Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Sunday, 22 March, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

DAILY INDEPENDENT

COVID-19: Millions Under Lockdown Globally

Google Releases Coronavirus Website

WHO Launches ‘Health Alert’ To Debunk COVID-19 Myths

Nigerians Already Strangulated By Loans ‘ Awe

I Won’t Vote Jonathan In 2023 If, ‘ ‘ Annikio Briggs

How Ooni Saved Ekiti Monarchs From Dethronement

PUNCH

APC worse than PDP Ex-gov Segun Oni

APCs fragile peace and fear of defections

I always feel pained whenever I return to Nigeria – Chinko Ekun

Tambuwal intervenes in eight month-old suspension of Elumelu, others

Prison retirees petition Buhari, National Assembly

Drug scarcity imminent by August, Nigerian manufacturers warn

Coronavirus: Emir of Daura, residents hold special prayer

Ambitious women should be celebrated Doyin Rhodes-Vivour, SAN

Nigeria bleeds when Russia, Saudi brawl

Its not my job to speak for opposition in Lagos Agbaje

Lassa fever: Ill-equipped hospitals cause of six doctors death – NARD

Blood came out of my mouth, ears after blast Edet, Lagos explosion victim

I felt it was end of the world Woman who lost only sibling, others in Abule-Ado explosion

Nigeria needs 100,000 family physicians, only 1,200 available AGPMPN President

Police havent been fair to all sides in crisis Enogie of Ologbo

Enogie of Ologbo going against Oba of Benins directive Iyatsere of Warris secretary

Washing of hands saves lives

Oil slump: Governors meet Wednesday on economy, budgets

Non-performing power firms should be penalised TCN boss

Lagos Assembly crisis: Embattled lawmakers offices forced open, belongings removed

Coronavirus: Delta, Emirates, Air France, Lufthansa, KLM, others suspend flights to Nigeria

Bagudu, Ekweremadu, Etete, 331 others linked to 800 Dubai properties worth N152bn Report

Security critical to oil sector growth, says NCDMB

Zamfara: Supreme Court cant reverse self, says PDP

Processing your pension benefits under CPS

National Assembly may shut down this week

Traders expect Nigeria to cut crude selling prices

Amotekun takeoff may suffer delay over disease outbreak

Travel agents seek bailout, fear massive job loss

CBN, banks to provide funds for pharmaceutical companies

Coronavirus: Osun bars tourists from Erinjesa Waterfalls

Power failure, others stall 2.54 million barrels oil production

World economy grinds to a halt over COVID-19 fears

US VP Pence, wife to be tested as staffer contracts coronavirus

UPDATED: FG shuts Lagos, Abuja airports Monday as coronavirus cases hit 22

FG suspends railway services Monday as coronavirus cases increase

Coronavirus: Lagos bans gatherings of over 20 after cases hit 22

UPDATED: FG confirms PUNCH report, says 10 new coronavirus cases in Abuja, Lagos

COVID-19: Kebbi orders schools closure

EXCLUSIVE: Three persons test positive for coronavirus in Abuja

Coronavirus: Lagos to teach eight subjects via broadcast, social media

SUN 

Under fair, equitable system, North should not run for presidency in 2023 ‘Tony Uranta

It’s sad our refineries are still moribund despite huge sums pumped into them ‘Gaya, Reps member

How my motion to check rising insecurity was aborted in 7th National Assembly ‘Hon. Daramola

Supreme Court can’t reverse itself on Zamfara ‘ PDP

COVID-19: PDP Reps task FG to set up testing, treatment centres nationwide

Coronavirus kills former Real Madrid president, Lorenzo Sanz

NSE: Transactions decline by 66.7% amid COVID-19 chaos

Gridlock: Robbers return, unleash terror on motorists on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway at nights

COVID-19: CBN scales up stimulus package to N3.5 trillion

Rep charges S/East governors on rural sensitization

COVID-19 pandemic: Lagos discharges COVID-19 index case

Soldiers wipe out more bandits in Zamfara, recover weapons

CAN decries herdsmen menace in Nigeria

Abule Ado gas explosion: Lagos International Trade Fair traders count losses

COVID-19: Churches, schools receive shutdown directive with mixed feelings

GUARDIAN

Kadpoly rector kicks against scrapping of almajiri

We don’t interfere with state government on minimum wage – NUT

Give 60 percent elective positions to women, Monarch advises political parties

African Church enthrones Julius Abbe as new primate today

Group mobilises against rights abuse by SARS

Why gas importation thrives despite 200t reserves

Chloroquine drug to undergo clinical trial ‘ Lagos government

COVID-19: ‘Children are best kept safe isolated from public

APC crisis: Take aways from Buhari’s intervention

Primate Nicholas Okoh: If church solves its problems, political space will take shape

