I had seen a couple of videos of young boys and girls struggling for their lives, as they experienced muscle jerks, screaming and helplessly gasping. Never did I imagine it wasn’t aRead More…
Written By Oyez Recently, new words were added to the Oxford English Dictionary and an unprecedented 29 of those words were of Nigerian origin, what we call Pidgin or Broken English. WordsRead More…
By Emmanuel Peters There is a certain drag on Mondays, for some it comes with blues, perhaps because of the ‘play to work’ shock of moving from a fun filled, leisurely weekendRead More…
By Bookie Ikeotuonye Who remembers the topic ‘Collective Nouns’ in English Language? A herd of cattle, a posy of flowers, a gaggle of geese, a swarm of bees, a pride of lionsRead More…
By Kunle Alfonso I remember the day like it was just yesterday: Saturday, 22ndSeptember, 2012. I was on official duty in Calabar, Cross River State’s capital city. I had just had aRead More…
Time was when the average parent abhorred the prospect of their child getting too involved in any sporting activity, including football, which they considered detrimental to their child’s much vaunted studies. TodayRead More…
Book review by Chidi Iketuonye Every nation needs a unifier in its march towards greatness, either in the person of a great leader or in the form of great founding values thatRead More…
By Chidi Iketuonye Hope is a universal commodity traded by all, for either individual or collective benefit. It is actually an asset class in itself but like every other asset, it canRead More…
By Emmanuel Peters Nollywood has come a long way and is closer now to Hollywood than ever before. Since its first video film, “Living in Bondage”, it has evolved from paltry budgets,Read More…
By Bukky Ikeotuonye “I’ve got the power!!!”. That was the high-pitched refrain rendered by Penny Ford, member of the German music group ‘Snap!’in their chart-topping song‘The Power’ (by the way if youRead More…