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I come from a part of the country considered Ijebu territory, even though people from there don't like to be classified as Ijebus. They proudly like to be called Remo-ites with allegiance to the Akarigbo of Remo as against the Awujale of Ijebuland. But as far as language goes, we...

We are officially in the School Fees Season. It’s that time of the year when we typically pay the highest amount of school fees for our children in school. It’s usually so because it is the first session of a new academic year and the time most preferred by schools...

What is Romance?By today’s definition, Romance is the expressive and pleasurable feeling of an emotional attraction towards another person usually associated with sexual attraction in our age.In fact, the word "Romance" was originally an adverb of the Latin origin "Romanicus," meaning "of the Roman style." Which were more about Chivalric...

At the university, there was a particular class I always looked forward to. It was the course titled “Applied Economics”. Not because it was easy, but more because of the way Prof Mrs. Osoba took the class. There was no note-taking but a 100% interactive session. On one of those...

The word Budget came from the French word “Bougette” which means the “the little bag”—a wallet in which one’s monetary possession could be kept. Over-time this “little bag” gave way to a battered red briefcase typically carried by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the UK and used to depict...

#NGAutism 1.    There are many misconceptions about autism. What are the most common ones you have heard?1a. the misconceptions about Autism stems mainly from how the society we are in perceives the disorder. The most common I have heard is the description of Autism and Autistic children as "Imbeciles". It is this...

Many times, I’ve had people come to me trying to understand why they do what they do, why they spend what they spend and why they are unable to manage their finances the way they want to. Now, I have always known that as human beings, we are creations of...

She was a neighbour. A very beautiful woman, for that matter. Her kids were abroad and visited from time to time. She was always very elegantly dressed and her beauty made her look more radiant. But on this very day, her beauty, her elegance, her honour as a woman and...

Picture this scene. The man comes into the living room. You are watching your favourite soap opera or the kids are watching their cartoon. By default, he grabs the remote control and flips through the channel until he settles on one that catches his fancy. He changes the channel. You look...