Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 3 April, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

BLUEPRINT

Coronavirus: Global cases set to hit 1m as Italy, Spain, US lead death toll

APC: Gombe Reps member vows to challenge suspension

After exposing her nude pictures, Salawa Abeni opens up

Presidential c’tte on COVID-19 declares: Nigeria’s economy in bad shape

COVID-19: Dare praises youths, urges them to keep busy positively

NPFL: Lawal charges NFF, LMC on random text of players

Nigeria Athletes Commission joins fight against COVID-19

Mikel not Nigeria’s greatest player ever ‘ Shorunmu replies Amokachi

PUNCH

Reps ask Gbajabiamila to send their salaries to states

Uzodinma appoints interim chairmen for Imo LGs

Gombe assembly postpones hearing on Chief Judge

Fayose, Ortom, Ganduje, wife, others, test negative

Bauchi lifts curfew, shut boundaries

Buhari hails Awujale on 60th anniversary

Diri signs order as Bayelsa domesticates Quarantine Act

FG begins FCT disinfection, enlists 300 volunteers

Obiano orders tailors to produce three million masks

Conduct thorough investigation into Akure explosion Agency

COVID-19: Parents embrace virtual classes during school closure

Ondo explosion exposes FGs lack of seriousness about security issues FUTA don

Bauchi SUBEB boosts schools quality control with motorcycles

Foreign reserves shed $3.02bn in three months

If coronavirus does not kill us, hunger will kill us -Lagos residents cry out

Nigeria records 10 new coronavirus cases in Lagos, Abuja

COVID-19: After 14 days in isolation, Buharis daughter rejoins family

FG exempts fertiliser transport from lockdown

COVID-19: Gov Emmanuel announces total lockdown in Akwa Ibom

Flour Mills partners state governments to feed residents

COVID-19: Governors can impose curfews, says FG

Refunds for some failed bank transactions suspended

Security agents excesses disturbing manufacturers operations -MAN

COVID-19: LASEPA seals churches for flouting ban on gathering

People not showing COVID-19 symptoms difficult to keep in isolation NCDC boss

COVID-19: 637 Europeans evacuated from Nigeria

Akwa Ibom rejects COVID-19 results, asks NCDC to conduct fresh tests

WHO reiterates warning that kids are hit by coronavirus too

COVID-19: Persons being traced now over 6,000, says minister

Make food, electricity available during lockdown, ASUU tells govts

PHOTOS: Lagos shuts, disinfects mosque where worshippers attacked officials

Army commander says Boko Haram overwhelms troops in viral video

Saudi Arabia imposes 24-hour curfew in Mecca, Medina

COVID-19: Prison inmates, detainees in police, military facilities at risk -AI

Premier League clubs threatened with extra tax on players wages

Coronavirus crisis to end unhealthy spending in football Rummenigge

THISDAY

NPA Suspends Fees, Says Port Operations Continue

NIMASA, NIWA Donate N60m to COVID-19 Fight

Port Operations Vital in Containing COVID-19

Abule Ado Explosion: Haastrup Calls for Relocation of Apapa Tank Farms

NNPC Appoints Allianz, Custodian Assets Underwriters

Onyekpere: Budget Framers Have Consistently Violated Fiscal Responsibility Act

As COVID-19 Grounds 7000 Aircraft Worldwide

Burden of Managing State-owned Airports

COVID-19: Foundation Calls for Sustained Standard

PDP Rejects N123.5 Pump Price, Insists on N90 Per Litre

Fuel Price: PDP Rejects N123.5, Proposes N90/Litre

Group to Raise N1bn for Community Development

SUN

Fuel: PDP rejects N123.5, insists on N90 per liter

COVID 19: Dare leads sports icons’ awareness campaign

House committee chair pleads with aviation operators to pay staff salaries

Lagos lockdown: Traders defy FG’s directive on opening hours

COVID 19: PDP Reps caucus seeks N5bn SMEs loan to states

COVID-19: NCC’s 112 national emergency number offers succour to Nigerians

CIBN donates N20m to combat COVID-19 in Lagos

Pope Francis approves 2nd diocese in Rivers

COVID-19: Nigeria sitting on time bomb ‘ MASSOB

Wike relaxes restriction in Port Harcourt

Kogi commissioner in soup over allegation of torture, rape of beauty queen

