Rescued banks silent on subsidiaries’ fate

Some of the rescued banks are silent on how far they have gone with their recapitalisation effort and the fate of their subsidiaries, especially those outside the country. Oceanic Bank, one of the banks closed down its outlet in The Gambia last week, citing inability to meet the capital requirements of 150 million dalasi (about US$ 5.6 million) demanded by…

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Ronaldo seals semifinal spot

21 January 2011 Cristiano Ronaldo fired in a first-half goal as Real Madrid edged bitter city rivals Atletico 1-0 to reach the Spanish Cup semi-finals 4-1 on aggregate. Real will tackle holders Sevilla in the last four while Barcelona, who saw off Real Betis 6-3 on aggregate, despite losing the second leg of their quarter-final 3-1 on Wednesday, will meet…

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Expect more thrills and spills

21 January 2011 With just one point covering the top three positions in South Africas Absa Premiership, Round 16 of the league, which takes place this weekend, promises to produce more thrills and spills in one of the most intriguing title races in years. All of the top four have potentially difficult games to negotiate this weekend, so we well…

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Time to vote: Your African XI!

14 January 2010 Towards the end of 2010 we asked MTNFootball.com readers to give us their nominations for the greatest African XI, position-by-position, so that we could come up with the definitive greatest side from the continent. The nominations poured in from all over the continent and beyond, and over the next few weeks we will be entering phase two…

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Mr. Nigeria robbed, shot 7 Times

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Mum was the word when Showtime called an official of Silverbird production, organiser of the Mr. Nigeria contest over the recent robbery incident that left Mr. Nigeria Kenneth Okolie wounded after receiving seven bullets in his body. “We are aware he lost personal effects to robbers who shot him seven times, but a decision has not been reached on what…

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