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Everton A Step-up After Arsenal Defect

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Everton Manager Marco Silva The Everton boss Marco Silva said after their victory that his side's improved form is down to confidence following their impressive victory over Arsenal at Goodison Park. Phil Jagielka, who was called into the starting XI as a replacement for Michael Keane shortly before kick-off, poked home the only goal of the game following Dominic Calvert-Lewin's header from Lucas Digne's early long throw. "I'm really, really happy. We deserved the three points," Silva told BBC Sport. "The chances we created, we should score more goals. It is a fantastic win and one more clean sheet. That's the spirit I like the desire to win every challenge. "[Earlier in the season] we lost some confidence, we had a break and after we worked really well. It's the same team with more confidence." Arsenal were poor in the first half and, while they did improve in the second, they never seriously tested ...

Ambode Pre-launch $50million Plant

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Lagos State Gov Mr Akinwunmi Ambode Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday performed the pre-launch of a $50 million manufacturing plant in Lekki Free Zone, where he expressed optimism that the facility would go a long way to create jobs and boost the nation’s foreign exchange earnings. Speaking at the pre-launch of the factory belonging to Longrich, a Chinese firm,  Ambode said  the facility was another success story of the efforts of the state government in attracting investment, as well as an eloquent confirmation of the strategic importance of the free trade zone to the State’s economy. He said a total of 25 companies were presently setting up manufacturing plants within the zone, saying it was indeed gratifying that the efforts to drive investments were yielding positive results. He said the most important thing to him is that whether in government or outside of government, factories were springing up in the zo...