Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Monday, 16 March, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

Coronavirus: New York city closes public schools

UNICEF backs Osun education policy reversal

Annenih kinsman emerges Edo PDP new chair

Should our traditional institutions be privatised

Immigration job: FG bars stammerers, applicants with bad teeth

IPPIS: Lecturers protest deductions, non-payment of sabbatical scholars

Aviation industry contributed 0.14% to GDP in 2019 NBS

Oil crash: Nigeria may lose $8.63bn in six months

Ebonyi teenager defiles five minors in one week

Visa-on-arrival issuance drops by 39.8%

Stock market finished week negative with 13.49% loss

Solid minerals earnings hit N69.47bn NEITI

Senate bill wants President, govs to submit budget in Sept

Six Christian children escape from Kano orphanage

DSS faults US report, denies intimidating voters, INEC

Nigerian consulate in New York suspends passport processing

Anti-Oshiomhole forces weakening APC, Buhari regime, Tinubu warns

Ive no record of how much Abacha stole – Malami

Rivers port set to receive first RoRo vessel

We mustnt play politics with monarchy, security Tambuwal

Senate probes diversion of rice farmers loans to elections

Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles cancel trips over coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus, threat to Nigerias economy ACCI

BREAKING: Family of four, 11 others die in Lagos explosion

2023 ambition destroying APC like coronavirus, says Tinubu

THISDAY

Services Weaken as COVID-19 Hits Global Economy

COVID-19: Turkish Airlines Adopts Safety Measures

NASC Deploys Smart Cards to Tackle Seed Counterfeiting

Bello: With Coronavirus Disruptions, Economic Diversification Crucial

Investors Count Losses as Stock Market Sheds N1.8 Trillion

Anambra Hails Offodiles Appointment as NIMASA Director

Tambuwal Cautions against Playing Politics with Monarchy, Religion, Security

In Kano, the Royal Baton Changes from One Brother to Another

Tinubu: Anti-Oshiomhole Forces Undermining Buhari

SUN

Oshiomhole has disappointed labour movement ‘ Esele

APC crisis: Buhari must intervene now -Tonye Princewill

Don’t blame Oshiomhole for your problems, Odubu tells Obaseki

Makinde tasks Edo PDP on winning September guber poll

APC crisis: Tinubu rallies support for Buhari, Oshiomhole

APC crisis: Minister, others vow to rescue Oshiomhole

Take advantage of Edo situation and win guber election, Makinde urges PDP

Only 2 DisCos exceeded 50% metering of consumers in Q3, 2019 ‘NERC

NSE: COVID-19, weak oil prices trigger 26.2% sell-off in banking stocks

Coronavirus: Gombe calls for prayers againsts global challenges

Don’t politicise monarchy, religion, security, Tambuwal warns

Batsari killings: Perpetrators animals, lack Qur’anic education -Masari

Man remanded for raping 5 minors in Ebonyi

Now that Buhari is returning Nigeria’s missing pyramids

Sanusi: Dethroned locally, enthroned globally

Our experience during recession gave birth to investments ‘Adeyemi, general secretary, NASU

EX-Army Chief, Dambazau, drills corps members on entrepreneurship

Buhari to unveil 5-year national broadbrand plan

Rights group kicks over plot to absorb Boko Haram members into Nigerian Army

COVID-19: WHO declares 40 quarantined contacts in Ogun virus-free

Sex, cash for marks blight on society, says President Buhari

GUARDIAN

Niger Delta states deserve more than 13% derivation, says Okowa

Terrorists kill three, destroy property in Borno

APC wins Kwara Assembly by-election

Religious leaders charged to be family planning advocates

Italy hit by 368 new coronavirus deaths, hospitals in crisis

No record of $5b Abacha loot, expenditure, government tells SERAP

Nigerian equities market records worst weekly losses

Nigeria earns N400b from solid minerals in 12 years

Railway plans hourly train service for Abuja-Kaduna route

Nigerian army intensifies onslaught against bandits, kidnappers

COVID-19: Nigerian Embassy in U.S. suspends passport interviews, biometric capturing

How Premier League stars keep busy during the coronavirus shutdown

DSS probes personnel over Kebbi presidential episode

Lagos Explosion: Police cordon off Amuwo Odofin area

VANGUARD

Herdsmen attacks: House Minority leader urges FG to sack service chiefs

Derivation: Okowa doubts funds declared by NNPC

School children among 15 killed in Lagos explosion

$27b loan: FG should desist from reckless borrowings ‘PANDEF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Middle Belt

COVID-19: Enugu govt announces suspected fresh case

Coronavirus hits Italy hard, as town buries patients every 30 minutes

African countries take preventive measures against COVID -19

Land border should remain closed for 10 years ‘ Farmers tell FG

Covid19: Saving our economy from distress

APC CRISIS: Pro-Oshiomhole forces fight back

Oshiomhole must step down for APC to make progress ‘ Princewill

Sanusi’s Dethronement: I was not involved, count me out ‘Malami

Senate probes Army, NYSC, NSA over extra-budgetary spending

Middle Belt Forum condemns fresh killings in Benue State

NNPC blames gas cylinder explosion for Lagos blasts

15 die in Lagos explosion ‘ NEMA

Individuals with 2023 presidential ambition behind Oshiomhole’s ordeal ‘ Tinubu

COVID-19: Nigerian Embassy in U.S. suspends passport interviews, biometric capturing

