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BEVERLY HILLS, CA, March 31, (THEWILL) – Zenith Bank Plc has appointed Mr. Peter Olisamedua Amangbo, an executive director of the bank, as its new managing director and chief executive officer. Amangbo succeeds Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who was last week...

One of Alex Ferguson's avowed aims during his long reign as Manchester United manager was, famously, "to knock Liverpool off their perch" as the most successful club side in England. When he took over at Old Trafford in November 1986,...

Spain and Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes will be out for seven months after undergoing successful knee surgery, meaning he will miss this summer's World Cup finals. The 32-year-old suffered anterior cruciate ligament damage in last week's 3-0 win over Celta...

England completed their winter of discontent on a new low with an abject 45-run defeat against the Netherlands at the World Twenty20 in Chittagong. Neither side had a chance to reach the semi-finals but the cricketing minnows raced to 84-1...

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is confident his team can handle the pressure of the title battle after they moved back top of the Premier League. The Reds thrashed Tottenham 4-0 on Sunday and will be champions if they win their...

North Korea fired more than 100 artillery rounds into South Korean waters as part of a drill on Monday, prompting the South to fire back, officials in Seoul said, but the exercise appeared to be more saber rattling from...

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday the hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had no time limit, despite the failure of an international operation to find any sign of the plane in three weeks of fruitless searching. A...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks on Sunday about ways to defuse the crisis over Ukraine, with Kerry telling Moscow that progress depended on a Russian troop pullback from Ukraine's borders. "Both...

Switzerland's competition commission WEKO said on Monday it had opened an investigation into several Swiss, British and U.S. banks over potential collusion to manipulate foreign exchange rates. WEKO said it is investigating UBS, Credit Suisse, Zuercher Kantonalbank (ZKB), Julius Baer,...

Euro zone inflation hit its lowest level since November 2009 in March, a shock drop that raises expectations the European Central Bank will take radical action to stop the threat of deflation in the currency bloc. Annual consumer inflation in...