Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Sunday day, 26 April, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

NATION

French daily COVID-19 hospital deaths drop below 200

Police arrest man, wife for using son for ritual

Okonjo-Iweala gets WHOs appointment

Global Covid-19 death toll passes 200,000

COVID-19: NCDC increases test labs to 15

No evidence virus recovery stops reinfection, says WHO

Mass burial looms as Lagos moves to decongest morgues

Experts flay states claim to be COVID-19 free

Coronavirus: 97 new cases as national tally hits 1182

NBC urges personal, environmental hygiene to halt COVID-19 spread

COVID-19 tightens noose around 40 million livelihoods

Finance Minister, Wabba on why Nigeria deserves debt relief

Why NSE recorded increase amidst COVID-19

COVID-19: Lagos gives families permission to bury corpses

Buhari mourns renowned Professor of Economics, Ayagi

JUST IN: Fayemi confirms four new COVID-19 cases in Ekiti

COVID-19: Nigeria must prioritise homegrown strategies

ABU Zaria facility excellent for COVID-19 testing, says NCDC

Document on N5.5bn COVID-19 contract fake, unauthorised NDDC

COVID-19: Three Borno Imams defy lockdown order, face punishment

Fight against spread of COVID-19 can reverse effort on malaria- Expert

PUNCH

APC, Customs tackle Makinde over plan to return FGs rice

Despite our plea, FG ignores pensioners in palliative measure NUP

Oyo, Anambra relax curfew, civil servants resume Monday

Extrajudicial killings: NHRC to send reports to AGF, security agencies after lockdown

No law to prosecute returnees who refused self-isolation Ogbebe

77-year-old man who had children for the first time:Friends who told me to stop wasting money now praising me

Those who imported coronavirus should be charged with murder Prof Agu

Nigeria needs lockdown to avoid US, Italy situations Prof Happi, Director, ACEGID Redeemers University

Complete lockdown of Nigeria necessary to curb COVID-19 spread Expert

68-year-old woman who had twins after 44 years of marriage: I always told my husband we wouldnt die without having children

Nigeria not identifying enough COVID-19 carriers Odo, AGPMPN President

Govt should penalise private hospitals treating COVID-19 Oseni

Akwa Ibom nurses, midwives may withdraw services over police harassment Odu, state nurses association chair

Shortage of PPE, N95 masks exposes us to infection risks Lagos isolation centre workers

Were pregnant, poor and hungry, we risk anaemia, premature birth Lagos vulnerable women

Male infertility more difficult to manage Gynaecologists

COVID-19: Focusing on digital development of the nations health sector

Pandemic and chill: Netflix adds 16 million subscribers

Budget: FG to retain $30 benchmark despite oil price fall

Only jobless Contributors can withdraw from pension savings PenCom

Weve taken steps to mitigate COVID-19 impact on capital market SEC DG

COVID-19 to weaken banking industrys asset quality Report

Power distributors owe NBET N37bn in one month

Coronavirus: As lockdown ends tomorrow, doctors seek extension

Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, three others get 23 new COVID-19 cases

Sanwo-Olu threatens mass burial for unclaimed corpses within two weeks

How hypertensive, diabetic patients brought coronavirus to Lagos hospitals Medical directors

Lockdown: GSM airtime spending may hit N348.75bn April

Obasekis Chief of Staff resigns, gov appoints replacement

Varsity lecturers yet to receive withheld February, March salaries ASUU

Uncertainty over 8,000 aviation jobs as airlines slash salaries

COVID-19: NYSC, Ekiti varsity donate preventive materials to govt

Diri threatens to demolish illegal structures in markets

Kano loses 12 prominent persons in 10 hours

Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, three others get 23 new cases

Boko Haram kills five in ex-Borno govs convoy

COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu insists use of face masks compulsory in Lagos

Most people unaware they have coronavirus Lagos health commissioner

UPDATED: Obiano relaxes lockdown, asks churches to resume activities

COVID-19: Nigeria can defy World Bank recession prediction, says NEPAD

Man kills 70-year-old father in Anambra

Police rescue woman set ablaze by son in Imo

One killed, two injured in Benue communal clash

Police sack two officers for assaulting lady in Osun

Doctors embark on indefinite strike in Enugu

Only justice can erase my sadness Mum of special needs girl defiled by man in Ibadan

Many celebrities more broke than fans asking for giveaways Kunle Afod

NJC recommends two judges retirement for withholding judgment, falsifying age

COVID-19: Gombe positive cases rise to 30

COVID-19 pandemic humbled me Tiwa Savage

SUN

COVID-19: Medics to determine restart of EPL

Large number of political parties no problem to conduct of elections ‘Eyiowuawi, PPN national chairman

Post COVID-19: There’s need for government to set up economic recovery team ‘Prof Adeniran

