Language, lies and all of us
BEFORE I finally settled in my native Awomukwu in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State to complete my primary ...
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Giving, Given, Teeming (ii)
What, then, does giving mean when it occurs in such a context? Take the following expression: “Giving details...” This expression, ...
Lagos Speaker hails Nigerian Army on introduction of indigenous language
Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly THE Speaker of the Lagos State House of ...
What is in a Yoruba name?
Dr Adebowale For a while, core Yoruba historians have argued that Yoruba names are going into extinction but people argued ...
Obas, lawmakers, others make case for Egba dialect
Participants at the forum. Hope came alive last Friday, inside the magnificent auditorium of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), ...
Border to walk?
SAMPLE 1: “In the haste, he did not border to walk the little distance to Iyana Ipaja bus terminus, but ...
Dogara urges minority tribesmen to evolve ways of preserving their languages
Speaker of House of Representative, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, on Saturday urged minority tribesmen in the country to device ways of ...
China sets target for 80% of citizens to speak Mandarin by 2020
China has said that it wants 80 per cent of its citizens to speak Mandarin, the country's dominant dialect, by ...
Always embrace your indigenous languages, UN urges Nigerian students
United Nations has charged Nigerian students to always embrace their indigenous languages, saying any child who did not understand any ...
My mother told me I would be king —Ogiyan of Ejigbo
The Ogiyan of Ejigbo, Oba Omowonuola Oyeyode Oyesosin, in this interview with Oluwole Ige, speaks about his 44 years on ...
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