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Citing Human Rights Watch Report
Sample 1: “MYFOSKA which disclosed this during a press conference in Kaduna said over 500 Muslims were killed in Southern Kaduna with over 1000 people displaced, sighting Human Rights Watch report in the post-election violence of…
Given Recurring Gang Wars
Sample 1: “It was learnt others who were there might have gone into hiding for fear that the assassination might be cult-related, giving the recurring gang wars within Surulere that has (sic) seen two other persons killed in a similar…
Awash with Formal Requests
Sample 1: “About two days ago, the Internet has been awashed with news of ex-Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, who verbally assaulted a Daily Trust journalist, Charles Eyor”(Verbal assault: Fela’s daughter reacts to outburst of FFK…
Assumption of Office and Properties
Sample 1: “Soyombo, a professor of Sociology, however, told Sunday Tribune in an exclusive interview that he had since resumed office since his acting appointment was of immediate effect.”(More heads to roll in UNILAG, Tribune Online, 15…
Grinding to a halt
Sample 1: “While flights to Africa have grounded to a halt and many nations have shut their borders to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, one American agency has ignored directives to stop cross-border travel.”(Despite Covid-19-induced closed…
Formally seizing opportunities
SAMPLE 1: “The Governor of Ondo State and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu visited the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at his Lagos residence today. He ceased the…
The downtrodden
SAMPLE 1: “The security component of the Bayelsa State COVID-19 Task Force had in the early hours of Sunday began demolishing of all illegal structures at the Tombia market.”(Illegal structures demolition…New Telegraph Online, Monday, 18…
Of harmless and harmful (II)
THERE remains one important issue we need to address in last week’s excerpt returned here as sample 1.Sample 1: “The drug (which) according to report is manufactured in Bangladesh and was their only hope of saving his life;…
Of harmless and harmful
SAMPLE 1: “The drug (which) according to report is manufactured in Bangladesh and was their only hope of saving his life; his family members sort the help of Nigerians overseas…It is so sad that some people can be so harmless even to the…
Where, there
SAMPLE 1: “Some where of the opinion that the Pastor should have been left to God’s judgement because of a verse in the Bible where God said ‘Touch not my anointed’”(Meet Pastor Bakare who was caught while trying to sleep with a church…