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Why are grandmas having affairs?, By Funke Egbemode
Nobody understands. How could she do it? Why did she do it after all these years? An affair after 25 years of marriage and three…
Clean Terminals, Tired Vehicles: The Missing Link in Governor Seyi…
I recently visited the three pillars of Governor Seyi Makinde’s transport vision: the interstate bus terminals at Challenge, Ojoo,…
Before the Ribbon Is Cut: Why the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway Needs an Urgent…
When a road reconstruction takes more than two decades to complete, it is only logical that it may require upgrading even before…
[Linguists’ Forum] The Costs of Passive Language, By Lateef Kugbayi, PhD
Language users, many a time, are not direct in their conversations. They are usually diplomatic in their choice of words. Often,…
Four Years of Transformative Leadership: Bolarinwa Bows Out as ACAMB…
Four years ago, the Association of Corporate Communication and Marketing Professionals in Banks (ACAMB) looked every bit like an…
Wizkid’s Fela, Davido’s libido and Burna Boy’s ego, By Festus Adedayo
In perhaps his most famous song after dying in a car crash in 1971, Cardinal Rex Lawson, Kalabari highlife soulful singer of the…
My AFCON 2025 Observatory, By Sola Fanawopo
Land Is Strategy, Not Scenery: What Morocco’s Highways Reveal About Power, Policy, and Nigeria’s Blind Spot
So far, so good—the…
[Linguists’ Forum] From Simplicity to Complexity: The Role of Sentence…
Among the stages of language development in children, as identified in psycholinguistics, are pre-linguistic (cooing and…
[Linguists’ Forum] Essential Pauses for Clarity in Communication by Lateef…
My years at the College of Education (Now Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology), Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti…
[Linguists’ Forum] Phrasal Verbs in Context: Enhancing Understanding and…
“In each of the following questions, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.” This…