Mixed Grill

The cliché and colloquial exclamation mark oops! Says it all- surprise that the un-English statement, ‘level playing ground’ has found favour with the political gladiators and commentators, especially who are...

The arguments have been on for as long as one can recall, and still raging, especially in the Catholic Church where tradition demands of the parents to publicly and ceremonially...

Many people take them for granted, especially Nigerians and other English speaking countries that would not mind to bend or water down the Standard English at their convenience, or reinvent...

It is a common knowledge that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) recently rejected the Federal Government proposed N5, 000 for 40 million poor Nigerians when the subsidy on Petroleum Motor...

The controversy has become too topical, and even discussed severally by the learned and not too-learned persons, that we can’t ignore it any more. To put the record straight, telephone...

How often do one hear people speak and annoyingly recycle the phrase ‘join together’. Whether in the street, or at social gatherings, especially at weddings, for example, the officiating clergy...

The story of the collapse of a 21 storey building in the highbrow Ikoyi, Lagos is highly regrettable. The developer being one of the victims of the damage is more...

The cliché, ‘more grease to your elbow’, unfortunately and shamelessly has become the standard on the airwaves- Radio and Television, and the Newspapers. Be warned that the expression, ‘more grease...

Back then, the much mouthed word, and roundly harassed phrase, ‘Parastatal’ was the beautiful bride of the civil servant that repeatedly occupies space in memos from the up to the...

For an expansive topic such as the ‘index of forbidden expressions’ that couldn’t have been exhausted within the limited space allotted to me, I then decided to continue from where...