Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 5 May, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

GUARDIAN

US milestone of 100,000 virus deaths likely by June

Iran reopens mosques, records almost 80,000 hospital recoveries

Ronaldo returns to Turin after coronavirus lockdown

Hondurans block highway to prevent COVID-19 burials

Driver sentenced to death in Lagos’ first virtual court sitting

Police to arrest persons without face masks in Lagos

Immigration resumes issuance of passports

Delta community laments rising cases of snakebites

Tyson Fury brands Joshua a ‘big cuddly baby,’ insists Wilder is more dangerous

Shareholders urge bank to review sectoral allocation to agriculture

PenCom concludes intervention in First Guarantee Pension

Federal Government plans post-COVID-19 mining economy

Food union wants expatriates to undergo COVID-19 test

Textile workers seek support on local production of face masks

Experts seek intervention to boost sector as government eases lockdown

Dust of COVID-19: Nigeria may be dining with the devil

Bank customers decry poor services of ATMs, USSD codes, others

SDP faults speedy passage of NCDC infectious diseases bill

EFCC arraigns ex-minister, aide, two firms for alleged N714.6m fraud

Daura Emir’s palace shut for violating physical distancing order

Imo speaker indicts other lawmakers for certificate scandal

UK minister quits over loan intimidation

COVID-19: Dangote donates mobile test centre, 10 ambulances to Kano

Police arrest security guard for alleged murder in Anambra

Court awards N1m against FG over disruption of #RevolutionNow protest

Nigeria to evacuate 270 citizens from US

Diri extends stay-at-home order in Bayelsa by one week

Shah Rukh Khan, Will Smith Perform In Star-studded Coronavirus Concert

Iran reopens mosques, records almost 80,000 hospital recoveries

Lagos records 2 more COVID-19 related deaths

PUNCH

Former Sokoto governor, Garba Nadama, dies at 82

Akpabio didnt query NDDC over N5.5bn contract Ministry

Police squadron commander dies in Kano

FG plans financial support for 4,000 returning Nigerians

Senate begins probe of SIP cash transfer register

Nigerians, others exposed to online fraud UN agency

Reopening Nigeria: Logistical nightmare for schools

Nigerians”ll pay higher electricity tariffs, FG promises IMF

Naira gains, exchanges 430/$ as forex sale resumes

NLNG plans construction contract for $10bn Train 7 project

NECA, PENGASSAN condemn non-observance of social distancing

Accused who fled Osun hospital jailed for 30 months

Explain role in alleged N33bn NEMA fraud, PDP tells Osinbajo

Prepare for fresh total lockdown if COVID-19 cases rise, says PTF

US has repatriated $311m Abacha loot Malami

Wike orders total lockdown of Port Harcourt, LG

Melaye sues Gbajabiamila, others for controversial NCDC bill

Kano Reps defend Ganduje, accuse FG of undue delay

14 health workers among Katsinas new COVID-19 cases Masari

General Electric to cut 10,000 aviation jobs

36 CSOs reject Infectious Diseases Bill

Evacuation of 700 Nigerians in US begins May 10

COVID-19: Osun discharges two kids, 6 others

FCT court makes face mask compulsory

Soldiers wife from Katsina tests positive in Ekiti

Gunmen kill seven in fresh Plateau attacks

Face mask sellers storm federal secretariat as workers resume

16 doctors infected with COVID-19 Lagos Medical Guild

Community testing responsible for increase in Ogun COVID-19 cases

Rising COVID-19: Sokoto seeks FG, PTF intervention

Kaduna creates temporary markets in schools

UPDATED: Nigeria records 245 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2,802

COVID-19: FG prepares 1,300-bed facility to isolate evacuees

COVID-19: Akeredolu offers permanent jobs to volunteers

COVID-19: Senate probes SIP, palliative distribution

CJN bars court sittings until issuance of guidelines

COVID-19: Osun discharges two children, six others

No nation can fight COVID-19 alone Buhari

COVID-19: FG to disinfect schools nationwide

Lagos discharges 14 COVID-19 patients

Ekiti begins compulsory temperature checks in public places

COVID-19: Wike orders lockdown of Port Harcourt, Obio/Akpor LG

COVID-19 fears: Hospitals rejected electrocuted dancer, says Peters

Man making face masks stabs co-tailor to death

Sick Ondo policewoman refuses COVID-19 test

Driver sentenced to death for killing employers mother

60 Lagos-bound men intercepted in truck conveying cows

Security guard kills Anambra man over face mask

Well help police fish out students killers UNIPORT

Gunmen kill Delta motor park revenue collector

Residents besiege Abuja banks as FG eases lockdown

Oil workers must show COVID-19 results before entering Rivers Wike

SUN

Fireworks over NCDC bill before Reps

PDP seeks prosecution of ex-NEMA boss over alleged N33bn fraud

Bayelsa guber: LM floors PDP as Tribunal strikes out deputy governor’s application