Covid-19: Buhari directs minister to prioritise payment of salaries

COVID-19: European Union evacuates 477 nationals from Lagos

COVID-19: 2 Naval officers allegedly lynched in Delta

4-man syndicate producing fake sanitizers, masks nabbed in Anambra

COVID-19: Oyetola signs emergency prevention regulations

Lassa Fever: Nigeria’s death toll hits 185

Covid’19 exacts low human, high economic, toll on Africa

Benin sidesteps Covid-19, takes business registration online

ECOWAS Commission, Parliament staff to work from home over Covid-19

COVID-19: Artiste begs Nigerians to maintain social distancing as confirmed cases rise

GUARDIAN

PDP congresses in Cross River pit Ayade against ex-governor Imoke, National Assembly members

Oyo government doing everything possible to stop the spread of COVID 19, says Makinde

Banks resume operations in Apapa on Shippers Council, CRFFN intervention

Market leader appeals to traders over hike in food price

Residents urge investigation of ‘self-isolated’ oil workers in Cross River

Akwa Ibom government rejects test result, seeks repeat of screening for suspected cases

Taraba has no confirmed COVID-19 case, says Ishaku

At least 20 killed in Somali clan violence

Experts list ways Nigeria can address impending food shortage

Nigeria, others witness slow Internet speed as submarine cable cuts

Covid-19 to cost Nigeria $760m, 91,380 aviation jobs

Lagos residents lament hunger during lockdown, await COVID-19 relief

Two die, one mobbed to death in Lagos road mishap amid lockdown

Stay at home, strengthen family bond, NASFAT urges Nigerians

Buhari orders prompt payment of salaries over COVID-19

Cases of coronavirus in Nigeria rise to 184

British Airways temporarily lays off 28,000 staff

Two to die by hanging in Osun for killing final year student

11 more coronavirus patients discharged in Lagos

COVID-19: We ‘ll continue to expand isolation centres across Nigeria

Putin extends coronavirus work shutdown as cases spike

VANGUARD

Britain reports another jump to nearly 3,000 Covid-19 deaths

COVID-19: Anambra to distribute 3m masks, fumigate markets

COVID-19: Buhari’s daughter rejoins family after self-isolation

Improve power supply within Three months or face sanction ‘ FG to DISCOs

Covid-19: Wike lifts punitive curfew on parts of Port Harcourt

COVID-19: 68 arrested for violating govt. order in Nasarawa

Warri Killing: Emami seeks justice, condoles with family

COVID-19 hits 51 of Africa’s 55 states

(UPDATED) Number of coronavirus patients discharged hit 18 in Lagos

STOCKMARKET WATCH: Marginal improvement as investors gain N10.8 bn

Nigerian banks at severe risk from oil price slump, COVID-19 ‘ Fitch Ratings

COVID-19: Nigeria records 10 new cases as confirmed cases rise to 184

WHO concerned as COVID-19 accelerates in Africa

Lassa fever deaths in Nigeria rise to 185

COVID-19: Fleeing nurse of Benue index case apprehended, isolated

COVID-19: Ibadan central abattoir donates 100 hospital beds, mattresses, furniture, others to govt

COVID-19: 2,000 tests in one month, not enough ‘ Reps deputy minority leader tells FG

COVID-19: Akwa Ibom demands reconfirmation test on 5 cases

Herdsmen Attack: Youths chase herdsmen, cows from community

Akwa Ibom commences contact tracking of 5 suspected COVID 19 patients, others

COVID-19: Why number is still low in Nigeria ‘ Delta Monarch

Coronavirus, threat to food security ‘ Experts

Alcohol-based hand sanitiser is unsafe to drink

COVID-19: Virologist urges FG to expand virus test capacity

COVID 19: Gov Emmanuel announces 14 Days total lockdown in Akwa Ibom

N20,000 for vulnerable: No section of Nigeria’ll be left, says Farouq

COVID-19: Ereyitomi knocks soldiers over maltreatment of Warri indigenes, others

TRIBUNE

Prosecute killers of Joseph Pessu, Omo-Agege charges military

COVID-19: Our new positive case was infected in Lagos’ Ekiti govt

COVID 19: Individuals, organisations donate items worth millions to Oyo govt

COVID-19: Traditional medicine practitioners seek partnership with WHO, NCDC, Makinde

