Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 25 March, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

DAILY TIMES

The World at war as COVID-19 kills 18,000

COVID 19: NAFDAC issues regulatory control to curtail spread

Covid-19: Diaspora nurses tasks Nigeria counterpart on safety measures

Just In: China records another outbreak of new Hantavirus

COVID-19 : Nigeria asks China for support, needs mobility for contact tracing, ventilators, testing kits

CBN retains MPR at 13.5%, maintains other policy parameters

Coronavirus: Reps pass Economic Stimulus Bill

No confirmed case of COVID-19 in South-East Umahi

FCT minister orders partial closure of markets, total shutdown of religious centres

Covid-19: Ethiopian Airlines delivers medical supplies to Nigeria

COVID 19: CIBN adjusts programmes, to hold AGM through teleconferencing

Nigerian businesses need to position themselves for greater challenges ahead-Stanbic IBTC CEO

COVID-19: Stakeholders call for budget review to reflect economic reality in Bauchi

COVID-19: INEC suspends regular activities for 14 days

2023 Presidency: South East begins grassroots mobilisation

PUNCH

Edo seals school, arrests managers for violating order

Imo orders civil servants to stop work

Presidency restricts Villa coverage to 13 media houses

Anambra doctors suspend strike

Umahi recalls retired state, LG health workers

Buhari mourns as 47 troops killed in BHaram ambush

NDDC to provide ventilators, oxygen

Expert laments cultural hindrance to exclusive breastfeeding

COVID-19: Aero Contractors suspends domestic flights

Windstorm blows off Delta prisons roof

NDLEA impounds vehicles with 1,687kgs of India hemp

Troops recover 19 rifles from fleeing Benue bandits

COVID-19: Stay at home, NUPENG tells kerosene peddlers, others

Gas unavailability hinders 4,024.5MW as TCN repairs transformers

COVID-19: Reps propose duty waivers, new tax regime

FG orders enforcement of screening at airports

Financial reports: NSE grants quoted firms 60-day grace

Massive economic crises loom, says CBN

FG threatens businesses involved in arbitrary price hike

COVID-19: NAICOM extends insurers account submission deadline

Lagos Bus Services deploys sanitisers, thermometers at stations

Use video conferencing for meetings, minister tells MDAs

SEC introduces electronic filing, makes other adjustments

Declining economic condition worsens consumer confidence, says CBN

Stock market reverses previous days loss, gains N21bn

Provide passengers with sanitisers, Ondo orders drivers

Oil rises to $27, lower than new budget benchmark

Global air transport revenue loss rises to $252bn

Sanwo-Olu orders closure of Lagos markets

Coronavirus test kits arrive Nigeria as cases toll 42

British tourist dies of coronavirus in Cape Verde

BREAKING: Bauchi gov tests positive for coronavirus

BREAKING: Again, CBN retains benchmark lending rate at 13.5%

Coronavirus: Osun senator in self-isolation after UK trip

BREAKING: COVID-19 task force visits villa

Terrorists kill 70 soldiers in Borno ambush

Coronavirus: Buhari, Masari meet in Aso Rock

Coronavirus: Nigeria toll now 42 as Lagos, Ogun record new cases

THISDAY

CBN Retains Interest Rate at 13.5%

Air Peace Debunks Airlifting COVID-19 Patient Onboard Flight

Leveraging e-commerce in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19: Air Peace Downsizes Flight Operations

More Banks Adopt Safety Measures against COVID-19

FG Reiterates Commitment to Mining Sector

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

NERC Considering Take or Pay Penalty for DISCOs

NCDMB Earmarks $50m for Research, Development

SUN 

Why it’s difficult to defeat Boko Haram ‘Olamilokun

Ajimobi appoints Akala chairman, Oyo APC 16-man reconciliation team

COVID 19: Benue PDP postpones state congress indefinitely

Fears in Ebonyi as PDP holds state congress amid COVID-19 panic

Coronavirus: 2020 Olympics officially postponed till 2021

FG orders closure of National Stadiums

COVID-19: Desist from all forms of football gathering, Supporter Club President-General warn fans