Controversy over Ayade’s new 252 appointments

Melaye sues Gbajabiamila, others over infectious diseases bill

COVID-19 relaxation: NFSC advises Nigerians, athletes to keep to NCDC’s guidelines

NSE transactions rise 63.6% amid COVID-19 chaos

Shippers urge FG to declare state of emergency on nation’s ports

COVID-19: Banks roll out plans to protect staff, customers from cash transmission

Ecobank pledges improved customer satisfaction

Wike places Port Harcourt, Obio/Akpor LGAs on total lockdown

IPOB alleges plot to use almajiri to spread COVID-19 in South East

Jubilation in Onitsha as markets re-open for business

Anxiety as Reps consider Control of Infectious Diseases Bill today

Dead fishes stir fears in Ijaw coastal communities

COVID-19 revives African communal life

 

VANGUARD

COVID-19 task force threatens to seal banks violating social distancing in Ebonyi

COVID-19: Akeredolu bans daily operations in Ondo markets

COVID-19: 4,000 Nigerians abroad willing to return ‘ Minister

Covid-19: Kano may subsequently carry out house to house sample collection, says Ganduje

COVID-19: 3,000 samples ready for testing in Lagos ‘ Sanwo-Olu

COVID 19: Nasarawa records 3 new cases as Taraba, Bauchi rejects Almajiri

Buhari’s rubberstamped N850bn loan request

University Don extols benefits of egg consumption

COVID-19: Africa must guard against complacency, premature jubilation ‘ SFH

Taraba Killings: Tiv Group, Bwacha trade words

Enugu Police allegedly shoots final-year law student to death, refuses to release corpse

Cult leader butchered in Calabar

Alleged Imo payroll fraudsters to be arraigned in court ‘ Uzodinma

Reps receive $10m to sponsor Control Infectious Disease Bill, CUPP alleges

PTF says compliance with directives on COVID-19 lockdown ease poor

Oronsaye Report: Senior civil servants raise alarm over looming lay-off

COVID-19: You’ll be quarantined if found without facemask in public ‘ Delta Govt

Delta to quarantine face mask defaulters in Isolation Centre

16 Lagos doctors infected with COVID-19 ‘ Medical Guild

TRIBUNE

COVID-19: Police seal Emir of Daura’s palace

Nigeria records 245 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2,802

14 medical staff test positive for COVID-19 in Katsina

Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson, welcomes fourth child in America

Water scarcity: Why Nigerians can’t stay safe during COVID-19

Delta farmer harvests world’s largest cassava tuber

COVID-19: WHO supports scientifically-proven traditional medicine

Police intercept, return 42 Zamfara travellers who hid in truck in Lagos

We’ve agreed to use patients from Nigeria for clinical trial of coronavirus vaccine, says PTF

IMF loan: Nigeria at risk of Venezuelan, Zimbabwean crisis, return to 1984 ‘ Utomi

We are airlifting Nigerians in UAE on Wednesday, UK on Friday, US next Monday, says minister

COVID-19: BUA Foundation donates N2 billion, 5 ambulances, 20 Hilux vehicles to Kano State

Military kills 134 Boko Haram, ISWAP members, arrests 16 informants

UPDATE: How abducted Ekiti commissioner regained freedom in Kogi State after 9 days in captivity

Lagos discharges 14 more coronavirus patients, total now 261

COVID-19: Ondo governor gives three infected casual health workers full employment

