Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich‘s girlfriend, model Dasha Zhukova, recently gave birth to a girl in New York. Little Leah Lou will be an American citizen. She may also be the most expensive baby delivery ever, if you add in the boat costs. But she’s not exactly, as some have tongue-in-cheekily reported, an “anchor baby.” At least not more than in the nautical sense.
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Gangnam Style star Psy's new music video crossed the 100 million views mark on YouTube on Wednesday, shattering another record on the video-sharing site since its much-anticipated weekend debut. The video for Gentleman, the long-awaited follow-up to the South Korean singer's global hit, has received 105.4 million hits, topping 100 million in record time since it was posted on Saturday. The previous record was set by the video ofBritain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle singing I Dreamed A Dream in the TV show, which received 100 million hits in just over a week in 2009.
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It feels like only a few weeks ago we were anticipating how the Princeton offense might work with Steve Nash, Dwight Howard, and Kobe Bryant — and under Mike Brown. But a whole season has somehow passed, and that means it's time for end-of-season awards. I don't have an official ballot, but I'll list the same number of choices as the real voters.
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The Golden Eaglets’ Coach, Manu Garba, says his super-charged side that opened its CAF 2013 Under-17 Championship finals in Morocco with a superb show against Ghana, will qualify to play in the World Cup after today’s duel against Cote d’Ivoire.
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Nigerians in the United States, especially those in Texas and the surrounding states, are getting ready to have a massive party when the Super Eagles take on the Mexican national team in an international friendly in May. Nigerians were also shocked when the team had to battle back to force Kenya to a 1-1 draw in Calabar in a World Cup qualifier, in a game that was supposed to herald their home coming after the Nations Cup triumph, but all that have not stopped Nigerians in Diaspora.
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Previous attacks on sports events, and failed plots, in recent decades, after Monday’s bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon September 5, 1972 – Eight members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation splinter group Black September raided the Israeli team’s quarters in the Olympic village in Munich...
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The Nigerian Professional Football League has announced a major sponsorship deal signed by five clubs and Guiness Nigeria Plc. The clubs, Sunshine Stars of Akure, Dolphins of Port Harcourt, Lobi Stars of Markudi, Heartland of Owerri and Enugu Rangers, now have shirt branding contracts with one of Guinness Nigeria’s brand, Harp Premium Lager. However, financial details of the contract were not revealed.
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The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) expended a total of N400 billion in the purchase of Non Performing Loans (NPLs) in the downstream oil and gas sector, THISDAY has learnt. A document obtained by THISDAY stated that as a result of the intervention by the corporation, the oil and gas sector had received further funding from the banking sector and sustained the supply of finished products to the market.
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Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), agency in charge of the ongoing privatisation of the nation’s power assets, yesterday received bids for Afam Power and Kaduna Distribution Company (Disco). BusinessDay gathered that 11 bids were received for the Kaduna Disco, while nine for Afam, as the deadline for the submission of technical and financial proposals expired yesterday. Evaluation of the bids would be carried out today to ascertain the investors that would score up to the required 75 percent, it was learnt.
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Fidelity Bank Plc Tuesday released its audited results for the year ended December 31, 2012, showing a highly impressive performance, as profit after tax soared by 239 per cent. The bank recorded gross earnings of N116.361 billion in 2012; up by 87.5 per cent from N62.1 billion posted in 2011. Profit before tax rose by 30 per cent, from N7.671 billion to N21.625 billion.
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