New pump price offensive, fraudulent, insensitive ‘ PDP

COVID-19: Group berates Makinde for handing over to ex CMD, UCH

Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger commence joint onslaught against Boko Haram

COVID-19: Traditional medicine practitioners seek partnership with WHO, NCDC, Makinde

After 14 days in isolation, Buhari’s daughter reunites with family

BREAKING: Osun confirms six new cases of COVID-19 among Abidjan returnees

Widows, underprivileged get palliative to survive stay-at-home in Ibadan

Trapped by coronavirus, Nigeria’s elite faces squalid hospitals

We will defeat COVID-19, but I don’t want any casualty ‘Makinde

African traditional medicine solution to coronavirus ‘Jegede

Lagos lockdown: It’s a long night of frustration for importers, cargo operators

Susan Akporiaye emerges 44th NANTA president

FIRS collects N1.1trn in Q1 2020

Dangote Cement reverses bearish run as equities market gain N10.8bn

Nigeria is becoming a very attractive country for offshore investors ‘ Here’s why

[BREAKING] COVID-19: Lagos, Abuja record 10 new cases, total now 184

COVID-19: NASS management begins fumigation of complex

COVID-19: Obiano speak from isolation, says no suspected case in Anambra

We’ve traced 71% contacts, expect increase in coronavirus cases, says Presidential Task Force

COVID-19: NYCN makes case for youths in FG’s palliatives

Ex-LG boss, Ogunjobi, gives stimulus packages to 3,475 widows, aged in Ijebu North

Buhari names MDs for neuro-psychiatric hospital, FMC

Bandits attack Sokoto Village, 21 killed, over 20 injured

NATION

COVID-19: Vaccine to be ready soon Iwu

COVID-19: JAMB donates three ventilators

Lagos, Abuja, Osun top confirmed cases of COVID-19

UPDATED: Lagos discharges 11 COVID-19 patients

BREAKING: Nigeria records 10 new cases of COVID-19

There may be no more tennis this year, says Wimbledon chief Lewis

BREAKING: Wike lifts curfew, suspension of council boss

Buhari appoints CMDs for federal hospitals in Calabar, Jalingo

COVID-19: Kwara begins fumigation of markets

COVID-19: Gov. Ayade begins distribution of face masks in Calabar

Ekiti identifies fresh suspected case of Coronavirus

German actress, vegetarian activist Barbara Ruetting dies aged 92

Two suspected cases of Ondo COVID-19 test negative

COVID-19: We have no control, access to donations -FG

BREAKING: Lagos discharges 11 COVID-19 patients

DAILY TIMES

Bello orders probe of rape, assault allegations against Commissioner

NNPC applauds Wike for facilitating truck-out from PH depot

COVID-19 lockdown: No to torture of citizens by security agents

Coronavirus not a joke, obey instructions, Lagos lawmaker tells constituents

Government needs to do more to make its stay at home order a success- Ogbara

APC chieftain decries up-surge in prices of food items, transport in SEast

Kebbi assemblymen donate 50% of 2 months salaries to fight COVID-19

2019 Presidential candidates ask Buhari, 36 govs to donate 50% of security votes to COVID-19 fund

Why some political thugs who disrupted elections in 2017 are still on security watch list

Bamidele donates N10m to Ekiti govts campaign against COVID-19, urges others to do same

Under pressure, British PM promises massive coronavirus tests increase

Police arrest hungry residents protesting for food

Japan cannot impose lockdown even with spike in virus infections Prime Minister

Coronavirus kills 51 Italian doctors

Patient who recovered from coronavirus, tests positive again after throwing recovery party

