Rising petrol price hits N300 per litre (Punch) The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, grew worse across the country on Thursday, as massive queues were witnessed in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Nasarawa, Minna, among other…
Australian Open 2023 results: Andy Murray stuns Matteo Berrettini, Dan Evans beats Facundo Bagnis
Britain’s Andy Murray produced one of his best performances in recent years to hold off Italian 13th seed Matteo Berrettini and win a five-set thriller in the Australian Open first round. The 35-year-old Scot looked stunned after completing a 6-3…
Australian Open draw: Jack Draper to play Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray faces Matteo Berrettini
Rising British star Jack Draper will play top seed Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open first round, with Andy Murray also handed a difficult draw. Murray faces 13th seed Matteo Berrettini, while Novak Djokovic makes his Melbourne return against Spain’s…
*Lagos students lodge colleagues in hotels for sex romps (Punch)*Soldiers, touts clash in Lagos (Vanguard)
Lagos students lodge colleagues in hotels for sex romps (Punch) Some students of the Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos State, have been caught after absconding from school to lodge female colleagues in hotels for sex romps. PUNCH Metro gathered that…
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells Andy Murray she sometimes misses prison
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has told Andy Murray she ‘sometimes misses’ the prison environment and the friends she made in the six years she was jailed in Iran. The British Iranian national, who was released in March, spoke to the tennis champ,…
*Military deactivates 57 illegal refineries, apprehend oil thieves (Guardian)*Lagos blames old infrastructure for water shortage (Punch)
Military deactivates 57 illegal refineries, apprehend oil thieves (Guardian) Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Delta Safe have in three weeks discovered and destroyed 57 illegal refining sites and apprehended 21 oil thieves in Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers. The…
*CBN raises cash withdrawal limits (Vanguard)*Fuel scarcity: Depots dry up, Nigerians face bleak Christmas (Punch)
CBN raises cash withdrawal limits (Vanguard) The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has raised its weekly cash withdrawal limits set for individuals and corporate organisations to N500,000 and N5 million, respectively. The earlier limits pegged individual cash withdrawals per week…
Andy Murray to participate in Davis Cup in Glasgow as GB team announced
Andy Murray has been selected to take part in the Davis Cup in Glasgow as the British team was announced. The three-time Grand Slam champion has been named in the Great Britain team set to compete in his native Scotland…
*BRT driver told Bamise, ‘Fine girl, it’s only you I’ll pick’ – Brother of slain 22-year-old (Punch)*Faulty fuelling system caused Ibadan–Lagos train flop, says NRC (Guardian)
BRT driver told Bamise, ‘Fine girl, it’s only you I’ll pick’ – Brother of slain 22-year-old (Punch) Siblings of the 22-year-old lady, Bamise Ayanwole, who went missing after boarding a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle in Lagos and her dead body…