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Pistol Lying on the Chest!

Sample 1: “A beretta pistol was found laying on the upper chest of the deceased…” (We found pistol with 13…

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Deem, Dim, Where, Order

Sample 1: “Governor Ortom went on to say that he was surprised when Ifeanyi Okowa was announced as the running…

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Complain/Complaint, Restrain/Restraint, Constrain/Constraint

Sample 1: “If Bola Ahmed Tinubu eventually becomes Nigeria’s next president, there is every possibility that he would entertain and…

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Giving, Given, Teeming (ii)

What, then, does giving mean when it occurs in such a context? Take the following expression: “Giving details...” This expression,…

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Haven, Haven’t, Having

Sample 1: “Having worked with Asiwaju for so many years, haven been part of his campaign for this primary election,…

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Giving, Given, Teeming (i)

Sample 1: “The current mass cross-carpeting of APC stalwarts to Kwankwaso’s resuscitated New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPC) is undoubtedly given…

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Of Clergy, Belief, Believe… (ii)

Number Four: We breathed a sigh of relief when we heard that our company had won the contract. (5) There…

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Hushed There Their Three Glasses of Water Appropriate use
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Of Clergy, Belief, Believe… (i)

Sample 1: “Tinubu urged the clergies at the event to pray for the repose of the soul of the departed…

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Suitors for Alaafin’s 18 wives

Sample 1: “Although it is believed in the Yoruba tradition that the wives of the monarchs either separated or still…

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Hushed, There, Their, in Order to

Sample 1: “It is being discussed in a hush tone and terror that a lady is eyeing and running after…

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Cite, Site, Sight —Revisited

Sample 1: “According to the suspension letter cited by Daily Trust with the No CCC/CMF/PO/AD…and signed by the spiritual head…

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Rend, Rent, Rented, Struck, Slain, Wrought

Sample 1: “A Fagba resident, who spoke to this writer on a condition of anonymity, said people scampered for safety…

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Stranglehold and Stronghold; Faith and Fate

Sample 1: “According to Sani, the development simply connotes that President Muhammadu Buhari now has a stronghold on the party…

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Raining, Rainy, and Reigning

Sample 1: “Bianca Ojukwu hinted that she didn’t want to attack her but after warning EbeleObiano to stop touching her…

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Seated with her boys…

Sample 1: “The mother of three took to her Instagram page to post a picture of herself sitted with her…

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Hushed There Their Three Glasses of Water Appropriate use
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Of Hunt, Haunt, and Do

Sample 1: “Meanwhile, the seeds are not palatable seeds and they are about to hunt after him as nemesis…He said…

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According to…

Sample 1: “According to Joe Igbokwe, he said, ‘Many years back, Asiwaju called some big-time Igbo business magnates in Lagos…’”(Asiwaju…

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Giving a Breakdown…

Sample 1: “Given a breakdown of the graduation, Prof Olatunde said 991 obtained 2nd Class Upper, 2,738 got 2nd Class…

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Construction of Drainage Facilities in Good Faith

Sample 1: “World Bank has earmarked more than N8.9 billion to construct water drainages and diversion channels in Jiba Council…

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Sometimes in order to…

Sample 1: “This is coming after the aide of the first lady shot sporadically in the air in other to…

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