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

Panic grips maritime stakeholders over Coronavirus

Coronavirus pandemic delays concessioning of Onitsha river port

NPA to manage N50bn NIMASA floating dock ‘Investigation

Covid-19: MWUN shutdown national secretariat for 2 weeks

COVID-19: Safeguard Nigerians, CBN urges FG

COVID-19: SEC introduces electronic filing, processing of applications

Port congestion: MDLCA insists NPA must develop Kirikiri Lighter port

COVID-19: No confirmed case in South-East ‘Umahi

Court sacks Enugu monarch over forged certificate

2.5bn scam: EFCC vows not to allow anyone defraud Nigeria

DHQ confirms killing of 47 soldiers by insurgents in Borno

Lagos offers free legal services to girl over killing of her alleged rapist

Buhari approves appointment of 16 permanent secretaries

Abule Ado explosion: Ohanaeze floats victims’ relief fund

COVID-19: PDP suspends political activities

2020 UTME: S’East states lead in malpractices, says JAMB

Sanusi should not have been Emir of Kano ‘Mustapha, Islamic cleric

COVID-19: Osun House of Assembly suspends legislative activities

GUARDIAN

Twists and turns as factions jostle for Ondo APC guber ticket

Closure of Lagos markets, courts, recreation centres takes effect from tomorrow

Ogun confirms new COVID-19 case, identifies 32 caregivers, relatives as contacts

Wike heads Rivers’ task force banning public gatherings over Coronavirus, PFN urges obedience

Fayemi says economic implication won’t hinder project completion, salary payment

Enugu Catholic Church restricts burial attendance to family members

Rumour of suspected case scares passengers at Kano airport

Seven persons on self-isolation in Kogi

Experts seek review of asset declaration framework to check graft, others

Rivers workers flout Labour’s strike directive, resume duties

Three herders convicted in Benue for violating anti-open grazing law

Panic as new strain of virus claims life in China

Stakeholders chart path for new NIMASA management

Maritime Academy shuts down over COVID-19

How new technologies can aid industrialisation, diversification

Manufacturers urge government to revisit gas pricing as oil price dips

NIS, NIMC suspend passport processing, enrolment activities

NECO postpones 2020 national common entrance examinations

Nigeria’s high temperature, humidity capable of reducing spread of virus

Minister cancels COVID-19 briefing as FCT resident doctors suspend strike

Oil companies not leaving Nigeria in next 30 years

Lagos shuts non-essentials markets, salons, parks, others

First Coronavirus death in Cameroon

COVID-19: Badagry LG creates isolation centre

Coronavirus: Confirmed cases in Nigeria now 44

Tokyo Olympics postponed over coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 scare: Benue government house shutdown

