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Foolish Kperoji or whatever he calls himself, if Tinubu is not a clannish president, why would he always pick his kinsmen? Northern Nigeria has 19 states and over hundred ethnic groups, so why must Tinubu find only his kinsman as worthy to become the next NNPC helmsman?

This man is nothing but a gutter brown envelope journalist who writes for the highest bidder. They've told him to reverse himself and he immediately did that for selfish gains.

Spit!

90dbest:
Na Yoruba people, na their way double faced cowards.

So Farooq kperogi na yoruba


Yorubas dey chase this one inside dream

Someone from a tribe whose their two greatest worriors in history ran away from with their family to ivory Coast and whatever, dey call others cowards 😆

Judolisco:
Kwara is 90% Yoruba and I challenge anyone to tackle me on dis, kogi has a majority Yoruba tribe in the west, Dino melaye, smart adeyemi, deji adeyanju, and abiodun faleke, are all from dis region..... North-Central zones has a lot of diversity in terms of language as many tribes fall into dis zones..... It amazes me that instead of looking at competence in 2025,some people are still playing regional politics.....

Are you saying that Bayo Bashir Ojulari is incompetent?

idanone:
Am from southern Kwara and am a full blood Yoruba man, in politics our name is North Central, but in reality we are South West Nigeria.

May I know the reason for this chameleon nature in politics or culture?

Does the NNPC belong to the north alone

albert2512:
I am from Kogi(Okun), this people have their dialect other than yoruba. You know nothing sir.

you are not serious, yoruba have many dialects, come to Ondo state and see yourself

Farooq Kperogi is a bigot. This man launched a campaign of calumny against VP Osinbajo, writing articles about the latter's alleged RCCGification of Nigeria which ended up portraying the moderate and civil Osinbajo as some neo-pentecostal crusader.

He's also claimed he'd stop writing on Nigerian politics if Tinubu becomes president. Anyone who takes Mr. Kperogi seriously needs a thousand sessions with a psychiatrist.

albert2512:
I am from Kogi(Okun), this people have their dialect other than yoruba. You know nothing sir.

Every other Yoruba has their dialect too... in fact in all Yoruba States

albert2512:
I am from Kogi(Okun), this people have their dialect other than yoruba. You know nothing sir.

You are unserious and not exposed

Ondo have their dialect, Badagry does, Ekiti does, Ìjẹ̀bú does.. Yet they are yorubas

So what 🚮 are u saying

This is a serious error of judgment! Does one cease being Yoruba because he is from Kwara or Kogi? Farooq Kperogi has damaged his reputation with this wrong premised reversal. If Tinubu wanted to be more inclusive, why didn’t he pick a non-Yoruba from Lagos or Ogun, assuming there is one, instead of appointing another YORUBA from Kwara? Shame on you, Farooq. This is disgraceful.

Greenlandz:
Thanks for the clarification Mr Kperogi!

I am Yoruba from Ilorin but If you labelled me a northerner, you're also right. If I called myself a Yoruba guy, I am also right.

God bless Nigeria

One love

Happy first Sunday family 🥰

Mr Kperogi's attempt at clarification still corroborates his earlier view:

From his explanation and opinion of most people on this platform, Bayo Ojulari is a Yoruba man who happens to be of North Central origin. Don't forget that North Central is a geopolitical zone not a tribal group.

The Kwara people are predominantly Yoruba people. That means the allegations of Mr Kperogi are still founded by his clever attempt to deflect his earlier assertions.

I wonder why he is trying to clarify his opinion anyway. I don't really blame Tinubu because Buhari showed everyone that he didn't care about the federal character in his selections for service in his government and the various MDAs under his government. Never has nepotism been so bad as it was under Buhari. Was it the recruitment done in FIRS, NPA but to mention a few, under Buhari's government.

When you set a dangerous precedence, you should know that it may turn around to bedevil you. I am somehow not bothered that Tinubu seems to be serving the North back the nepotism and sectional recruitment and administration that they visited on Nigeria. I know this may just be the beginning. Everyone that becomes president of Nigeria will always want to select his trusted folks, especially for sensitive positions, in his government going forward. It has become a precedent contrary to federal character - federal character seem to have been dumped.

proeast:
Foolish Kperoji or whatever he calls himself, if Tinubu is not a clannish president, why would he always pick his kinsmen? Northern Nigeria has 19 states and over hundred ethnic groups, so why must Tinubu find only his kinsman as worthy to become the next NNPC helmsman?

