Serena Williams won her opening match at the French Open, and then achieved a career breakthrough by speaking French to the crowd for the first time. ''I'm a beginner,'' Williams said - referring to her French, not tennis.
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Super Eagles defender, Efe Ambros has had a truly spectacular season after his club, Celtic won the Scottish Cup on Sunday.
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Michael Adebolajo, one of the suspects in the brutal murder of Lee Rigby, a British soldier in London was arrested in Kenya three years ago and questioned over alleged links to Islamist insurgents, it emerged Sunday.
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About six persons were, at the weekend, killed and scores inflicted with varying degree of injuries in a renewed clash between three opposing cult factions in Ajah, Lagos. When the fight broke out, residents and motorists fled to safety as the warring factions engaged themselves in a gun duel that lasted for hours before security operatives moved in. The clash, which was blamed on the fight for supremacy over control of motor parks in the area, was said to be between Ajah, Olumegbon and Ilaje factions.
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The body of the Eagle on Iroko, the literary icon, Professor Chinualumogu Achebe was laid to rest on Thursday May 24 around 3p.m. inside his compound at Ogidi, Anambra State. Contrary to earlier speculations that the final burial rites would be performed by the traditionalists, it was conducted at St. Philip’s Anglican Church, Ogidi presided by the Archbishop and Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Nicholas Okoh.
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said recent disruption in supply of electricity across the country was occasioned by a major collapse of the transmission grid. The TCN in a statement by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr. Dave Ifabiyi, yesterday in Abuja, stated that a fault had occurred on a major transmission line running from Benin-City, Edo State to Lagos through Osogbo, Osun State which resulted in the shutdown of the Egbin, Omotosho and Olorunsogo power stations respectively.
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Microfinancebanks’ (MfBs) operators are turning down loan proposals from farmers due to cash crunch, it was gathered. Some operators, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the banks do not have enough cash to lend to the farmers.
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FBN Holdings Plc, the holding company for First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) and its previous subsidiaries, achieved strong fundamental performance in 2012 and first quarter of the year. But the share price is still substantially undervalued. Taofik Salako reports that there is still potential for capital appreciation
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said Lagos and the six other states control about 90 per cent of cash transactions in the country. The other States are Rivers, Anambra, Abia, Kano, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The CBN Deputy Governor, Operations, Mr. Tunde Lemo, disclosed this. According to Lemo, this was one of the factors that necessitated the planned extension of the cashless policy to those States from July 1, this year.
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Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has added the Golden Penny Sugar to its number of products in the market. The company revealed this recently during the launch of the product as a customers’ forum in Lagos.
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