Tragedy looms: Security agents, NNPC asleep as pipeline vandals steal N16.5m fuel in Lagos (Punch) Residents of Fagba community in the Ifako/Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State fear a pipeline explosion is imminent in the area as vandals operate…
Anthony Joshua rules out Mike Tyson fight: ‘People would boo’
Anthony Joshua is not interested in fighting Mike Tyson if the former heavyweight champion does make a comeback, because he thinks no one would want to see him win. Tyson, 53, is plotting a return to the ring after working…
*Sanwo-Olu flags off construction of Regional Road (Nation) *Flight restrictions cost Lagos airport over N15b in revenue (Guardian)
Sanwo-Olu flags off construction of Regional Road (Nation) On Saturday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu flagged off the construction of the long-awaited Regional Road in Lekki region, a critical infrastructure proposed in the Lekki-Epe master plan aimed at decongesting traffic gridlocks in…
‘I would love to see it’: Joshua backs Mike Tyson’s comeback at 53
Anthony Joshua has admitted he would ‘love to see’ former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson make a comeback. The 53-year-old has caused quite the stir in the boxing world having recently teased a potential return to the ring. Tyson’s talk…
*22-year-old COVID-19 pregnant woman delivers twins at LUTH (Vanguard) *Lady, whose death was announced by friends, resurfaces (Punch)
22-year-old COVID-19 pregnant woman delivers twins at LUTH (Vanguard) The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH has delivered another pregnant woman diagnosed with COVID-19 of twins. The delivery brings the total number of babies delivered at the LUTH isolation centre to…
Every detail of Eddie Hearn’s £1m plan to stage championship boxing in his 15-acre garden
Eddie Hearn has revealed plans to bring boxing back to the UK by staging championship fights on his 15-acre estate in Essex. Boxing has been suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control since March amid the coronavirus pandemic and…
Joshua title defence won’t take place before October – Promoter
Anthony Joshua’s heavyweight title defence against Kubrat Pulev will be pushed back until at least October because of the coronavirus crisis, his promoter said on Thursday. Britain’s Joshua was originally scheduled to fight the Bulgarian at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium…
Mike Tyson snubs Joshua, names top five boxers
Mike Tyson named Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in his top five favourite current boxers but didn’t include two-time heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua. Fury, who recently claimed the WBC heavyweight title in a rematch with Wilder, has always earned the…
*Construction: LASG announces road closure in Apapa (Vanguard) *253 Nigerians evacuated from UK arrive Lagos (Guardian)
Construction: LASG announces road closure in Apapa (Vanguard) The Lagos State Government has announced the closure of Creek Road from Mr Biggs to Warehouse road junction in Apapa area of the state, for construction. The State Ministry of Transportation, in…
Pulev vows to ruin ‘coward’ Joshua’s dream fight with Fury
Kubrat Pulev has labelled Anthony Joshua “afraid” and a “coward” – and promised to destroy his hopes of an undisputed title fight with Tyson Fury, reports Skysports. Mandatory challenger, Pulev, is contracted to be Joshua’s next opponent in an IBF,…