This man is nothing but a gutter brown envelope journalist who writes for the highest bidder. They've told him to reverse himself and he immediately did that for selfish gains.

Spit!

But the current NNPCL CEO is from Borno, so what is your point?

albert2512:
I am from Kogi(Okun), this people have their dialect other than yoruba. You know nothing sir.

Having a dialect doesn't mean one do not belong to an ethnic group, eg, ijebu, egba, awori, ijesha, ondo, etc, has their dialect that you won't even get any idea when communicating around you, yet they are Yorubas.
NB: I'm not saying the Okuns are or are not Yoruba, I don't really know much about Kogi, just aware that there are some Yorubas there

erniok:
I'm a country with diverse cultures such as ours, regionalism would always play out. Imagine bringing the technocrats from the south to head sensitive positions in government. Would you be surprised if the north cry of marginalisation tomorrow?

The North started this trend under Buhari's government, they should endure it too because other people watched as they did it for 8 years under Buhari. That is my observation

This is exactly the comment I was looking for. BAYO ojulari is yoruba and not a norhterner, period! If BAT wanted a northerner there are northerners that are as qualified as Bayo Ojulari for that job. Bashir Bello, who is one of the northerners on the board of his own Oando and Musa Kida who is on the board of several Oil companies in Nigeria are two very qualified northerners who can do the job.

NaijaNaWaa:
This is a serious error of judgment! Does one cease being Yoruba because he is from Kwara or Kogi? Farooq Kperogi has damaged his reputation with this wrong premised reversal. If Tinubu wanted to be more inclusive, why didn’t he pick a non-Yoruba from Lagos or Ogun, assuming there is one, instead of appointing another YORUBA from Kwara? Shame on you, Farooq. This is disgraceful.

Greenlandz:
Thanks for the clarification Mr Kperogi!

I am Yoruba from Ilorin but If you labelled me a northerner, you're also right. If I called myself a Yoruba guy, I am also right.

God bless Nigeria

One love

Happy first Sunday family 🥰

Thank you bro,I'm also a yoruba from ilorin

Akamon:
Content writing and journalism plays a huge part in national building as the third realm of governance. A content that is not well researched and thought out can bring a nation to civil war and can deny a nation of foreign direct investment. Kperogi, I have time without number critic your content on many occasions because there are most times not well thought out and researched as Remo Omokri does his without going back on correction and partial apology. Revisiting your content put you in the class of clout seeking individuals who want to attain fame with ease.
You are based in abroad and your content will easily be consumed by diaspora because of your position in the academia and your ties with your homeland, so a little mistake in your content can do a great harm to your country. Brushing off your written mistake by a wave of hand is not accepted but a total change in approach to your writing without bias is advised.
Research forms the bedrock of every genuine content rather than hearsay which can reduce your journalism to a mere beer parlour conversation.
Keep up your good work but a change in your approach is highly recommended. Do not join the queue of illiterate journalism we have in Nigeria social media and renown Television stations, all interest is the click, like and traffic.

Mr Kperogi was only being rhetorical, consciously or otherwise. His second article was a clever attempt to re-emphasize his earlier article.

Judolisco:
Kwara is 90% Yoruba and I challenge anyone to tackle me on dis, kogi has a majority Yoruba tribe in the west, Dino melaye, smart adeyemi, deji adeyanju, and abiodun faleke, are all from dis region..... North-Central zones has a lot of diversity in terms of language as many tribes fall into dis zones..... It amazes me that instead of looking at competence in 2025,some people are still playing regional politics.....

Ride on

If the north didn’t have a problem with the NNPC being fulanized under a Fulani president, why are they now kicking against yorubanization under a Yoruba presidency? What part of the constitution reserves the right of power to some over others??

Wallade:
May I know the reason for this chameleon nature in politics or culture?

It is the Northerners that calf Yorubas into the North to have bigger land mass to manipulate in politics

Kwara and kogi Yorubas will be very happy if boundary adjustments can be made to return them back to south west

albert2512:
I am from Kogi(Okun), this people have their dialect other than yoruba. You know nothing sir.

