Mastering English With Ease

  ETHIOPE RESIDENTS CALL ON OKOWA TO FLUSH OUT KIDNAPPERS FROM DELTA STATE   Irked by the recent death of Mr. Ochuko Adjekpovu, a councilor representing Ward 4 at the Ethiope East Legislative Chamber, some residents living in different parts of Ethiope East Local Government Area have called on the Executive Governor of Delta State, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa to beef up security urgently so as to flush out kidnappers from the state. One of the constituents (that preferred anonymity for security reasons) who spoke at Eku with much bitterness of heart, said:   “Many of us are distressed by the incessant cases of kidnapping in Ethiope East and other parts of Delta State.   The young man, Hon. Ochuko Adjekpovu was said to be returning home from a function a couple of weeks ago, when kidnappers assailed him at Sanubi.   As he was escaping into the bush, they shot at him severally.   He was later located and taken to hospital, but he died on December 16, 2021, and his family is no

  Tips on How to Pass English in WASSCE & NECO Examinations  –  Summary   SUMMARY Instructions:   Read the instruction(s) before any other thing.   This section usually carries 40 marks, and you will be required to spend 40 minutes on it.   You will be required to read a given prose passage (of about 500 words) chosen from a wide variety of sources, from any part of the world, but within the level of your understanding, as a candidate of WASSCE or NECO.   You will then be asked to answer all the questions that will be propounded.             In this section, your examiner will be testing your ability in the areas of: (a)   Summarising of the essential points, in concise but clear English, with avoidance of repetition and superfluity (too many words); (b) Extraction or filtering of relevant information from the passage; and (c)   Summing up of specific aspects or parts of the passage. What You Need To Know Beforehand: Often times, candidates are given a passage whic

  SSANU Reveals Ploy to Retrench Non-Teaching Staff in Nigerian Universities                         The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has revealed a seemingly  ominous ploy to retrench most of the non-teaching staff in Nigerian universities as contained in the  report of the Committee on Needs Assessment of Nigerian Public Universities.                                This disclosure was made on Wednesday, January 15, 2013 in a lecture titled “Needs Assessment – A Benchmark of Confusion” which was organized by SSANU Western Zone and delivered by Comrade Abdussobur Olayiwola Salaam at the Pre-Degree Auditorium of Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka.                 In welcoming the public to the lecture, Comrade Goodluck Ohwavborua who is the Branch Chairman of SSANU in Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, explained that the lecture had earlier been delivered at four universities, namely, the University of Ibadan, the University of Ilorin, the Lad