Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 24 March, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

 

PUNCH

AMCON moves against Ogboru, firm over N784m debt

Benue uncovers 3,460 ghost workers in 23 LGs

Two Delta social workers jailed for child trafficking

EFCC re-arraigns ex-NDDC director, others for N3.6bn bribery

El-Rufai directs strict enforcement of restriction order

Troops kill 54 BHaram terrorists, recover AK-47 rifles

No president invested in agric like Buhari VON DG

COVID-19: Keep seaports open, terminal operators urge government

COVID-19: Why Nigeria may be worse than Italy

Nigeria will be in serious crisis should COVID-19 last for six more months Afrinvest MD

COVID-19: Neimeth advocates regular use of antiseptics

BREAKING: Nigerias COVID-19 cases hit 40 as 4 new infections confirmed

[BREAKING] Coronavirus: Stay at home, FG tells public servants

COVID-19: Five US states order residents to stay at home

Coronavirus: NSE shuts trading floors, resorts to remote trading

Nigeria slashes crude selling prices to woo buyers

COVID-19: NCAA clears emergency flights, Immigration suspends passport processing

DPR monitors N125 petrol pump price compliance

Refineries lost N377bn in three years, says NNPC

Reduce lending rates, economists urge CBN as MPC meets

States revenue shrinks as FAAC shares N581bn

Alleged fraud: Court grants Oyo-Ita, two others bail over Coronavirus fears

Coronavirus: Atikus daughter-in-law, grandchildren test negative

JUST IN: Lagos discovers three new coronavirus cases

Coronavirus: Access Bank closes branch after customer tested positive

Coronavirus: Aisha Buhari seeks total lockdown

UPDATED: Bauchi gov in self-isolation after meeting Atikus son

Coronavirus: FG cancels meetings, threatens religious leaders flouting safety rules

ASUU commences indefinite strike

THISDAY

PPPRA: Marketers to Leverage Price Cap Removal, Resume Petrol Import

NERC Considering Take or Pay Penalty for DISCOs

NCDMB Earmarks $50m for Research, Development

Kunle: Now is Time to End Subsidy, Withdraw from OPEC

Crisis Rocks Katsina PDP over Congresses

NOC Backs President Buhari on Postponement of Edo 2020

FAAC Shares N581.566bn February Allocation to FG, States, LGs

Coronavirus: Ogun Police Release Detainees

COVID-19: In Ogun, It’s Now 20 Persons Per Gathering

COVID-19: Lagos Police Arrest Three Pastors for Flouting Govt’s Directive

FG Moves to Address Impediments to Oil, Gas Free Zone Agency

FG, States Strategise to Attract FDIs, Boost IGR

SUN 

Cross River congress: Stakeholders storm PDP secretariat, demand fair, free contest

Abducted Enyimba players: Kidnappers demand N20m ransom

COVID-19: FG urges MAN to increase production of essential commodities

FG orders public servants to work from home

Do not panic, Oyetola urges Osun citizens

Covid 19: Edo confirms 1 case as Obaseki douses tension

Labour declares indefinite strike in Rivers

N202m grant: Farmers applaud Obaseki, SDG for transparency

UBEC introduces school-based committee on project management

GUARDIAN

Oshiomhole shuts down APC secretariat as PDP directs partial closure

Teacher nabbed for defiling 14-year-old student in Ogun

NLC seeks extension of fuel price reduction to other products

Nigeria must allow petrol prices move with parity, says Baru

Companies, ICT firms go remote as COVID-19 spreads

Vessels’ call at Lagos port shrinks, amid coronavirus fears

Samsung records major milestones, expands activities in Lagos shipyard

TUC urges Sanwo-Olu to expand restriction order to curtail COVID-19 spread

Kano orders closure of Islamiyya, Tsangaya schools as BUK denies suspected case

IMF warns of global recession as investors demobilise $83b from markets

Ondo government reels out guidelines for transporters, commuters

Long queues as banks screen customers in Delta State

COVID-19: Spanish soldiers find bodies in retirement homes

IMF warns coronavirus recession could be worse than 2009

Covid-19: Fayemi inaugurates task force

Will Nigerian Pastors Rise To The Occasion During This Coronavirus Shutdown

Coronavirus Ogun State asks staff to be at work once a week

Coronavirus: Monks In Thailand Make Masks From Recycled Plastic

Alleged misappropriation: Court fixes May 7 for judgment, Sanusi’s suit against PCACC

