Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 5 June, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

DAILY TIMES

Family of George Floyd to hold funeral June 9

2 U.S. police officers suspended after attacking Australian journalists during protests

Lebanese Embassy suspends issuance of working Visas to Nigerians

COVID-19: Oredo LGA shuts down secretariat for one week after staff tests positive

Court fixes June 17 for hearing of suit to bar Ize-Iyamu from APC screening

Obaseki announces Stewart Efe as new Edo Commissioner for Information

Orji Kalu was a well-behaved inmate, he didnt give us trouble NCoS

Kudirat Abiola: Okei-Odumakin, Abiola-Costello urge FG to end killings

Court orders police, DSS not to arrest CUPP spokesman, Ugochinyere

SERAP drags Buhari, Lawmakers to UN over health, education budgets

FCTA adopts PTF guidelines on re-opening of worship places

Obiano redeploys 4 commissioners in minor cabinet reshuffle

Malami seeks virtual platform for suspects to give evidence from custody

10 feared killed in Delta multiple auto crash

Ogun launches community policing, calls for reform of police

8 Policemen, one civilian feared killed in Kogi bank robbery

Breaking: Umahi orders closure of govt offices over spread of COVID -19

WHO expresses worry about rising cases of COVID-19 in America

PUNCH

ABUTH overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients Zazzau Emirate

Osun to create 15,000 post-COVID-19 jobs annually

Directors death: Gombe top officials to undergo COVID-19 test

Edo information commissioner resigns, Obaseki names replacement

Three doctors test positive in Nasarawa, says NMA

Suit seeking to stop Ize-Iyamu as APC aspirant adjourned

Bayelsa deputy gov appears at tribunal, petitioner backtracks

Obaseki names Sanwo-Olu, Lalong to lead Edo Assembly reconciliation

Kwara APC members defect to PDP, cite internal wranglings

Eight Kano LGs with highest COVID-19 cases Ganduje

Osun PDP asks court to void Amotekuns boss appointment

Assembly asks Kwara to hand over ex-gov, aide for prosecution

How policemen shot and killed Tina, 17-year-old teenager

COVID-19: Lagos discharges 15 males, nine females

Firms expect further naira depreciation, dollar sells for N440

Buhari nominates Okonjo-Iweala to head WTO

FG bars debtors from bidding for oil fields

Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, 2nd Niger Bridge ready 2022 FG

Travel, hospitality industry may not recover, NACCIMA warns

Investors lose N50bn as stocks suffer decline

Ondo trains 2,000 youths in modern poultry farming

FG, airlines perfect plans to disinfect airports, aircrafts

Senate probes N1.8tn spent on power sector intervention

FG moves to revive agricultural extension services

FG plans $1.2bn Green Imperative agricultural programme

Insecurity: Reps summon NSA, service chiefs, IG, DSS boss

N4.7bn case: We may re-arraign Ladoja, says prosecutor

FG threatens to ban church, mosque gatherings again

Human trafficking: Lebanon stops issuing visas to Nigerians

NEMA air ambulance grounded in France, DG tells Senate

Rape: Reps propose death sentence, castration, amputation

FG sends UNIPORT VC on compulsory leave

Again, two Chinese kidnapped in Ebonyi

Committees have facilitated release of 6,590 inmates Malami

NDDC probe: Clark demands panels chairmen removal

Let NDDC show proof we are corrupt, Reps reply Clark

Senate summons finance minister over N1.8trn power intervention funds

THISDAY

NPA to Push for Increased Deep Sea Port Investment

Airlines Not Only Requesting Cash Bailout, Says AON

IATA Seeks Implementation of ICAO COVID-19 Guidelines

Oni: Artificial Intelligence Will Drive Seamless Banking

Stockbrokers Advised on Post COVID-19 Survival Strategies

10,000 APC Members Defect to PDP in Kwara

Lagos lawyer faults Bayelsa Election Tribunal

Dare Secures Approval to Concession National Stadium in Lagos

COVID-19: FG Will Approve Palliative for Security Agencies, Says PTF

COVID-19: Foundation Advises Nigerians on How to Boost Immunity, Avoid Blood Clot

SUN

2023: Zoning dead in Akwa Ibom ‘Eyiboh

Lawal, Sanwo-Olu’s Agric Commissioner reportedly resigns

Bayelsa election: Deputy gov, Ehwrudjakpo tenders NYSC certificate

Court reserves legal argument seeking to restrain Ize-Iyamu from taking part in APC guber primaries

