COVID-19: Dubai returnees protest as govt attempts to test them (Punch) The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Wednesday, had a face-off with Dubai returnees who staged a protest at a hotel in Lekki where they are…
Virtual tennis king Andy Murray calls for patience over sporting return amid coronavirus crisis
Andy Murray has called for the sporting world to remain patient amid the coronavirus crisis, with a return to normality the priority. Britain’s most famous tennis export has been competing against other tennis players this week in the Virtual Madrid…
Nadal pessimistic over chances of return to normal for tennis
Rafael Nadal has said he is very pessimistic about the possibility of tennis returning to normal any time soon because of the new coronavirus pandemic that shut down the sport last month. Professional tennis has been suspended until the end…
*Pregnant COVID-19 patient gives birth at LUTH (Vanguard) *Tinubu confirms his late CSO, another aide COVID-19 positive (Tribune)
Pregnant COVID-19 patient gives birth at LUTH (Vanguard) A pregnant COVID-19 patient has been delivered of a baby at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). The news was disclosed by the hospital in a tweet on Monday afternoon, saying the…
*Lagos Assembly removes two principal officers, suspends two members (Nation) *16-year-old girl stabs father’s friend to death to ‘escape’ rape (Guardian)
Lagos Assembly removes two principal officers, suspends two members (Nation) The Lagos State House of Assembly has suspended its Chief Whip Hon. Rotimi Abiru and Deputy Majority Leader, Hon. Olumuyiwa Jimoh. Two members of the Assembly, Hon. Moshood Oshun (Lagos…
*Coronavirus patient attempts to escape Lagos isolation centre (Punch) *Face masks, hand sanitizers sold out in Lagos following Coronavirus scare (DailyTrust)
Coronavirus patient attempts to escape Lagos isolation centre (Punch) Following the detection of the first case of the novel Coronavirus disease and the placing in quarantine of the patient, identified as a 44-year-old Italian, at the Infectious Disease Hospital in…
*Tanker fire explosion causes heavy gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan expressway (Guardian) *3 jailed for stoning policemen in Lagos (Nation)
Tanker fire explosion causes heavy gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan expressway (Guardian) A large number of motorists and commuters were yesterday night held up in a gridlock caused by petroleum tanker explosion near the Kara Bridge, outward the Lagos end of the…
Lleyton Hewitt names two people who can stop Rafael Nadal at the French Open
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,…
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,…