Ethiopia shuts land borders to fight coronavirus

VANGUARD

FAAC shares N582bn to FG, states, LGs: Revenue falls by N64.4bn

COVID-19: NPA, Shippers’ Council on lockdown

COVID-19: Christian Council of Nigeria says no to public gathering

RAGING CORONAVIRUS: Let’s lock down now, says Aisha Buhari

COVID-19: S’West states move to stem spread

Money Laundering Charge: Ex-HoS, Oyo-Ita docked, secures N100m bail

Police disperse violent protest by El-Zakzaky’s sect in Abuja

Ebonyi govt bans burial, wedding ceremonies, night clubs, others

New Minimum Wage: NLC, TUC declare strike in Rivers over differences with govt

COVID 19: Economic challenges won’t hinder project completion, salary payment ‘ Fayemi

Isolation: Minister threatens to publish names of people unwilling to comply

Akeredolu approves appointment of Saraki’s Ex-Aide as Olupenmen

COVID-19 : Nigeria seeks China support, as cases reach 36

Abuja resident doctors suspend strike over surge in Coronavirus spread

COVID-19: Oil price sheds gains, dips to $22 per barrel

IMF projects negative outlook for global growth in 2020

Crude oil price crash will raise Nigeria’s debt-to-revenue ratio ‘ FDC

COVID-19: Investors lose N259.2bn as NSE Index drops 2.2%

Agric-business: World Bank ranks Nigeria 7th in Africa

Naira devaluation to pressure banks’ assets in 2020 ‘ Moody’s

COVID-19: WAEC closes offices nationwide

ASUU begins indefinite strike

Coronavirus: Travelers from high-risk countries, our biggest threat ‘ NCDC

FG to recall retired doctors, nurses over COVID-19

Abuja resident doctors suspends strike over surge in Coronavirus spread

COVID-19: NSE market indicators opens week with 2.24% loss

IMF warns on severe recession in 2020 due to coronavirus

COVID-19: Africa needs $100bn economic stimulus ‘ finance ministers

COVID-19: Akwa Ibom CP task officers on unnecessary arrests

COVID-19: FCT ALGON shutdown councils’ secretariats

Coronavirus: We will use Army, Police for contact ‘ FG

COVID-19: LASEPA receives 70 calls on social gathering

Coronavirus: FG establishes isolation facilities in custodial centres

Solid Minerals: Downstream needs sustainable regulation for productivity ‘ FG

TRIBUNE

Oyo govt orders closure of all night clubs, limits gatherings at wedding, burial ceremonies to 30

Coronavirus: Ganduje orders closure of event centres in Kano

COVID-19: Ondo PDP cancels congress

Ecobank shuts Abuja branch after customer dies from coronavirus

BREAKING: Nigeria records four new cases of coronavirus, total now 40

FG orders civil servants on Levels 1 to 12 to work from home, officers who travelled recently to self-isolate

COVID-19: Stay at home, FG tells Abuja, Lagos residents

Subscriber group seeks NCC’s collaboration to strengthen consumer protection

FIRS workers pledge to achieve N8.5trn target

Equities investors lose N259.2bn on gloomy trades

Coronavirus won’t hinder salary payment, project completion ‘ Fayemi

FG, states, LGs share N581.566bn February allocation

COVID-19: Ondo govt places temporary ban on large, political, social, religious gatherings

South Africa announces 21-day lockdown as cases jump from 61 to 402 in eight days

