The Ogun State Police Command on Friday charged the driver of the Lexus SUV in which Anthony Joshua was travelling when he got involved in a crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The spokesperson of the command and a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Oluseyi B. Babaseyi, confirmed this on Thursday. In the terse confirmation on…
British Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua, who was involved in an accident that claimed the lives of his two associates on Lagos -Ibadan expressway on Monday has been discharged from hospital where he has been on admission for treatment. The Lagos and Ogun state governments in a jointly signed statement said Joshua was released from…
Anthony Joshua’s team has released a statement in the wake of Monday’s road crash that left him hospitalised and claimed the lives of two of his closest friends. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that the boxing star was travelling in a Lexus SUV when the the crash occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway near…
Two close friends and team members of world-renowned boxer, Anthony Joshua, have been identified as the victims of the fatal road crash that occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday. Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Matchroom Boxing, confirmed in a statement that the deceased were Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele, both of whom worked closely with…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed sympathy with Anthony Joshua following the road traffic accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway that claimed two lives. In a message on his official Facebook page, Tinubu described the incident as a tragedy that has cast “a deep shadow on this season”. “AJ, I extend my deep sympathies to you…
The Ogun State Government has confirmed that the remains of two persons who died in the road accident involving world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, have been deposited at the Livewell Mortuary in Sagamu. The fatal crash occurred on Monday along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, within the Makun axis of Ogun State, and claimed the lives…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed that excessive speed and wrongful overtaking led to the crash involving British-Nigerian boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway on Monday. The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Olusegun Ogungbemide, stated this in a statement made available on Monday. GISTSMATE MEDIA had reported that the accident…
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that Nigerian-British boxing star, Anthony Joshua, was involved in a road accident on Monday in Makun, on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ogun State. According to the police, Joshua and other victims have been taken to the hospital. DSP Oluseyi Babasey, the Public Relations Officer of the state police command,…
Anthony Joshua left Jake Paul with devastating injuries after breaking the American’s jaw in two places during their heavyweight fight in Miami. This clearly underlined the gulf in power and experience between the former two-time world champion and the YouTuber-turned-boxer. The BBC reports Paul has since undergone surgery, with two titanium plates fitted to stabilise…
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua knocked out YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in their controversial Netflix-backed bout in Miami on Friday. The fight at the Kaseya Center, which saw both men reportedly splitting a mammoth purse of $184 million, had triggered alarm across boxing due to the gulf in physical size and class between Britain’s two-time…
