Opinion
Effects of Dialectical Variations on English Pronunciation
By Joe Etokudor
Sometimes when Joy Johnson, a trader along the Itu-Calabar-head-bridge introduces herself, her listeners are amused because of the way she pronounces “Joy” and “Johnson” they come out as “Yoi”, Yonson”, because she cannot pronounce letter “j” thus, juju is “yuyu” when she became conscious of her pronunciation problems, she dropped her foreign names.
Millions of non-native speakers of English also have the same problem. Johnson’s first language is “Ibibio. Linguists say that the phonological structures of some of the non-English languages are so different Read the rest of this entry
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Matter of the Moment
Nigeria 50: Past and Present-Future?
By Monday Akpan
Early October, precisely October 1, 1960 saw the celebration of Nigeria’s 1st Independence Anniversary.
It was a time of joy for all Nigerians and, indeed, for all Africa. Every member of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) was represented at this happy testimonial gathering which marked the end of British rule of our native land, Nigeria by lowering of the British flag Read the rest of this entry
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Smoking: The Societal Remedy
By Chikaodili Ibe
Smoking is a word derived from smoke which is visible vapour given off by a burning substance spell of smoking tobacco, cigarette, white smokers are persons who smoke tobacco as a habit. This article will tell you more about smoking and will provide the societal remedy as you read along.
“Smoking is a false friend” it is like a friend you met when you needed some relief or someone to talk to at a particular time. But later discovers the dark side of that your friend. At the result of discovering the dark side of him you then decide to quite but he is demanding that he will be with you always. You feel unwelcome with this friend of yours in some places, Read the rest of this entry
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CITIZEN IKENNA SAMUELSON DIARY ON HIS ORDEAL WITH GOV. IKEDI OHAKIM
From: IKENNA SAMUELSON
I have consistently followed the events that led to the dethronement of the DEJI OF AKURE, OBA OLUWADARE ADESINA on the 10th of June 2010. Firstly, I did an article (that has been published in numerous newspapers and magazines) entitled “GOVERNOR IKEDI OHAKIM AND DEJI OF AKURE: ANY RELATIONSHIP? (See the attached article). Three days later (7th June 2010) I followed it up with another article entitled GOVERNOR IKEDI OHAKIM: THE EXAMPLE OF ONDO STATE GOVERNMENT” (see the attached article). Read the rest of this entry
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Counter Rejoinder: Government Dehumanization of a Catholic Priest
My attention has been drawn to a rejoinder advertorial on the “NIGERIAN HORN” newspapers edition of September 1-2, 2010 page 10, “DAILY SUN” newspapers edition of September 2, 2010 page 15, “NEWSPOINT” newspapers edition of September 2-5, 2010 page 9 and “ANNOUNCER” newspapers edition of September 1-2, 2010 page 13. It was captioned “RE: GOVERNMENT DEHUMANIZATION OF CATHOLIC PRIEST and Sponsored by a so called Imo State based “OWERRI POWER CLUB” but signed by Chief Paul .C. Nnawuchi (The owe of Owerri) as President General and Prince Agu Uwandu asSecretary General. Read the rest of this entry
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