Abule-Ado explosion: Governors Forum donates N200m

Nigeria closes all airports to international flights

Nigerian military kills 26 bandits in Katsina, Zamfara

COVID-19: Passengers stranded as Benin Republic closes border

Nigeria closes all airports to international flights

Coronavirus: Lagos State bans public gatherings of more than 20 persons

Senate proposes pension fund for road construction

VANGUARD

Lagos police command enforces ban on social gatherings to prevent spread of coronavirus

COVID-19: Bankers Committee to support Nigerian pharmaceutical coys

LAGOS EXPLOSION: People don’t rule out bomb ‘ Hon. Dolapo-Badru

Wike to PDP Chairman: Make mistakes, I fight you down

CORANIVIRUS: In Abuja, IDPs beg for protection

LAGOS EXPLOSION: Apart from five dead, we also lost over N2bn worth of properties ‘ Catholic Church

Fear, panic more dangerous than Coronavirus ‘ Lanre Olusola

$22. 7BN LOAN: ‘Reps will redress injustice to Igbo

Cost of Coronavirus: Loss in oil revenue in 3 mths may hit $5b

Health better than education ‘ Reactions to schools’ shutdown

Obaseki: Edo parents withdrawing children from private to public schools

CONVID -19: JAMB conducts UTME for 341 physically-challenged candidates

CORONAVIRUS: How slow response landed us in a mess ‘ Hon. Igbakpa

Zamfara: PDP urges Supreme Court to dismiss APC’s application

Wike to new Rivers PDP Chairman: Make mistakes, I fight you down with all I have

COVID-19: Bankers Committee directs oil firms to sell forex to CBN only

Call of Duty: Warzone has over 30 million players less than two weeks after launch

COVID-19: LASG to teach 8 subjects via broadcast, social media during school closure

CONVID- 19: Students of UNILAG, Yabatech to vacate hostels Saturday noon

CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN: 33 states lack testing labs but Minister says no cause for alarm

