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…
*Terrorists’ wives, commanders killed in B/Haram, ISWAP clashes (DailyTrust)*Abandon new born, face 6 months jail term, Reps’ bill proposes (Vanguard)
Terrorists’ wives, commanders killed in B/Haram, ISWAP clashes (DailyTrust) No fewer than 55 people including wives of the fighters of Boko Haram and their rival group, Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), have been killed in a week-long multiple…
Wimbledon day 2 wrap up: Berrettini, Auger-Aliassime, Serena, Stephens crash out
Wimbledon Day two action got underway on a sour note when eigth seed Matteo Berrettini, last year’s runner-up, became the second top player to pull out with COVID-19 after Marin Cilic’s withdrawal. An already depleted men’s draw only got poorer…
*Landlord’s son allegedly kills woman during row over sanitation exercise in Anambra (Tribune)*Police arrest 12 over Lagos clash, burning of hotel, shops (Punch)
Landlord’s son allegedly kills woman during row over sanitation exercise in Anambra (Tribune) A lady, Miss Mmesoma Ekpe, has taken to a video message to explain how her mother was allegedly killed by their landlord’s son last Saturday. Miss Ekpe,…
*Dangote loses younger brother in US (DailyTrust)*Floods overwhelm Lagos communities, wreck 25 vehicles (Punch)
Dangote loses younger brother in US (DailyTrust) Sani Dangote, the younger brother of Africa’s richest man, is dead. Details of his death are sketchy but he was said to have died at a US hospital. The deceased was the Group…
*Lagos COVID-19 cases on sharp increase -Sanwo-Olu (Vanguard)*Lagos OPC man stabs member to death over cultism (Punch)
Lagos COVID-19 cases on sharp increase -Sanwo-Olu (Vanguard) Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday said the state is experiencing a steep increase in the number of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases. Sanwo-Olu made this known on the Update of…
*SS3 student shot dead in clash with rice smugglers in Badagry (Guardian)*Nigerians deserve current predicaments, says Bishop Wale Oke (Nation)
SS3 student shot dead in clash with rice smugglers in Badagry (Guardian) An SS3 student was shot dead during a clash between security operatives of the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) and suspected rice smugglers at Irosu village near Badagry…
French Open 2020: Novak Djokovic eases through; Daniel Altmaier stuns Matteo Berrettini
World number one Novak Djokovic put in another assured performance to beat Daniel Elahi Galan and reach the French Open fourth round. The 33-year-old Serb, bidding for his 18th Grand Slam title, beat the Colombian qualifier 6-0 6-3 6-2. Djokovic,…
*‘Lagos education still underfunded despite 2020 increased allocation’ (Guardian)*Lagos teacher, Ogun generator repairer arrested for defiling minors (Punch)
‘Lagos education still underfunded despite 2020 increased allocation’ (Guardian) Some stakeholders in the education sector have said the sector in Lagos is still underfunded despite increased allocation in the 2020 Appropriation Act. This is aside the fact that infrastructure and…
French Open 2020: Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas & Matteo Berrettini through
Novak Djokovic laid down the challenge to his French Open rivals by only dropping five games in a first-round win against Sweden’s Mikael Ymer. The Serb top seed, who is bidding for an 18th Grand Slam and a second French…