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A Professor, a Podium, and a Promise to the Poor: How Yilwatda Turned a…
Convocation lectures are usually remembered for polished grammar, polite applause, and the ritual dash for refreshments. The one…
[Linguists’ Forum] Number Usage and Its Grammatical Implications, By Lateef…
The appropriate use of number is the core of achieving good writing in English. As it is in the use of tense and person (as…
Admission horror in Nigerian universities, By Abimbola Tooki
For decades, Nigerians have whispered about it. Parents lament it quietly. Students cry about it in private. But now, the whispers…
Osogbo Has Drawn a Line in the Sand — And 2026 Is On the Other Side, By…
There are moments in the life of a city when its collective spirit shifts - quietly at first, then unmistakably. That is the…
Osogbo unity roads: K-RAD & SRJ break the curse of rumours, By Olalere…
For months, Osogbo politics looked like a badly written soap opera, complete with whispering backbenchers, shadowy actors, and…
[Linguists’ Forum] Navigating the Dynamics of Person in Writing, By Lateef…
The highly revered linguist, Noam Chomsky, describes language as a system of rules by which humans produce an infinite number of…
APC, The Three Wise Men and the Future of Osun, By Kolade Ismail
In Osun politics today, the air is thick enough to cut with a knife. The All Progressives Congress (APC), long regarded as the…
Looking Good vs. Doing Good: From Public Relations to Public Service…
I was honoured with an invitation from the Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi PhD, MFR through the National PRO…
[Linguists’ Forum] Maintaining Tense Consistency for an Impactful writing,…
One of the factors by which the world rates virtuous individuals is the consistency in their behaviour over time. Incidentally,…
Linguists’ Forum Wishes, Hypotheticals and Regrets: The Power of Unreal…
For easy understanding of the grammar of English language, teachers of English at the basic level usually identify three major…