Tag: By Farooq A. Kperogi

Kukah, Pantami, and Self-Interested Government Critics, By Farooq A. Kperogi

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Bishop Matthew Kukah’s Christmas message, which called attention to the deepening depths of death and despair that Nigeria has been dangerously degenerating into in the last few years, attracted the commendations of critics of the Buhari regime and invited the condemnation of regime honchos and defenders. The impassioned, partisan responses the bishop’s message provoked was […]

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Why Nigeria’s Northcentral States Can’t be Renamed “Middle Belt”, By Farooq A. Kperogi

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A member of the House of Representatives from Benue State by the name of Kpam Sokpo was reported to have sponsored a bill this week titled “Geo-political Zones of the Federation Bill 2020,” which proposes that the North-Central states of Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, should be renamed the “Middle […]

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