Okada’ ban: Lagos residents hail Sanwo-Olu (Nation) Some residents of Lagos on Tuesday commended Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s courage in banning commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke) in some local governments, highways and bridges in the state. The News Agency of…
Roger Federer gives verdict on Jannik Sinner as young Italian looks to extend curious Australian Open record (Metro)
One young man was narrowly denied a first match win at the Australian Open on Monday, but it wasn’t his opponent who kept him at bay. Jannik Sinner, the red-headed 18-year-old Italian who is ranked 82 in the world, lost…
*Explosion victims narrate ordeals, count losses as death toll rises to five (Guardian) *Diesel-laden tanker falls, catches fire in Lagos (Punch)
Explosion victims narrate ordeals, count losses as death toll rises to five (Guardian) After the raging fire following Sunday night’s pipeline explosion at Abule Egba area of Lagos State was put out by a combined team of firefighters and emergency…
*Five confirmed dead in Abule-Egba pipeline fire (Guardian) *Man arrested for stabbing wife to death (Nation)
Five confirmed dead in Abule-Egba pipeline fire (Guardian) At least five people have been confirmed dead in the Abule-Egba pipeline fire explosion that occurred on Sunday night. “It’s unfortunate we lost 5 lives to this inferno, with many in critical…
*Reconstruction: Anger as gridlock grounds Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (NewTelegraph) *Friends tell court how Kolade Johnson was allegedly killed by policeman (Tribune)
Reconstruction: Anger as gridlock grounds Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (NewTelegraph) Motorists were held for several hours yesterday as gridlock grounded vehicular movements on the ever-busy Lagos-Ibandan Expressway. The hold-up forced some commuters to abandon their vehicles and trek for several kilometres. Those…
Tsitsipas targets top-three breakthrough (DailyTrust)
Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas is eyeing a top-three finish next season as he hopes to break the rankings stranglehold of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. The 21-year-old concluded his 2019 season with a bang, lifting the ATP Finals…
*How woman, 30, was murdered by ritualists – Police (DailyTrust) *Hotelier arraigned for ‘defrauding’ businessman of N30m (Nation)
How woman, 30, was murdered by ritualists – Police (DailyTrust) Detectives from the Inspector General of Police Team (IRT) have picked up 13 members of a cult gang over the gruesome murder of a 30-year old house wife, Abosede Adeyemi…
*Flood sweeps 11-year-old boy, rescuer to death, destroys property in Lagos (Guardian)*Sanwo-Olu launches endowment fund for pediatrics at LASUTH (Sun)
Flood sweeps 11-year-old boy, rescuer to death, destroys property in Lagos (Guardian) Tragedy struck residents of Aboru and Iyana-Ipaja in the Alimosho area of Lagos on Saturday as the flood swept away an 11-year-old boy and his rescuer, one Wasiu…
Federer’s Switzerland to face Murray’s Great Britain in new ATP Cup (Metro)
Great Britain will head to Sydney at the start of 2020 where Andy Murray and co. are set to meet Roger Federer’s Switzerland in the inaugural ATP Cup. Murray, who is continuing to step up his fitness following a long…
US Open 2019: Roger Federer goes out to Grigor Dimitrov (BBC)
Five-time champion Roger Federer is out of the US Open after Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov won a late-night thriller to finally beat the Swiss great. Federer, 38, had won all seven of their previous meetings but unseeded Dimitrov fought back to…