Coronavirus: Nigerians React As AMVCA Attendees Are Asked To Self-Isolate

Bauchi governor Bala Muhammed tests positive for coronavirus

Coronavirus: Kano shut down civil service, directs workers to remain home over

COVID-19: Nasarawa Government shutdown schools

VANGUARD

50 soldiers killed by Boko Haram in Yobe

FG approves process for appointment of Perm Secs

Reps shutdown House for 2 weeks, pass Economic Stimulus bill to save jobs

Electricity workers threaten to shut down within 24 hrs if’,

Benue govt orders workers home, shuts down public institutions, others

Kano sends workers home for 2 wks as Plateau shuts markets, clubs

Coronavirus: Widespread fear as Kyari, Bauchi gov test positive

COVID-19: Gov. Akeredolu orders closure of markets, malls

Buhari expresses grief over killing of 47 by Boko Haram

COVID-19: Nigeria may have more than 50 cases

Covid-19: Clerk orders total shutdown of NASS Complex

Tinubu suggests total lockdown in Lagos

NUPENG threatens mass withdrawal of members over COVID- 19

COVID-19: Reps pass bill for coys to get 50% PAYE refund

COVID-19: SEC extends deadline for 2019, Q1 2020 reports’ filings

COVID-19: NPA cancels vessels’ voyages

Shippers’ Council wins World Bank Ease of Doing Business Award

IWD: MTN advocates gender equality in Nigeria

Customs agents challenge NPA on port charges, commission own study

COVID-19: Microsoft aids work from home with free remote working solution

COVID-19: Konga sets up N10m fund, free delivery for customers

COVID-19: Telcos list conditions for hitch-free telecoms services

COVID-19: Okowa bans burials, social gatherings, clubs, crusades, conferences, others

Covid-19: Ogun govt. confirms new case, 32 contacts

COVID-19: South Saharan offers alternative to schools closure

[BREAKING] COVID-19: 3 of Kyari’s staff test positive

[Breaking] Covid-19: Lagos Gov, Sanwo-Olu, shuts markets across Lagos

COVID-19: How insufficient facilities may ruin Nigeria’s containment efforts

Wife set ablaze husband’s house, worth N3m in Osun

Fear of Coronavirus: Patients flee Teaching Hospital

Sylva commends industrial initiatives of governor Emmanuel

NUPENG threatens to mass withdrawal of members over COVID- 19

Covid-19: FRSC warns motorist against overloading

COVID-19: NASS Shuts for two weeks

BREAKING: Nigeria confirms two new cases of coronavirus ‘ now 44

Oyo-Ita’s trial vindicates Buhari’s fight against corruption ‘ BMO

COVID-19: Nigerian Navy suspends 2020 recruitment excercise

Bauchi govt declares indefinite stay-at-home order for level 1-12 workers

Fear grips Bauchi residents as Gov tests positive for coronavirus

Air Peace denies having Coronavirus suspect aboard Kano Flight

COVID-19: Panic in Kogi as lawmaker refuses test, isolation after UK trip

TCN repairs 132/33kV transformer in Sokoto substation

TRIBUNE

Coronavirus: Plateau govt orders closure of markets

COVID 19: ALGON advocates partial lockdown of LGs nationwide

Buhari expresses grief over killing of soldiers

COVID-19: Lagos orders closure of markets, courts, parks, others

[UPDATE] COVID-19: Lagos orders markets, offices shut from Thursday

COVID-19: Nigerian Stock Exchange to shut down trading floor

COVID-19: Osun senator goes into self-isolation after returning from trip to UK

Ekiti to prosecute persons who intentionally expose others to coronavirus for murder

COVID-19: Bayelsa Chief Judge orders closure of courts

Coronavirus: Reps may reconvene to consider downward review of N10.59trn 2020 budget

Due to COVID-19, Adamawa unable to pay March salary, N32,000 minimum wage ‘Official

FG alerts Nigerians on existence of coronavirus ransomware

COVID-19: Ganduje directs Kano civil servants to stay at home

COVID-19: Immigrations to shut down seaports, airports, land borders

Coronavirus: Ondo orders closure of markets

NATION

Terrorism: your sacrifices wont be in vain, Buhari tells soldiers

CBN cautions against tampering with revised oil benchmark

NCDC confirms 44 COVID-19 cases as Ogun traces 32

Tinubu backs Sanwo-Olus measures to curb virus spread

Buhari approves procedure for appointment of perm secs

Lagos, Edo, Osun shut markets

Senator Rose Oko dies in UK at 63

Oil majors brace for further dip in prices

43 tertiary institutions internal roads undergoing rehabilitation, says Fashola

47 soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush

Borno bans visits to IDP camps

How peace can return to Ondo APC, by Oyedele

PDPll win Bayelsa senatorial bye-elections Diri

Tony Elumelu is my mentor, says Wizkid

Clinic Matters star Naomi Nkechi kicks against body shaming

Bimbo Akintola, Okey Uzoeshi feature in sickle cell themed film Strain

CCB adopts online asset declaration system for public servants

Global investment banks revenue hit $26.1b

How COVID-19 is impacting pension schemes

COVID-19: Police to arrest violators in Ondo

Cryptocurrency trading is good business investment for Nigerians Odum Chijioke

COVID-19: APC suspends political activities in Ondo

COVID-19: Ondo APC suspends party activities

Coronavirus: Gov Uzodimma distributes hand sanitizers to MDAs, schools, others in Imo

