5 men in court over alleged theft of spirits, wine worth N20m (Vanguard) Five men on Tuesday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, Lagos State over alleged theft of exotic spirits and wine worth N20 million, belonging to their…
*Businessman in court over alleged N1.13m fraud (Vanguard) *Thugs invade monarch’s palace in Ikorodu, shoots sporadically (Guardian)
Businessman in court over alleged N1.13m fraud (Vanguard) An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Monday, granted N200,000 bail to a 40-year-old businessman, Afolabi Adebayo, who is facing a trial over an alleged N1.13 million fraud. The defendant, whose house address…
US Open 2020: Karolina Pliskova loses but Naomi Osaka advances
Top seed Karolina Pliskova was knocked out of the US Open in the second round with a heavy defeat by France’s Caroline Garcia. Pliskova, runner-up in 2016, lost 6-1 7-6 (7-2) to the world number 50. Czech world number three…
*Oshodi interchange: Lagos flags off inter-state commercial operation (Nation) *Truck loses control, crashes into shops in Lagos (Punch)
Oshodi interchange: Lagos flags off inter-state commercial operation (Nation) Commercial activities were flagged off by the Lagos State Government at the Terminal 1 of the Oshodi Transport Interchange (OTI) Tuesday. At a ceremony described as monumental, the State’s Commissioner for…
Naomi Osaka withdraws from Western and Southern Open final
Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the Western and Southern Open final with a left hamstring injury, two days before the start of the US Open. The 22-year-old Japanese was due to play Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka in New York on Saturday.…
*Lagos motorists, commuters groan as works on Pen Cinema flyover delay (Punch) *Lagos East Senatorial bye-election: APC settles for ex-Polaris Bank boss, Abiru (Nation)
Lagos motorists, commuters groan as works on Pen Cinema flyover delay (Punch) “I use 15 litres of fuel every day to get to my house in Iju from Ikeja,” Akinlabi David, a motorist, said angrily while speaking with our correspondent…
Naomi Osaka into Western and Southern Open final; Johanna Konta loses to Azarenka
Naomi Osaka says she realised she would have to “take the first step” in protesting against racial inequality and “create awareness in the tennis bubble”. Japan’s Osaka initially pulled out of her semi-final at the Western and Southern Open because…
*Helicopter two minutes from Lagos airport before crashing – Air Traffic Controllers (Punch) *How crashed helicopter pilot tried to save lives (Nation)
Helicopter two minutes from Lagos airport before crashing – Air Traffic Controllers (Punch) The helicopter that crashed on Salvation Road, Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos State, on Friday was about two minutes to reach its destination at Murtala Muhammed Airport, Saturday PUNCH…
Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams top as tennis dominates rich list
The world’s nine highest-earning sportswomen over the past year are all tennis players, according to research by US business magazine Forbes. Japan’s Naomi Osaka tops the list with earnings of $37.4m (£26.3m), ahead of Serena Williams with $36m (£27.2m). World…