Atiku’s son with coronavirus not at Ibadan PDP rally ‘ Makinde’s aide

CJN orders temporary closure of courts over coronavirus pandemic

[BREAKING] COVID-19: Buhari suspends FEC meeting, orders all partially opened land borders closed for four weeks

Coronavirus: WAEC shuts offices to visitors

COVID-19: Ogun reduces number of civil servants to work daily

Coronavirus: Wike bans public burials, weddings

UPDATE: Gombe inaugurates task force to review, monitor coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 causality has underlying illness, died of complications ‘ FG

NATION

LCCI chief praises CBNs N3.5tr grant to firms

N587.7million fraud: ECOWAS official agrees to forfeit N245million asset

AMCON moves to seize Ogborus 22 accounts

My son not at play lounge in Abuja, says Atiku

We dont operate social media handles, says DSS

Federal Govt to Nigerians: get ready for tough measures

Police disperse Shiites protesters

Presidency accuses Reps of avoiding screening at airport

COVID-19: Recession looms, says IMFs chief

Petrol scarcity looms, says IPMAN

Lagos Airport records lull in commercial activities

Manufacturers to protect workers against covid-19

Revenue challenge: FIRS urges workers to meet N8.5tr target

Insecurity threatens $422.9m savings from wheat import

COVID-19: Makinde targets atleast 100 bed space isolation centres

I tested positive for COVID-19 FIRS staff

FAAC shares 581.566bn in February

COVID-19: CJN directs closure of courts for two weeks

BREAKING: FG to recall retired doctors, nurses over COVID-19

Supreme Court suspends sitting over COVID-19

COVID-19: Makinde targets at least 100- bed isolation centres

Wike announces partial lockdown of Rivers over COVID-19

BREAKING: FG shuts land borders over COVID-19

BREAKING: COVID-19: FG suspends weekly FEC indefinitely

COVID-19: UEFA postpones Champions League, Europa League finals

IMF warns on severe recession in 2020 due to coronavirus

Coronavirus, now at 300,000 cases worldwide, spreading faster- WHO

DAILY TIMES

COVID-19: Police chief orders decongestion of police cells

FCT resident doctors suspends 8 -day warning strike

FAAC shares N581.5bn for February

COVID-19: Rivers closes public parks, nightclubs, cinemas

COVID-19: INEC suspends regular activities for 14 days

IPPIS: ASUU commences indefinite strike action

Niger imposes dawn to dusk curfew to avert coronavirus outbreak

COVID-19: Osun House of Assembly suspends legislative activities

Ize-Iyamu commends Buhari for bringing APC crisis to an end

I will remove any LG Chairman when it comes to insecurity Gov. Lalong

2023 Presidency: South East begins grassroots mobilisation

2023 Presidency: Southeast begins grassroots mobilization

Just In: Oshiomhole orders Shut down of APC National Secretariat over Covid-19

Just In: Court grants Oyo-Ita N100m bail

COVID 19 : Gov. Fintiri suspends official trips, cuts down budget

Coronavirus: FG orders closure of all land borders

COVID-19: IMF warns of looming global financial crisis

COVID-19: CJN Orders temporary closure of Courts

APC, PDP shut down secretariat over coronavirus scare

Benue discovers 3, 460 ghost workers on payroll of LGs

COVID-19: Obiano orders workers to work from home, suspends marriages, burials

FG arraigns Oyo-Ita over N469m corruption allegation

Military eliminates over 50 terrorists, captures others DHQ

Pray against deaths, kidnappings of players NFF urges Nigerians

Canada first out of Olympics as Japan admits Games not viable

FAAC shares N581.6bn to three tiers of govt for February

Seplats profit rises by 13.4% to $270m in 2019

COVID-19: FG urges MAN to increase production of essential commodities

COVID-19: Why Nigerias advertising subsector may lose billions of naira

Manufacturers worst hit by impact of COVID-19, says NASME

