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Who is the Nigerian current speaker of the house of Assembly?

Femi Gbajabiamila (Femi Gbajabiamila, was elected Speaker of House of Representatives of Nigeria on June 12th, 2019, and is the current speaker.)

Opposite in meaning Choose the best antonym for cautious

Foolhardy ( Foolhardy is a combination of the noun fool and the adjective hardy, meaning "brave" or "bold." which is antonymous to cautious)

Who was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin from 2007-2012

Prof. I.O Oloyede was the Vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin from 2007 to 2012.

Who is the current Governor of Zamfara?

Bello Matawalle (Bello Muhammad Matawalle (born February 12, 1969) is the current Governor of Zamfara State, Nigeria. He contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Note, it's good to study and know all Governors of all states.)

Zainab Shamsuna is the current minister of ________ ?

Finance

One of the women who _______ in the premises ________ been ordered to quit

sell/has (This covers the rule of the relative pronoun. A relative pronoun is a pronoun that refers to an antecedent - i.e a noun that has gone before it. Example of such pronouns are who, which, that, whose, whom, etc. whenever any of these pronouns� are used in a sentence to refer to a previously mentioned noun, verb of the relative clause is controlled by the noun that the relative pronoun refers to, while the number at the begining of the sentence controls the second verb - which is the verb of the main sentence. The given seentence should read; one of the women who sell in the premises has been ordered to quit. In the sentence, women controls the verb sell while one controls the verb of the sentence has been ordered. Another example is: One of the boys who are princess is here.)

How many players are there on each side in the game of Basketball?

5 (Basketball, game played between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court, usually indoors.)

How many times has Brazil won the World Cup Football Championship?

Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina, France, and inaugural winner Uruguay, with two titles each; and England and Spain, with one title each.

The first tertiary institution was founded in ___

Lagos(Yaba College of Technology, popularly known as YABATECH, was founded in 1947, and is Nigeria's first higher educational institution.)

Grand Central Terminal, Park Avenue, New York is the world's______

Largest railway station (Grand Central Terminal Park is the largest railway station situated in the united state of America as of 2016.)

The value of Gold is determined in

London(It is designed to fix a price for settling contracts between members of the London bullion market, but the gold fixing informally provides a recognized rate that is used as a benchmark for pricing the majority of gold products and derivatives throughout the world's markets.)

What they told me was wrong

Noun phrase (The underlined part of the sentence is a noun clause. A noun clause is a dependent clause that acts as a noun. Noun clauses begin with words such as how, that, what, whatever, when, where, whether, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom, whomever, and why. Noun clauses can act as subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nominatives, or objects of a preposition.)

While you may not approve my private affairs you have to agree that I am hard working

adverbial clause of concession (The underlined sentence is an example of�adverbial clause of concession Adverb Clause of Concession expresses an idea that suggests the opposite of the main part of the sentence. We may also say, the information in the independent clause indicates a concession or an unexpected result of something in the dependent clause.)

Joshua is so tall that we could easily locate him among the spectators.

adverbial clause of concession (The underlined part of the question falls under adverbial clause of concession. Adverb Clause of Concession or Supposition: Expresses an idea that suggests the opposite of the main part of the sentence.)

The first prize was _____tray.

an attractive carved wooden (In the sequence or arrangement of the adjective qualifying the headword tray, an article should come first followed by an adjective of quality, "attractive" and then the adjective showing the source and physical structure of the tray, carved and wooden (carved first in the order of the alphabet)

Asabe is overdue for retirement as she _______ in the college since 1954

has beeen teaching (The action which started in the past is still ongoing until the time of his statement. it is a singular present perfect continuous tense because the subject is singular.)

Opposite in meaning The striking workers have vowed not to return to work until the decision is rescinded

implemented(Rescinded means revoke, cancel, or repeal, antonymous to implemented)

Islam was introduced in Northern Nigeria

in the 16th century( Nigeria has one of the largest Muslim populations in West Africa. Islam was introduced to northern Nigeria as early as the 11th century and was well established in the major capitals of the region by the 16th century, spreading into the countryside and toward the Middle Belt uplands,)

Entomology is the science that studies

insects(Ento means insect while logos means to study, thus entomology is the science that deals with the study of insects.)

The judge with his son ______ travelling to Lagos now

is( The rule of concord says whenever subordinating conjunction such as with, alongside, like, together with, as well as, connect two nouns in the position of the subject, only the first subject/noun is believed to be the focus of the speaker. Therefore only the first noun, not both, determines the verb of the sentence. The given sentence should read; "The Judge with his son is travelling to Lagos now!".)

Two young boys have been caught with parts of the stolen machine but ______ admitted stealing it

neither of them has (Whenever any indefinite pronoun such as: neither, either, none, everyone, anyone, etc is used, it attracts a singular verb, as in "Neither of the two erring students has come to school since the incidence happened". However, neither or either refers to one of the two things mentioned, while none refers to not one of man (more than two things mentioned). For the given sentence, neither of them is the correct option.)

Opposite in meaning Choose the word opposite in meaning to capricious

steadfast( Capricious means changing according to no discernible rules; unpredictable. while steadfast means unwavering)

Although she invited me to her birthday party, I will not be able to attend because my examination is fast approaching.

subordinate clause (Although she invited me to her birthday party, is a subordinate clause . A subordinate clause contains a subject and a verb, but it needs to be attached to a main clause because it cannot make sense on its own.)

Making a phone call instead of paying a visit represents ______ trend

sudden new major social (The Order of adjective of the given phrase should be: sudden- Adjective depicting time new- Adjective denoting the recent existence major - Adjective denoting the size social -Adjective relating to people/society.)

Most of us will attend the conference ________ at Ibadan later this years.

to hold (The sentence should read "Most of us will attend the conference to hold at Ibadan later this year". The to-infinitive is used after some verbs, especially when the action described in the infinitive will happen later.)

My younger brother is going to the stream with _____boys

two other little (The order should follow in this way: Other - determiner Two- cardinal Little - Adjective denoting size)

I did not enjoy the part. If you had invited Tariere, it ______ better organised

would have been (The main sentence is a subjunctive - an expression that expresses something that did not happen but was expected to have happened. It is usually expressed in the past tense verb if the action is yet to occur and there is no probability that it will when the time, eventually comes. It is also expressed in the past perfect tense when the time the action should have to occur had passed and the action never occurred.)