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All Yoruba sub ethnics have their own dialects different from central Yoruba language.

iwaeda:
... the same ethnicity as the government
https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2025/01/nnpc-and-fresh-perspectives-on-ojularis.

Lol

So there are Igbo villages in Benue State. I didn't know that.

teejoyz:
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All Yoruba sub ethnics have their own dialects different from central Yoruba language.

What you called central Yoruba dialects is even more and not in anyway better or different


Kwara Yoruba is purely Oyo which is the official Yoruba dialect

temitope27:
May God bless all yoruba people in Kwara and kogi

We should be join to our brothers in SW

It is the Northerners themselves that deliberately slash Yoruba territory into the North for political advantage. There is no Yoruba in Kwara or kogi that will not be glad if ask to return the territories to South West

Latakia:
Tinubu started the ONE DAY GOVERNOR of a thing where a brilliant student that emerge winner from the spelling bee competition become a one day governor in Lagos.

Report reaching me say Jagaban is planning to start the same program at the federal level but this time na for adults who can emerge as one day president. This is a big opportunity for Peter Obi. But can Peter Obi win a spelling bee competition?

Peter Obi spent over 10 years in the university studying for a lowly rated course of 4 years.

Peter Obi is too dull to win any spelling competition even if he is placed among primary school pupils.

Good one Kperogi.

I was one of those who questioned your article on the matter.

Biodun556:
It is the Northerners that calf Yorubas into the North to have bigger land mass to manipulate in politics

Kwara and kogi Yorubas will be very have if boundary adjustments can be made to return them back to south west

South West, North Central and other geopolitical zones are just geopolitical zones, they are often relevant I politics or for statistical data. They are not a tribe classification so I don't think it is necessary to reclassify or carve out the Yoruba speaking Kogi and Kwara people.

We know the history of how Fulani took over the rule in Kwara.

albert2512:
I am from Kogi(Okun), this people have their dialect other than yoruba. You know nothing sir.

You are 100% correct.
Judolisco is an illiterate ignoramus

Akamon:
Content writing and journalism plays a huge part in national building as the third realm of governance. A content that is not well researched and thought out can bring a nation to civil war and can deny a nation of foreign direct investment. Kperogi, I have time without number critic your content on many occasions because there are most times not well thought out and researched as Remo Omokri does his without going back on correction and partial apology. Revisiting your content put you in the class of clout seeking individuals who want to attain fame with ease.
You are based in abroad and your content will easily be consumed by diaspora because of your position in the academia and your ties with your homeland, so a little mistake in your content can do a great harm to your country. Brushing off your written mistake by a wave of hand is not accepted but a total change in approach to your writing without bias is advised.
Research forms the bedrock of every genuine content rather than hearsay which can reduce your journalism to a mere beer parlour conversation.
Keep up your good work but a change in your approach is highly recommended. Do not join the queue of illiterate journalism we have in Nigeria social media and renown Television stations, all interest is the click, like and traffic.

Wow you must be a professional in the field of journalism to think along this line. Very in dept and well thought out analysis. I wish he gets to see this.

If Kerogi is indeed as professional as he happens to be, a professor at that, all his arguments should be based solely on research but from his writings you can pick sentimentalism and vindictiveness against the person of Tinubu.

Wallade:
South West, North Central and other geopolitical zones are just geopolitical zones, they are often relevant I politics or for statistical data. They are not a tribe classification so I don't think it is necessary to reclassify or carve out the Yoruba speaking Kogi and Kwara people.

We know the history of how Fulani took over the rule in Kwara.

It is Ilorin that is affected by Fulanis not the whole Yorubas in Kwara only 3 or 4 local governments out of 16 do not belong to Yorubas in in Kwara State

Latakia:
Tinubu started the ONE DAY GOVERNOR of a thing where a brilliant student that emerge winner from the spelling bee competition become a one day governor in Lagos.

Report reaching me say Jagaban is planning to start the same program at the federal level but this time na for adults who can emerge as one day president. This is a big opportunity for Peter Obi. But can Peter Obi win a spelling bee competition?

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