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Re: Prejudice and bigotry amid a national disaster
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- Written by Farooq Kperogi
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I received more reactions in response to the above article than I can reproduce in weeks. I am sharing only a sample. Enjoy!
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Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
I received more reactions in response to the above article than I can reproduce in weeks. I am sharing only a sample. Enjoy!
Terrorism and recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service
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If you haven’t been following developments in the alleged discriminatory recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service—which has now been overturned by the Ministry of Interior—you would be excused if you think I’m nuts for having “terrorism,” “recruitment” and “Nigeria Immigration Service” in the same phrase. But it was Mrs. Rose Chinyere Uzoma , the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, who made the connection.
Read more: Terrorism and recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
If you haven’t been following developments in the alleged discriminatory recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service—which has now been overturned by the Ministry of Interior—you would be excused if you think I’m nuts for having “terrorism,” “recruitment” and “Nigeria Immigration Service” in the same phrase. But it was Mrs. Rose Chinyere Uzoma , the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, who made the connection.
Re: Decoding Dangote’s Doctoral Drivers
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- Written by Farooq Kperogi
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I received some really interesting and insightful responses to my last week’s article with the above title. See a sample below. Enjoy!
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
I received some really interesting and insightful responses to my last week’s article with the above title. See a sample below. Enjoy!
Prejudice and bigotry amid a national disaster
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The tragic deaths of Governor Patrick Yakowa, General Owoye Azazi, airline pilot Commander Murtala Muhammad Daba, Yakowa’s aide Mr Dauda Tsoho, Azazi’s aide Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal, and Lieutenant Olukayode Sowola in an air crash—and the reactions that followed these deaths—triggered many sober thoughts in me.
Category: Notes from Atlanta Written by Farooq Kperogi
The tragic deaths of Governor Patrick Yakowa, General Owoye Azazi, airline pilot Commander Murtala Muhammad Daba, Yakowa’s aide Mr Dauda Tsoho, Azazi’s aide Warrant Officer Mohammed Kamal, and Lieutenant Olukayode Sowola in an air crash—and the reactions that followed these deaths—triggered many sober thoughts in me.
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?