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DIVINE TECHNIQUES OF DEFENSIVE DRIVING BY EVANG. DANIEL IDAKWO (FOB)- BOOK REVIEW

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The author’s style can best be described as simple although he makes use of personifications a lot. There are 10 chapters in the book and chapter 1 is brief, blaming both the driver and portholes for road accidents. He however states that 99% of road crashes are caused by over speeding. A good combination of verses and points raised in this chapter. The principles stated in this book can be applied to every aspect of life.   The exactitude of words employed by the author is impressive and amusing at the same time. Interestingly, the book is premised on the Bible and Quran, even though the book has a religious outlook the author makes clear references to real issues based on observations and experiences. Journey management is an interesting aspect and the author makes it clear that there is nothing superstitious about driving stating that some times when there is a fatal crash, people blame it on supernatural occurrences, like attributing an accident to an old witch in the family

EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE GIRL CHILD

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  It is virtually impossible to look into the future, but if one could safely assume what the future may look like with the benefit of hindsight, it would be only but diplomatic to say that the future is not looking too bright, considering the number of onslaughts and misfortunes the nation has suffered, and without hesitation, neither education nor the girl child have been spared. Innocent citizens continue to suffer daily mentally, physically, economically, psychology etc without respite in sight. Access to good education is no longer the problem because, even after securing admission, paying dearly for tuition and other expenses, some students  have not been able to come out of the institution alive. Cases abound where students have been killed for no justifiable reason,  it is disheartening to know that many students especially the female students have suffered rape, kidnap, maiming, terror as well as other forms of violence without any significant action taking against the