PENMIND MEDIA & CREATIVITY

       Language is the basic requirement of man to make possession of any valuable things in life. Language is the medium through which every individual attains quantitative and qualitative ingredients of life. It is the means through which human beings communication (both verbal and non verbal) and this serves as the hall-mark of a group and society. Thus, language is the symbol of progress for any culture.

        It is not even strange in our country to hear someone lamenting the malady of walking on the street, looking for job—unemployment pang. The issue of unemployment in Nigeria is very disastrous in the heart. Though it is generally believed that studying professional or competitive course in the university or any tertiary institution go a long way in making one settle down after the hurdles in the course of training in school. But the question is, is it true that the course that one studied in the university suffices having job (good or not) after years in school? Will it be the destiny that always drives one out of the labor market? The answer is kept in the mind of you and me.

      Well command tone and correct usage of the English language is not up to par in Nigeria. Many a time, it is difficult for the language users in the country to command the language like the local people (native speakers). Whereas speaking a foreign language like English requires one to learn the basis on how to speak and write in simple, well commanded and communicative expression, so, one will not create patois for oneself, different from the linguistic features belonging to such language.       Actually, English is the official language of Nigeria and popularly spoken by the people in the country. At least it has eased the problem of communication among different ethnic groups—through the language there is friendship among tribes, success in business, which cannot be waved out with one hand. However, a lot of language users are heedless towards correct usage; such clanger people make may feature as wrong pronunciation, incorrect spelling...

                       The journey of man begins at birth. The birth of man is the starting point to journey of life. So life is a journey, the voyage that the adventurer cannot imagine the destination. To be in the journey and succeed in the mirage of self-plenum , clenching with determination and scrap, man must compete with scuffle to arrive at certain mirage destination, which serve as the starting point for another journey in life. The attempt to one epoch in life, effort to start another one, so Prof. B.M. Ibitokun, the lecturer as well as host of the valedictory lecture is right in his philosophy:       A superstructure of theory is always transistory, being constantly superseded by fresh theories which make nearer and nearer approaches to the truth without ever reaching it. On the shore of the great ocean of reality, men are perpetually buildin...

Religion is the symbol of humanity and the society where it resides. In Nigeria, apart from the ethnicity, religion is another tool that drives people apart in the country. It is the symbol of any embodiment that belongs to certain religion, even if one belongs to a tribe; it is the religion that will draw a boundary between one and people of one’s flesh. Apparently, religion entails following the commandment of the prophet, ancestors or any present leaders in the religion whom they are regarded as priests.     Priests are like shepherds while the followers are the similitude of objects being directed to certain areas. Whether right or astray objects follow the directives, echoed from the voice of the shepherd—actually, this is how religion is practiced in Nigeria. But the question is, is all what the priests say should be followed? The answer is no. Therefore, all must have thinking box where preaches will be known whether right or wrong. Since there is scripture, individu...

     For years, the morass of the political dire in Nigeria is appalling every day. More than what one can just meddle on, it needs critically philosophical approach to correct the hills surrounding the nation. This started at the early age of independent when rogue people, with their kleptomaniac fingers cut the national cake, kept it in their greedy pocket, which the people who sow the fruits of the country are now in the shadow of forgotten tales, so the nation started unimaginable journey on the famished road.      , So, in great concern, Gegebaseran in his fifty-one-page social satirical play, ‘…exit of alagbara’ portrays egregious minds, having lost conscience for the development of the nation, but in their effort, promoting their selfish mindset rather than being selfless. Surprisingly, the corruption being portrayed in the play circled round the spheres of human endeavors. Both the leaders and the followers are regarded as the ambassadors of doom...