BREAKNG: Navy suspends 2020 recruitment

DAILY TRUST

COVID-19: N/Assembly shuts down, says no lawmaker tested positive

Don’t inaugurate Ajimobi, court orders

APC crisis: Kwara insists on Issa-Onilu, tackles Nabena

Gov’ship tussle: Calm in Zamfara 1 week after Supreme Court reserved ruling

Kano PDP rejects congress, accuses national leadership of bias

COVID-19: Edo Assembly extends resumption by 4 weeks

I will reconcile our aggrieved members ‘ Bayelsa PDP chair

COVID-19: NECO postpones exams into Unity Colleges indefinitely

Imo monarch suspends traditional weddings, burial over coronavirus

Insurgents ambush, kill at least 70 soldiers in Borno

Saudi implements dusk-to-dawn curfew over coronavirus

COVID-19: Ogun confirms new case, identifies 32 care-givers, relatives

Niger: 7 suspected cases of COVID-19 in isolation

NAMB seeks 2023 recapitalization deadline for MFBs, N50bn support

SEC introduces e-filing, processing of applications/returns

NSE grants firms, DMFs 60-day grace to file financial statements

COVID-19: Investors pulled out $83bn from emerging markets -IMF

Coronavirus: Sanwo-Olu orders closure of markets, courts, banks in Lagos

FG orders international airports closed for 4 weeks, but exemptions exist

Impending shut down: Senate in closed-door session

DAILY INDEPENDENT

COVID 19: ACPN Releases Guidelines To Contain Coronavirus

COVID-19: Nigeria’s Education System On Lockdown

Ovie Of Uvwie Installs Chief Iffie As 13th Unuevworo Of Ekpan

Drug Abuse: PSN Holds Ground-Breaking, Debenture Ceremony For Emergency Response, Research Centre

Delta Govt Contributes N10m To Train Children Of Deceased Victims Killed By Herdsmen

Sterling Bank Partners HEI On Emergency Medical Assistance To Accident Victims

Tackling Challenges Of Tertiary Institutions In Taraba

Global Update: Covid 19 Infects 353,358 Persons In 172 Countries

COVID 19: Ominous Threat To Edo, Ondo Polls

BUSINESSDAY

Coronavirus hits Nigeria’s seat of power amid poor health facilities

Farm extension services remain weak link in Nigeria’s agric value chain

CBN in watch-and-see, holds MPR at 13.5% as global uncertainty grows

Updated: Coronavirus pandemic: Lagos shuts non-food markets Thursday

Surviving COVID-19: Cost containment must guide everyone henceforth

Reps introduce, pass Economic Stimulus Bill to reduce impact of coronavirus on economy

COVID-19 and a failure of leadership

Oil majors cut $35bn capital spend over COVID-19, low oil prices

NEW TELEGRAPH

COVID-19: Mikel’s huge statement and blow on sports

COVID-19: Panic in Aso Rock as Kyari, 3 others test positive to virus

FG records 44 cases of COVID-19, confirms four new cases

COVID-19: Reps pass economic stimulus bill to ease hardship

MPC retains interest rate at 13.5%

COVID 19: Lagos shuts markets, traces 1,800 contacts

COVID-19: Tinubu applauds Sanwo-Olu, backs lockdown if necessary

Kyari’s positive test will hinder govt decision making

 

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