NATION

Ministry gets Customs N40.8m relief materials

Facemasks everywhere as Nigerians ignore distancing guidelines

How to wage a successful COVID-19 war, by experts

NCDC announces 254 new cases as Lagos discharges 14

Nigeria receives $311m Abacha assets from U.S., Jersey

Wike clamps 24-hour indefinite lockdown on Port Harcourt, Obio-Akporlocal govts

Hospitals shouldnt turn back patients with other ailments

House-to-house search for virus syptoms carriers in Kano

Dangers of virus spread are now more serious, says PTF

Govt to decontaminate schools before resumption

Return to lockdown likely, Fed Govt warns Nigerians

Kano under special focus, says Fed Govt

Ayade has not funded APC with a Kobo at any level

JUST IN: Mercy Johnson, husband welcome fourth child

Davido sets to feature Nicki Minaj in new album

COVID-19: 3,300 informers sent out on search for victims in Kano PTF

COVID-19: Dangers of the disease are now more serious PTF

Three policemen test positive for COVID-19

BREAKING: Abducted Ekiti Commissioner regains freedom

DAILY TIMES

Nigeria records 245 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2,802

Breaking: Sokoto govt. announces death of former governor, Nadama

S. Korea begins payment of N318, 770 relief to each household

Police Squadron Commander, Dies In Kano

COVID-19: There is no doubt Kano is in trouble, says Ganduje

Nigerias poorest people now 82.9m NBS

COVID-19: FG may reimpose lockdown if NCDC

FG receives $311m Abachas loot from U.S, Jersey

Masari expresses fears over community spread of COVID-19 in Katsina

Face mask defaulters risk quarantine in isolation centres, Delta warns

FCTA warns construction site owners against flouting guidelines

COVID-19: Akeredolu bans daily operations in Ondo markets

DAILY TRUST

COVID-19: Canada Prime Minister unsure if his kids would return as schools reopen

Drivers who violate lockdown order will forfeit vehicles to Ekiti govt ‘ Fayemi

Post lockdown: Oyetola begs Osun residents to maintain social distance, use facemask

Police arraign 65 party goers for violating lockdown

COVID-19: Gridlock in Abuja as govt, economic activities resume

US government projects virus deaths to soar in May

Love during lockdown: Singles in US reinvent dating

Iran reopens mosques, records almost 80,000 hospital recoveries

Former Pope Benedict complains of attempts to ‘silence’ him

Loss of smell may suggest milder COVID-19 ‘ Study

World leaders raise $8bn for coronavirus vaccines

14 health workers test positive for coronavirus in Katsina

COVID-19: FG admits signing up for drug trials

Lokoja: FMC workers vow to withdraw services over COVID-19 fear

Lagos records 2 more COVID-19 deaths, total now 30

Over 40% of Nigerians poor, Sokoto tops chart ‘ NBS

Customers besiege banks in Abuja, Lagos as lockdown eases

NECA faults FIRS’ stance on advance payment of taxes

Oronsaye Report: Lawyers, lawmakers set template for implementation

Why Ayade will not respond to Wike’s ‘Buhari boy’ comment ‘ Commissioner

Disquiet trails Reps’ Quarantine bill as Senate considers own version tomorrow

IMF should issue special drawing rights as grants to Africa

AUTHORITY

COVID-19: BUA Group Donates N2 Billion, Five Ambulances, 20 Vehicles To Kano Govt.

COVID-19: Enugu state govt insists on lockdown, compulsory use of face mask

Nigerian Army Killed Over 100 Terrorists, Arrests 16 Informants

A US researcher who worked with a Wuhan Virology lab gives four reasons why a Coronavirus leak would be extremely unlikely

Gov Wike declare 24hrs lockdown on Obio/Akpor, Port Harcourt

Adhere to covid-19 advice protocols, Aso Rock medical consultant urges

Ex-DIG calls for transparency in management of covid-19 donations

BUSINESSDAY

Pressure mounts on Nigeria to sell cash-guzzling state-owned enterprises

Nigeria reports 245 new cases of coronavirus; total now 2802

Why Buhari’s call for debt forgiveness would be a tough sell

Slum dwellers worst hit as COVID-19 exposes ‘homelessness’ in Nigeria

Lagos, FCT residents spurn facemasks, social distancing as lockdown eases

Converting private properties to isolation centres is a bad idea

DAILY INDEPENDENT

No COVID-19 Vaccine Was Discovered In Unizik ‘ Management

Nigerian Troops Eliminate 134 Terrorists, Apprehend 16 Informants In Borno- DHQ

Police Arrest Ebonyi LG Chairman, Lawmaker Over Cult Clash

Driver Bags Death Sentence For Murder In First Virtual Court Sitting In Lagos

COVID-19: Obaseki, Oshiomhole Bicker Over Lockdown Violation

COVID-19: Delta Sets Up Boundary Enforcement Task Force Team

PEOPLESDAILY

Coronavirus: IGP orders probe into officers’ attack in Oyo

NIPC announces Q1 2020 investments of $4.81bn

NGF mourns Emir of Rano, Bawo, eulogises ex-Borno Gov, Boni

Coronavirus: Atiku urges prayers for Dokpesi, his family, others

Police uncover 30 camps of suspected killer herdsmen in Delta forests

NGF mourns Emir of Rano, Bawo, eulogises ex-Borno Gov, Boni

Buhari condoles with Gov. Masari over mother-in-laws death

Coronavirus: Kaduna approves N5m life insurance for health workers

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