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Decoding Dangote’s doctoral drivers
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Aliko Dangote’s recent revelation that six of the applicants to his Graduate Executive Truck Drivers’ program were PhDs was certainly a classic PR stunt. It was intended to subliminally call attention to his employment scheme—and to earn him high praise from Nigerians in the process. But if it is indeed true that doctoral degree holders applied to be truck drivers, what should we make of that?
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
Aliko Dangote’s recent revelation that six of the applicants to his Graduate Executive Truck Drivers’ program were PhDs was certainly a classic PR stunt. It was intended to subliminally call attention to his employment scheme—and to earn him high praise from Nigerians in the process. But if it is indeed true that doctoral degree holders applied to be truck drivers, what should we make of that?
Re: My last encounter with Saraki
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As the responses below show, my last week’s tribute to the late Abubakar Olusola Saraki elicited a mixture of praise and disappointment. While some people loved it, others thought I hushed up the man’s shortcomings. Well, I didn’t set out to write a disinterested personality profile of the late Saraki; my object was to reminisce about my first-hand meeting with him as a way to remind us of an element of his personality that contributed to his wild popularity in Kwara State.
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
As the responses below show, my last week’s tribute to the late Abubakar Olusola Saraki elicited a mixture of praise and disappointment. While some people loved it, others thought I hushed up the man’s shortcomings. Well, I didn’t set out to write a disinterested personality profile of the late Saraki; my object was to reminisce about my first-hand meeting with him as a way to remind us of an element of his personality that contributed to his wild popularity in Kwara State.
What Obama’s Reelection Means for Africa
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In the heat of the just concluded American presidential elections, a few of my Nigerian friends on Facebook were peeved that Nigerians invested more emotional energy in the American elections than they ever did in the affairs of their own country. “What has Obama done for Africa?” one of them asked. I think that’s a legitimate question.
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
In the heat of the just concluded American presidential elections, a few of my Nigerian friends on Facebook were peeved that Nigerians invested more emotional energy in the American elections than they ever did in the affairs of their own country. “What has Obama done for Africa?” one of them asked. I think that’s a legitimate question.
My last encounter with Saraki
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I was distraught with shock and grief when I read of the death of Dr. Olusola Saraki who was known to the nation as the unquestionable patriarch of Kwara State’s politics, as the quintessential bridge builder whose distinctive multicultural identity bestowed him with the symbolic capital to bring northern and southern Nigeria into a productive cultural conversation.
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
I was distraught with shock and grief when I read of the death of Dr. Olusola Saraki who was known to the nation as the unquestionable patriarch of Kwara State’s politics, as the quintessential bridge builder whose distinctive multicultural identity bestowed him with the symbolic capital to bring northern and southern Nigeria into a productive cultural conversation.
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I predicted Obama’s reelection again!
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Just like I did in 2008, in a March 10, 2012 article on this column titled, “Why Obama May Yet Get a Second Term,” I predicted that Barack Obama would win reelection. My prediction came to pass. I make no claims to possessing any sort of oracular capacities. My predictions were based purely on my observation of the dynamics of the American political landscape. See below a shortened version of my initial article. Next week, I will give more insights into why Obama won.
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
Just like I did in 2008, in a March 10, 2012 article on this column titled, “Why Obama May Yet Get a Second Term,” I predicted that Barack Obama would win reelection. My prediction came to pass. I make no claims to possessing any sort of oracular capacities. My predictions were based purely on my observation of the dynamics of the American political landscape. See below a shortened version of my initial article. Next week, I will give more insights into why Obama won.