Novak Djokovic extended the ‘Big Three’ dominance at Grand Slam level by winning his eighth Australian Open and Lleyton Hewitt has backed him and beaten finalist Dominic Thiem to provide a serious threat to Rafael Nadal’s French Open crown. Djokovic,…
*Okada ban takes effect in Lagos (DailyTrust) *Okada/Keke ban: LASTMA hails compliance (Guardian)
Okada ban takes effect in Lagos (DailyTrust) Trailer loads of motorcycles were yesterday transported out of Lagos State as the government launched fresh enforcement of the state’s traffic law which restricts Okada and Keke on major highways. The ban on…
Thiem stuns Nadal to set up semi-final with Zverev
Austria’s Dominic Thiem stunned Rafael Nadal Wednesday to send the world number one tumbling out of the Australian Open and set up a semi-final against Alexander Zverev. The fifth seed, beaten by Nadal in the last two French Open finals,…
*Meet the new CP Lagos State (Independent) *Panic as Indian guards Lagos house with lion (Punch)
Meet the new CP Lagos State (Independent) Today, Commissioner of Police (CP) Hakeem Olusegun Odumosu, will take over the mantle of leadership of police affairs in Lagos State. The Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu had ordered the…
Stefanos Tsitsipas beats Roger Federer & faces Dominic Thiem for title at ATP Finals (BBC)
Stefanos Tsitsipas will play Dominic Thiem for the title at the ATP Finals on Sunday after beating six-time champion Roger Federer in London. The Greek, making his debut at the event aged just 21, won 6-3 6-4. Swiss Federer, 38,…
China Open: Andy Murray loses to Dominic Thiem in quarter-final (BBC)
Britain’s Andy Murray was beaten 6-2 7-6 (7-3) by top-seed Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals of the China Open. The 32-year-old, in his first singles quarter-final in over a year following career-saving hip surgery in January, was broken early in…
*Lagos PDP: Bode George, others vow to resist external interference (Punch) * Former Lagos PDP Organising Secretary, Defects to APC (Guardian)
Lagos PDP: Bode George, others vow to resist external interference (Punch) Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State including Chief Olabode George and a former deputy governor of the state, Senator Kofo Bucknor-Akerele have decided to forthwith block…