Textile manufacturers ask FG to revive sector with intervention funds

Substandard products: SON vows to fight war from within

DAILY TRUST

COVID-19: N/Assembly set to shutdown today

Osun Assembly shuts down over coronavirus

INEC suspends activities over coronavirus

APC, PDP shutdown secretariats

Covid-19: Imo govt defies own ban on gathering, inaugurates commissioners, aides

COVID-19: UNILAG staff to stay at home for 2 weeks

32-year-old man gets N200,000 bail for allegedly stealing N40,000 phone

Coronavirus spreading faster, now over 330,000 cases globally ‘ WHO

Coronavirus kills 2 senior military officers in Egypt

Coronavirus: Nigeria’s confirmed cases rise to 40

Coronavirus: Nigeria denies buying used protective gear from China

COVID-19: Nigerian businesses should brace up for greater challenges ahead ‘ Stanbic IBTC CEO

Aso Rock Villa tightens screening over coronavirus

COVID-19: Imo government defy own ban, inaugurates commissioners, aides

Covid-19: Kaduna orders civil servants to stay at home, introduces lockdown measures

Industrialists decry slow disbursement of N220bn MSMEs Fund

The capital market can bridge budget gap on infrastructure’ ‘ SEC DG

Mutual funds to hit N1.5tr in 2020 ‘ SEC

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Community Leaders Worried Over School Feeding Programme In Enugu

Ukwa East PDP Stakeholders Adopt Former Speaker For State Chairmanship

We Planted 70 Churches, Built Over 120 Primary, Secondary Schools ‘Niger Anglican Diocese

Nigerian Leaders Must Have Political Will To Tackle Coronavirus ‘Daniel

COVID-19: Nigeria’s Medical Response Capacity Inefficient ‘Obaze

Delta APC Should Stop Unnecessary Criticism, Join Hands With Okowa ‘Onuesoke

BUSINESSDAY

Nigeria’s best move against coronavirus is worst scenario for millions of poor

Moody’s says naira devaluation to weigh on banks’ asset quality

Nigeria confirms four new coronavirus cases, total now 40

Mixed expectations as MPC decides on interest rate today

COVID-19: Fighting an invisible enemy without weapons

Brimming storage, huge production, low demand ‘ oil market braces for arduous April

Why Nigeria’s transportation sector should be the hub for global investments

NEW TELEGRAPH

JAMB rekindles 341 blind candidates’ hope

WAEC bemoans rate of exam malpractice, seeks stiffer sanctions

Firm graduates ‘Batch 4′ technical skill trainers, empowers youths

Provost cautions students, receives NANS’ honour

Ending perennial traffic confusion in Abuja

N462m ‘fraud’: Court admits ex-HoSF, Oyo-Ita, to N100m bail

Covid19: FG to deploy police, military to track contact persons

PEOPLESDAILY

ASUU begins indefinite strike across states

Ex-militants threaten to return to creeks over training, stipends

N462m scam: Oyo-Ita gets N100m bail

Fraud: Court jails ex-Adamawa Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board scribe 5 years

Benue uncovers 3,460 ghost workers in LGs

NSCDC deploys 9500 personnel to curtail spread of COVID-19

Officials sing discordant tunes, as Lassa fever kills 3 in Delta

Kaduna govt restricts movement to check Covid-19 spread

BLUEPRINT

Breaking ‘ COVID-19: UK shuts down

NFF blames coronavirus for delay in Rohr’s contract renewal

Breaking: Nigeria records 40 cases, 4 new COVID-19 patients discovered

Breaking ‘ COVID-19: Stay at home, Ramaphosa orders residents

Breaking: Zamfara shuts down over Coronavirus

COVID-19: FG shuts land borders, suspends FEC, Council of State meetings, tells Abuja, Lagos residents, civil servants what next to do

Coronavirus: Presidency writes Gbajabiamila over Reps’ disdain for airport screening

Grassroots club owners decries spate of deaths in Nigerian football

 

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