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History was made again in Lagos on Tuesday as one of the Williams’
sisters and tennis icon, Venus Williams, finally arrived in Lagos, as
widely reported in the local and international media.
Venus, the older of
the two world's renowned tennis icons, arrived in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial
capital about 3:35pm, aboard a Delta Airline flight. She was welcomed to
the hands of officials of Connect Marketing Services Ltd and scores
of journalists, who had waited anxiously outside of the arrival lounge
of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja.
Her sister, Serena,
who has just clinched the WTA title which just ended in Istanbul, Turkey,
arrived in Lagos at 9pm local time, on Tuesday.
From the airport, Venus
was led straight to a waiting convoy of vehicles and driven to Federal
Palace Hotel, Victoria Island where another group of Journalists had
also assembled to receive the tennis queen.
Looking visibly excited
about her coming to Lagos, she was accompanied by her managers, who
however, did not allow her to entertain any questions from the journalists
saying, Venus and Serena will speak to the media elaborately on the
purpose of their visit during a Media Conference scheduled to hold on
Wednesday 31, October 2012 in Lagos.
Both Serena and Venus
Williams are in Lagos as part of the Nigerian leg of a planned tour
of two African countries, namely Nigeria and South Africa.
They are here on the
platform of Breaking The Mould (BTM) campaign, a women's empowerment
programme put together by Octagon and its West Africa affiliate, Connect
Marketing Services Ltd.
While in Lagos, they
will participate in a number of supporting initiatives such as a tennis
clinic, school visit, exhibition match and gala dinner among others.
Through these initiatives,
they will be motivating, inspiring and mentoring diverse audiences in
particular women and young persons as well as other categories of people
to be the best they can be, regardless of obstacles on their way.
Serena and Venus Williams
are considered fit as “Mould Breakers” as the story of their lives
exemplifies how determination, passion, hard work and self-belief can
turn dreams into reality, despite obstacles
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