Anxiety as Sanwo-Olu tests positive, El-Rufai in isolation amid second COVID-19 wave (Punch) Nigerians are beginning to express anxiety due to reports of a likely second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, amid an economic recession and job losses reputedly caused…
*Teenager fakes own kidnap with lover, demands N30m from family (Punch)*Activists renew EndSARS protest despite threats (Guardian)
Teenager fakes own kidnap with lover, demands N30m from family (Punch) The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a teenager, Ujunwa Offiah, for allegedly conspiring with her boyfriend, Blessed Ifesinachi, to fake her kidnap and demand N30m ransom from her…
Hearn predicts Joshua will knock out Fury after ‘steamrolling’ Pulev
Eddie Hearn believes Anthony Joshua is primed to demolish Kubrat Pulev and Tyson Fury in his next two fights by knocking both of his rivals out, reports dailymail.co.uk. Joshua, who currently holds the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight titles, is…
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…
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,…
Kubrat Pulev: Anthony Joshua’s challenger pledges estimated £2m to coronavirus fight
Kubrat Pulev has pledged half of his purse – an estimated £2m – from his world heavyweight title fight against Britain’s Anthony Joshua to help the battle against coronavirus. The fight – scheduled for 20 June at London’s Tottenham Hotspur…
*LASUTH places three health workers on isolation (Guardian) *FCT, Lagos, Ogun communities ignore Buhari’s lockdown order (Punch)
LASUTH places three health workers on isolation (Guardian) The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, says it has placed three of its health workers on isolation after their contact with a patient who died of COVID-19. Dr Ibrahim Mustafa,…
Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev postponed with new date ‘being worked on’
Anthony Joshua’s scheduled world title defence against Kubrat Pulev on 20 June has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, with no new date announced as yet. Joshua was due to defend his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight…
*How SARS operatives arrested serial car thief (Vanguard) *Awala Boys: Teenage hoodlums terrorise Lagos community, kill three (Punch)
How SARS operatives arrested serial car thief (Vanguard) For 29-year-old Joseph Femi, removing Vanagon buses from where they are parked, is like child’s play, no matter how tight the security lock is. This is because he boasted to have a…