No pay cut for Chelsea’s first-team squad

Post COVID-19 will be dangerous for elite ‘Nworgu, ex-Ohanaeze scribe

COVID-19: We’ll arrest, prosecute users of fake exemption pass ‘FG

NYSC denies plans to donate corps members’ allowance to COVID-19 relief

COVID’19: Police officer tests positive in Ondo

COVID-19:Gov Bagudu challenges vet doctors on vaccine

How corruption, incompetence destroyed agric research institutes ‘Prof Sharubutu

Post COVID-19 economy: Fears heightened as recession, depression loom

COVID-19: Lockdown triggers fear of baby boom after pandemic

Fear over economy as oil prices continue on free fall

GUARDIAN

COVID-19: FG, stakeholders mull plans to scale up ethanol production

Muslim clerics speak on this year’s Ramadan fasting

Apologise for traumatising journalists, former SSG tells Umahi

Support production of locally-made face masks ‘ Textile workers

Youths kick against SNEPCO’s plan to leave Onne Port

Gov Makinde orders civil servants on GL13 and above to resume work on Monday

Nigeria adds 2 molecular laboratories to test for COVID-19 – NCDC DG says

Buratai continues operational tour of troops’ locations in North East

COVID-19: Kaduna government confirms one new case, discharges six patients

Virus cases on docked Japan cruise ship near 150

Man behind 5G conspiracy video is UK pastor

VANGUARD

Customs says 1,800 bags of rice released to Oyo good for human consumption

Davido donates proceeds of ‘Dolce & Gabanna’ video to coronavirus research

Buratai continues operational tour of troops’ locations in North East

Makinde relaxes curfew in Oyo, asks senior civil servants to resume work Monday

Coronavirus: Benin Archdiocese, NYSC donate relief materials to Edo govt

Coronavirus in the North: No sign of palliative anywhere, Ndume insists

We’ll conduct mass burial for corpses in Lagos mortuaries ‘ Sanwo-Olu

Global coronavirus fatalities top 200,000 with 2.8million confirmed infections

COVID-19: Government can’t pay over N100bn electricity bill for Nigerians ‘ Power Minister

COVID-19: NAF postpones entrance examination into schools

Nigerian governors that are above our Constitution

COVID-19: No evidence that people who recovered can’t be re-infected ‘ WHO

Health alert: Male fertility starts dwindling from age 22!

Nigeria to experience unplanned COVID-19 babies by November, reproductive health expert predicts

Residents feast on strange mammal stranded in Bonny Island shores

18-yr-old maid in Lagos dies without fulfilling university dream

Herbalist, wife nabbed for killing stepson for ritual purpose in Ogun

UPDATED: COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu directs compulsory use of face mask from Monday

Man hacks father, 70, to death in Anambra

Forensic Audit: NDDC lauds President Buhari, Sen. Akpabio

TRIBUNE

Nigeria confirms 87 new cases of coronavirus as total hits 1182

We need the wisdom of God to begin a new life after COVID-19 ‘Evangelist Ebenezer Obey

Four new coronavirus positive cases reported in Ekiti

Workers on Levels 13 and above to resume on Monday as Oyo reopens Secretariat

COVID-19: Anambra governor lifts lockdown on churches, relaxes movement

Osun records 12 fresh coronavirus cases after conducting tests on 167 persons

COVID-19: Lagos governor frees 209 prison inmates

Lagos hospital mortuaries are filled up, says Sanwo-Olu

COVID-19: Kaduna confirms one new case, discharges six patients

Smart automation, silver lining in post COVID-19 crisis ‘ DG NITDA

COVID-19 palliatives: Protests rock Jos

Health workers’ chances of contracting COVID-19 very high ‘ Lagos commissioner

COVID-19: Infected port worker not our staff ‘ Ports Authority

DAILY TIMES

Lagos May Conduct Mass Burial To Free Morgues, ifsays Sanwo-Olu

COVID-19: There’s an epidemic going in Akwa Ibom state, doctor alleges

COVID-19: FG grants Nigerian students, free subscription to e-learning

IMF to Recommend $3.4 Billion Emergency Funding for Nigeria

12 rangers killed in armed attack in national park in DRC

COVID-19: No evidence that people who recovered cant be re-infected WHO

5 years after, Nigerians remember Zaria Massacre

U.S. FDA approves first at-home COVID-19 sample collection

PDP queries ECOWAS rationale for appointing Buhari COVID-19 Response Champion

DAILY TRUST

Corps members to receive April, May allowance without clearance ‘ NYSC

Lagos plans mass burials to decongest overfilled mortuaries

Zamfara confirms two COVID-19 cases

Osun appoints Shittu as DG, Amotekun Corps

Recoveries from Covid-19 exceed new infections for record 2 days in Spain

Saudi Arabia abolishes flogging

NCDC confirms 18 cases in Borno, 9 in Katsina as COVID-19 spreads to Imo

Covid-19: Fear grips residents as Osun records 12 new cases

Kano Covid-19 patients ‘responding to treatment

Woman who escaped from isolation in Abuja intercepted in Nasarawa

No evidence people who have recovered from COVID-19 are protected against reinfection ‘ WHO

No cure for Covid-19, but you can recover

AUTHORITY

ESUT doctors embark on strike, as Ugwuanyi pays April Salary, COVID-19 allowance

Rivers residents butcher stranded ‘Whale

Killers of Sokoto seminarian arrested ‘ Fr. Omotosho

Banning Journalists for Life: Izunwanne lashes at Gov Umahi

COVID-19: CJ frees 62 inmates in Rivers

My father hired vigilante members to torture me ‘ 21yrs old lady lament

BUSINESSDAY

NPA vows to ensure terminals deliver on concession agreement of deploying infrastructure, equipment

COVID-19: Police arraign 1,909, convict 1,736 over violation of restrictions in FCT

Garden City big ladies discover face mask fashion for COVID-19

Financing options, opportunities that may be lost to coronavirus

Despite COVID-19, Customs records 52.7% seizures increase in Ogun to N1.1bn

Lockdown Dilemma: Fear of escalating COVID-19 numbers, insecurity, hunger puts government in quandary

None of our staff at Lagos port tested positive for Coronavirus, says NPA

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