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    A Content Analytical Study of Healthy Lifestyle Promotion in Selected Newspapers in Nigeria
    (Faculty of Social Sciences, Kogi State University, Anyigba, 2018) Obaje, A. A.; Okpanachi, A. R.; Umeaku, P. C.
    Against the backdrop of an ever-increasing mortality rate in Nigeria due to mismanaged health lifestyles, this paper interrogates the role of the Nigerian Newspapers in the publication and promotion of healthy lifestyles. Cognizant of the necessary role the mass media plays in the diffusion of knowledge, the paper seeks to determine the extent to which Nigerian Newspapers discuss healthy lifestyle for the prevention of diseases. From a content analysis of four national newspapers, the paper finds out that the Nigerian print media is constructively contributing to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle in its content.
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    Politeness and Facework in United States Presidential Debates
    (Ibbul Academic Publisher, 2021) Abiodun Jombadi & Aliyu Uthman Abdulkadir
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    A Pragmatic Study of Yoruba Proverbs in English
    (International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning, 2014) Abiodun Jombadi & Juliana Jombadi
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    Style and National Integration: An Analysis of President Muhammadu Buhari's Post 2015 Presidential Election Speech
    (The Achievers' Journal, 2017) Abiodun Jombadi & Moshood Zakariyah
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    Demystifying the Labyrinth of the Delta: An Eco-linguistic Analysis of Selected Poems of Tanure Ojaide
    (Journal of English Language and Literature, 2024) Mariam Titilope Olugbodi; Moshood Zakariyah
    Ecological issues in the context of Niger-Delta, Nigeria have been approached mostly from the perspective of environmental degradation, and marginalisation in previous studies. However, in literary pieces, which are mostly the dominant objects of analysis in those studies, there are underlying linguistic imports, which are reflexive of the beauty of the literary discourses revolving around the Niger￾Delta environment. It is based on this backdrop that this study sets out to examine selected poems of Tanure Ojaide from an ecolinguistic perspective. To achieve the aim of the study, five poems are selected purposively from Ojaide’s Songs of Myself and analysed using both qualitative and quantitative approaches to data analysis. The data is also examined using the Eco-critical Discourse Analysis (EDA) approach. The findings from the study reveal the use of rhetorical devices to converge towards emphasising the beauty of the ecological characteristics of the physical environment. The use of imagery by the poet draws on readers’ socio-cognitive instincts towards the appealing to their emotive senses. In conclusion, the use of the eco-linguistic approach to examine the poems has not only revealed the poet’s intents but has also demystified the myth behind the ecosystem of the Niger Delta.