Coronavirus aside, stay alert to another sickness, ‘ambition-virus 2023’ ‘ Tinubu

50 personnel deployed to fight Abule Ado fire explosion ‘ says NSCDC

Why Oshiomhole must resign now ‘ APC chieftain

Covid-19: Unilorin instructs foreign students to proceed for medical examination

Abule Ado explosion: 11 unidentified bodies recovered ‘ LASEMA

Nigeria’s earnings from solid minerals rose 32% to N69.5bn in 2018 ‘ NEITI

Updates from Lagos explosion: Casualties figure rises to 15 ‘ NEMA

TRIBUNE

Covid-19/oil war: Global recession sets in ‘ Experts

FG laments absence of indigenous technical expertise in Nigeria

Ortom’s aide call for prayers against herders’ attack, coronavirus

Fayemi commiserates with victims of Lagos fire

Lagos explosion: APC expresses shock, sympathises with victims

Lagos explosion: Akeredolu condoles with Sanwo-Olu, victims

Apprentice welder invents solar-powered car in Bauchi

Rivers Port to receive first Roro vessel since inception

NATION

APC governors hold pro-Oshiomhole meeting in Abuja

Insurance covers Coronavirus as reinsurers move to stop it

UNICEF hails Osuns return to 6-3-3-4 education system

Towards containing Covid-19 spread

IYC, others urge Niger Delta governors to diversify economy

Senate constitution review panel to receive memoranda, says Omo-Agege

FG: No plan to close schools over COVID-19

Army takes Special Forces recruitment drive to Niger Delta

Lagos fire triggered by gas explosion NNPC

Middle Belt Forum raises alarm over attacks in Benue

Police Sergeants son stabbed to death in Delta

DAILY TIMES

Fear of epidemic looms as refuse take-over Owerri

2023: Shehu Sani warns Sanusi against going into politics

PDP ward congresses: Edo, Katsina hold congress despite court injunctions

Just in: 2023 final boost for Igbo presidency Ezeife

Explosion kills 17 in Lagos community

Solid minerals sector raked in N69.47bn in 2018 NEITI

Investors profit-taking in Banks shares, others down equities market by N1.85trn

FG to launch Integrated Medical Outreach Programme

Inflation rate to increase to 12.37% in February- Analysts

COVID-19: Airports deserted as cargo importation nosedives by 70%

Army intensifies onslaught against bandits, kidnappers

DAILY TRUST

2019 polls: INEC, CSOs differ on US claims

Pressure mounts on Obasa to step down as speaker

We’re still a dominant party in Katsina ‘ PDP

PDP wins Sokoto by-election

Strike: Nigerians urge FG, ASUU to be considerate over IPPIS

Business woman alleges harassment as FCTA demolishes auto workshop

FCT minister urges truck owners to obey restriction order

My husband left home for 8 years, says divorce-seeking wife

Coronavirus: Vatican cancels Easter celebrations

Kidnapped pastor’s kids, couple freed after N.7m ransom

Expert tasks FG on viral hepatitis, says 20m Nigerians at risk

Couple crushed to death in Ogun road crash

Coronavirus: Enugu records first case, as govt isolates suspect

Nigeria’s restructuring not feasible ‘ Prof Ademiluyi

Anenih’s kinsman emerges chairman, as Edo PDP gets new state executives

APC crisis: Attempts to oust Oshiomhole unwarranted ‘ Tinubu

Labouring in vain: Workers excited by move to criminalize casualization

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Encourage Local Vehicle Manufacturing, Okoli Urges Fed. Government

Okowa: A Leader And His Many Firsts

PenCom Recovers N17.05bn From 655 Employers In Eight Years

Public Uproar Against The Social Media Bill

Pakistan Arrests Owner Of Largest Media Group On Graft Charges

Few Disgruntled Elements Can’t Remove Oshiomhole From Office ‘Balogun

BUSINESSDAY

We have moved from 53% local sourcing to 80% in 2 years’ Guinness MD

Early calm returns to Nigeria’s FX market

Four oil policy shifts that can lift Nigeria’s economy in era of low prices

Tier-one banks raked in N65bn from maintaining bank accounts in 2019

Huge haulage cost, terminal charges weighing on Nigerian importers

Nigeria faces a dire future with continued oil dependency

NEW TELEGRAPH

Quakers: Planned agency for repentant terrorists dangerous

Gololo blasts Ganduje over Sanusi’s dethronement

Lagos explosion, a national tragedy, says Buhari

Customs bans movement of cargoes, containers by barges

Anambra South: Appeal Court decides Ubah’s fate this week

Group faults politicians behind anti-Amotekun protest in Lagos

Report: Nigeria squanders $2.6bn on corporate tax incentives

BLUEPRINT

Stop making reckless claim about Makinde ‘ PDP cautions APC, Alao

Ondo FA compliant in providing medical facilities, others- Akingboju

20th NSF: Dare declares Edo 2020 ‘ready’ for coronavirus

Ighalo ‘to take 6m pay cut’ for Man Utd permanent deal

Checking fake, substandard seeds through Codex

AFAN leadership crisis: I remain the president ‘ Kabir

 

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