BREAKING: Nigeria confirms 10 new coronavirus cases

COVID-19: Nigeria reports chloroquine poisonings after Trump comments

COVID-19: Nigerians attack Rep for proposing prisons as isolation centres

COVID-19: Emir of Daura suspends daughter’s wedding, other gatherings

COVID-19: Lagos bans gatherings of over 20

COVID 19: Bayelsa Gov chairs Taskforce

Nigerian military kills 26 bandits in Katsina, Zamfara

FG suspends railway services as COVID-19 spread in Nigeria

TRIBUNE

Police begin enforcement of large gathering ban

Ekiti schools sexual molestation: Stakeholders speak

Coronavirus: Nigerians in panic mode

As FG ramps up response to COVID-19 pandemic

APC crisis: Oshiomhole and the tortuous road to Edo, Ondo governorship race

Northern youths begin Sanusi for president campaign

Abule Ado explosion: Nigeria Governors’ Forum donates N200m to Relief Fund

Coronavirus: NBTE orders polytechnics to shut down

[UPDATE] Coronavirus: NRC to stop passenger train services nationwide

Coronavirus: KWASU shuts down campus

IPPIS: Government fails to pay non-teaching staff salary

Punishing journalists for wrong reports not attack on media ‘ Garba Shehu

Cultism: UNIABUJA suspends 24 students indefinitely

Groom dies few hours to wedding ceremony in Jos

Coronavirus: Only direct parties to cases will be allowed into court ‘ Ekiti CJ

NATION

COVID-19: Nigeria heading for recession Utomi, Unegbu, others

Coronavirus: 10 new cases in Lagos, Abuja

793 die in Italy within 24 hours

Well comply with ban on mass gatherings in Osun CAN, NSCIA

Doctors insist on indefinite withdrawal of services in C/River

Zamfara: Why S/Court must maintain its finality PDP

Abule Ado: Death toll now 23 as victim dies in hospital

COVID-19: Passengers stranded as closes border

JUST IN: Rivers PDP gets new leadership as party concludes congresses

Emir of Daura, residents hold special prayer against Coronavirus

26 killed as troops fight bandits in Katsina, Zamfara states

Nigeria records 10 new positive cases of COVID-19

Social Media Bill: Why media should be held accountable Garba Shehu

COVID19: Lagos State Judiciary bars public from courts

Shop owners, residents lose N20m in fire inferno

COVID-19: Vatican publishes guidelines for Easter celebrations

DAILY TIMES

Social Media Bill: Why media should be held accountable Garba Shehu

Coronavirus: Catholic Bishop bans placing of holy water at church entrances

COVID-19: Group decries state of facilities used as quarantine centres

Ondo State still maintaining Coronavirus free status- Health Commissioner

Tuberculosis: Stakeholders take awareness campaign to market

JUST IN: No FIRS staff has tested positive to Covid-19

Breaking: FG confirms 22 cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria

COVID-19: Lagos bus service scraps standing in buses, deploys sanitisers, thermometers

COVID19: Kaduna strengthens disease control centre

NAFDAC only approved Chloroquine as clinical trial for coronavirus, says D-G

Three persons test positive for coronavirus in Abuja

Army destroys 5 vehicles conveying supply to Boko Haram

New York State has 10,000 confirmed coronavirus cases

Military rescue 22 kidnap victims in Zamfara

ZMSG confirms kidnap of district head, 2 others

Coronavirus: Netflix sets up $100 million relief fund

DAILY TRUST

Governors Forum donates N200m to Abule Ado blast victims

FCT restricts gatherings at churches, mosques, night clubs

Family of 5 isolated for Covid-19 in Nasarawa tests negative

COVID 19: 3 persons who travelled from UK, Egypt in self isolation in Kaduna

Covid 19: Plateau orders 2-metre spacing in churches, mosques

COVID-19: Women most affected, says UN Women

10 new Covid-19 cases emerge, 3 in Abuja

Covid-19: NRC rescinds decision to shut down rail service

COVID-19: CBN, Bankers’ Committee back N3.5 trillion stimulus to economy

Covid-19: Reps PDP caucus urges FG to halt VAT, add more palliative

Emirates suspends flights to Lagos, Abuja from Monday

Crisis rocks Lagos assembly over suspension of principal officers, 2 others

Why Sanusi is good asset for PDP in 2023 ‘ Dr Umar Ardo

COVID-19: WAEC postpones 2020 WASSCE

COVID-19: Nasarawa govt orders closure of schools

COVID-19: Kaduna Varsity suspends academic activities indefinitely

Coronavirus: OAU closes down, suspends conference, ask students to vacate hostels

BUSINESSDAY

Bonny Chamber of Commerce unveils strategies to help businesses play big, go global

What do we do now with many COVID-19 cases in Nigeria

Coronavirus: What FG did not tell Nigerians about three shut airports

Abule-Ado disaster: Lagos Assembly urges Sanwo-Olu to build fire stations in 57 councils

MAN urges FG to help scale up in-country production, drive diversification harder

Lessons from the coronavirus pandemic

Can Africa keep coronavirus under control

NEW TELEGRAPH

Benue CAN seeks divine intervention over Coronavirus pandemic

Alao-Akala, Amaechi, Daniel regretting defection from PDP, says Akinwonmi

FG confirms 10 new cases of COVID-19, brings total cases in Nig to 22

Troops kill 26 suspected bandits in Katsina, Zamfara

2023: Desperados behind posters ‘Umahi

COVID-19: Worship arenas shut down nationwide

COVID-19: Experts task FG to suspend 7.5%VAT, crash fuel price to N100p/l

Communities should be part of constituency projects ‘ICPC

BLUEPRINT

Coronavirus: 4 family members perish

COVID-19: CBN, bankers boost pharmaceutical coys, pump N3.5trn stimulus to economy

I ‘ll clean Nigeria of Coronavirus -Ogboni leader

Diri heads anti-Coronavirus panel in Bayelsa, bans public gathering

Demolition: FCT, Niger set to resolve Dakwa boundary dispute

Ilorin emirate begins spiritual warfare over Coronavirus, seeks God’s intervention

 

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