Just In: Nigeria records 951 confirmed cases of Lassa Fever, 185 deaths

Weve tested over 2000 persons for COVID-19 FG

Doctor Dies of Lassa Fever In Edo State

Allow other laboratories test, confirm COVID-19 cases, NMA tells FG

Asian stocks slip as virus fears deepen ahead of U.S. jobs data

WHO expects Malaysias coronavirus cases to peak in mid-April

Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spiking

DAILY TRUST

PDP Reps caucus decries slow pace of COVID-19 test

Controversy trails expulsion of Rep Kumo from APC

APC distributes face masks, sanitisers in Bauchi

Coronavirus not for the rich alone ‘ Gov Makinde

Intrigues as APC expels Rep Kumo over ‘anti-party’ activities

COVID-19: Residents fault Sanwo-Olu’s stimulus package

Ogun residents brace up for commencement of total lockdown

7 nabbed over attack on traders at Ikorodu

COVID-19: Groups donate protective equipment to FCTA, estate

FG N5000 conditional cash transfer not from the council ‘ Kwali chair

Spain coronavirus death toll hits 10,000

Israel health minister contracts COVID-19, Netanyahu re-enters quarantine

COVID-19: UCH boss tests negative, 6 days after testing positive

Covid-19 infections rise to 184

Lagos discharges 11 more COVID-19 patients

Nigerian banks at risk from oil price slump, coronavirus ‘ Fitch Ratings

Spain coronavirus death toll hits 10,000

BoI disburses N234bn to firms, posts N39.33bn profit in 2019

Google boosts support for checking coronavirus facts

COVID-19: FG to cushion lockdown impact on IT firms

Reps seek FG’s intervention over ‘no pay’ threat in aviation

Customs boss lauds officers, men on border, ports’ watch

Fuel marketers defy FG order, sustain N125/litre price

Revised fuel price: Retail sales outlet owners seek FG loans

APC: Despite court order, Ajimobi poses as deputy nat’l chair

PDP rejects N123.50k petrol price tweak, insists on N90 per litre

COVID-19: Governors want debt repayment suspended

COVID-19: N25.6bn to be slashed from N/Assembly budget

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Covid-19: Kim Considers Online Courses, Self-isolating

Robert Kraft Sends Team Jet To China To Bring 1.2 Million Masks

Fountains Of Wayne Singer Dies Of COVID-19

President Buhari Congratulates Awujale On 60th Coronation

COVID-19: Fayose Tests Negative As Olusola-Eleka Seeks Prayers For Nigeria

Covid-19: Kano Opens Online Registration For Volunteer Health Workers

I Pity Those Playing Politics With Coronavirus ‘ Makinde

Is Nigeria Winning The War Against Boko Haram

BUSINESSDAY

Reprieve for Nigeria as oil prices jump on Trump’s intervention

Coronavirus: Broken health centres in villages put 100m rural dwellers at risk

Poultry industry at risk of collapse over lockdown, farmers lament

How Nigerian companies, government can respond to Covid-19 ‘ McKinsey

Farmers say lockdown hampering essential inputs supply

Covid-19 and the conspiracy theories

Corporate lockdowns: Managing teams and performance remotely

NEW TELEGRAPH

SEC, investors and Ponzi scheme operators

COVID-19: MTN supports FG with N500m

COVID-19 akin to war, Buhari replies Soyinka

MultiChoice announces N1.2bn package to fight COVID-19

COVID-19 cases in Nigeria rise to 184

637 French, German nationals leave Nigeria

FG seeks 11,100-bed spaces as COVID-19 cases hit 184

COVID-19: Nigeria’s airlines risk $760m loss, 91, 380 job cut ‘IATA

COVID-19: I’ll soon be discharged ‘ Atiku’s son

PEOPLESDAILY

NAF fighter jet kills scores of Boko Haram terrorists’ in Borno

Coronavirus: Bauchi govt suspends restriction on movement

Lockdown: IGP orders conduct monitoring of officers

Lockdown: Nigerians should trust science not fiction, Presidency replies Soyinka

IPMAN rejects new petrol pump price of N123.50 per litre

Donate to coronavirus fund, Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation urges northerners

Coronavirus: Dabiri-Erewa hails Diaspora support initiative

Air force kills scores of bandits in Niger State

Gerontologists to FG: Include older persons in coronavirus palliatives

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