Agwu

An Ebonyi don, Professor Henry Urochukwu has launched an online clinic to promote safe nutritional habits, educate and offer free nutri-medical therapy and information to the public. The online clinic codenamed “Nutri-Med clinic” is aimed at bridging the gap in knowledge resulting from the declining reading culture in Nigeria in particular, and Africa in general. The online platform was unveiled in an exclusive ceremony held Wednesday in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital.
Hamdiyyah and Sokoto Governor’s Rejection-Sensitive Dysphoria

1 month ago | thenews-chronicle.com | Farooq Kperogi

In the symbolic and political nucleus of the Sokoto Caliphate, an imperial, illiberal, power-drunk governor who is held hostage by what seems like politically conditioned rejection-sensitive dysphoria (i.e., unhealthy hypersensitivity to even the mildest, most well-intentioned criticism, often associated with sufferers of ADHD) is oppressing an 18-year-old critic identified as Hamdiyyah Sidi Sharif.
Why The Anti-Tinubu Coalition Isn’t Coalescing

1 month ago | lucky-wap-ams.op-mobile.opera.com | Farooq Kperogi

By Farooq A. Kperogi There is supposed to be a formidable coalition of powerful regional and national political forces working to upstage President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027. But this coalition isn’t coalescing and appears to be crumbling before it has even had a chance to be formed. Three major reasons account for this. The first reason is what I call the aspirational collision of the major movers of the coalition.