10,000 APC Members Decamp To PDP In Kwara

Moshood Abiola National Stadium gets facelift soon ‘ Minister

African Chamber chief says US mistaken on AfDB’s Adesina

FG seeks NASS approval for $1.2bn agric loan

NCDC releases new guidelines on treatment, discharge of patients

PTF threatens lockdown review over guidelines violation

Edo Commissioner for Information and Orientation resigns

NDDC: Niger Delta group faults Clark on probe

Herdsmen occupy 400 Igbo communities ‘Rights group

We’re leap-frogging closer to global economy ‘ MD, MTech Ghana

Kudos to Ugwuanyi for expanding Enugu’s tourism frontiers

Ghana employment scam leaves 29 ECOWAS citizens stranded

West African music superstar, Mory Kante, dies at 70

Group demands justice for West African journalists over COVID-19 assault

GUARDIAN

Nasarawa records 90 COVID-19 cases, four deaths

Customers block bank’s entrance over smuggling of persons through back door

Kogi courts have 90 days to dispense pending criminal cases

Eight policemen, one civilian feared killed in Kogi bank robbery

States to choose mode of primary for guber poll, Ojezua declares

Hundreds gather at memorial service for George Floyd after days of protest

Work on Abuja, Lagos national stadiums to begin after COVID-19 lockdown

Fuludu satisfied as IDP Uhogua gets VSF’s COVID-19 palliative

GenCos loss N122.79b in five months to capacity challenges

Fresh concerns for operators as five airports reopen June 21

Profit-taking reverses NSE gaining streak as index loses N50b

African air cargo capacity dips by 20 per cent amid global crunch

Unusual worship in Lagos State as mosques, churches reopen June 19

Nigeria may lose 24 councils to new UN state

Police arrests three siblings over kidnap, murder of mother of five

Attorney vows at memorial to get justice for George Floyd

There are pressure to bury my rape case against Pastor Fatoyinbo, says Busola Dakolo

PTF calls for decentralization of COVID-19 response to LGA level, identifying high burden LGAs

Reps declare state of emergency on rape, violence against women

Katsina civil servants directed to resume work next week Monday

VANGUARD

Firms lose confidence in economy, index now down to -66.2%

Doctor whose skin turned dark during coronavirus fight dies

AKINWUMI ADESINA: The inside story by Femi Adesina

Akwa Ibom Assembly advocates training teachers on e-learning tools

Police arrests man over alleged rape of 85-year-old woman

Buhari should declare state of emergency on erosion in Anambra, says CLO

FG partners WAHO to transport COVID-19 supplies from Beijing ‘ Minister

COVID-19: FG receives test kits, others from IAEA

10,000 APC members dump party for PDP in Kwara

CBN to sell N821.8 bn Treasury Bills in Q3’20

Major oil marketers lose N10bn to petrol price reduction ‘ MOMAN

FG removes fuel price cap, gives marketers freedom to fix price

COVID-19: WHO resumes study on Hydroxychloroquine

COVID-19: Stay at home husband bites wife’s fingers for refusing s3x

8 Policemen, one civilian feared killed in Kogi bank robbery

JUST IN:FG appoints Prof. Regina Ogali as acting VC UNIPORT

NCDC releases new guidelines on COVID-19 patients’ treatment, discharge

COVID-19: IMF disburses $10bn to African countries

Commuters groan, as tricycle operators protest in Onitsha

NDDC: Random Selection of those sacked, strange to Federal Civil Service Commission

TRIBUNE

COVID-19: Nigeria experiencing steady rise in maternal, child mortality ‘ PTF

Through Facebook, three brothers kidnap, murder 55-yr-old mother of five children

NCDC releases new guidelines on COVID-19 patients’ treatment, discharge

COVID-19: Lagos discharges 15 males, 9 females from isolation centres

COVID-19: Nigeria records 350 new cases, total now 11,516

COVID-19: African nations get $9.8bn as IMF supports 66 countries with $23bn

Nigerians hawking fake COVID-19 contract papers, PTF raises alarm

Whether we shall meet again, I don’t know: Resigned commissioner tells Edo State governor

NiDCOM, Lebanese embassy collaborate to return stranded Nigerians

Reps call for accelerated hearing on pending rape cases, punitive measures to deter heinous act in Nigeria

Lebanese embassy suspends issuance of working visas to Nigerians

NNPC to diversify into power, medical, real estate portfolios

Delta Set to complete Trans-Warri road, bridges After 13 Years

COVID-19: Nasarawa lifts ban on commercial motorcycles, markets

Many people hindering contact tracing, refusing to go into isolation, says PTF

NATION

Twitter accuses President of making false claims

32 states may find it difficult to pay salary after COVID-19

Churches, mosques, hotels to open in Lagos June 19

Patients without symptoms to be discharged after 14 days, says NCDC

Clinical trial of Hydroxychloroquine to resume, says WHO

Bandits kill 21 in Zamfara communities

CAN seeks review of worship time to 90 minutes

Fed Govt targets five million jobs with $1.2b scheme

PTF raises concerns over refusal by COVID-19 positive to stay in isolation

Police have nothing to do with soldier who attempted suicide

PDP drags Oyetola, others to court over Amotekun appointment

COVID-19: Patients to be discharged without testing negative NCDC

COVID-19: CAN seeks review of timing for worship centers

Altered certificate: Petitioner withdraws on sighting Bayelsa Deputy Gov

Churches, Mosques to open in two weeks, schools to remain closed Sanwo-olu

JUST IN: Sanwo-olu directs grade 13 civil servants to resume on Monday

Obaseki names Lalong, Sanwo-Olu, Uzamere, to lead Edo Assembly reconciliation

BUSINESSDAY

SMEs face nightmares on persisting inter-state lockdown

Mosques to reopen June 19 in Lagos, churches June 21

Despite RoW fee reductions, hurdles remain for rural broadband penetration

Racism on the rise

Racism and economics ‘ what blacks should know

Experts proffer solutions as agro logistics bear brunt of lockdown

BLUEPRINT

Guidelines to be met before churches, mosques ‘ll open in Abuja

EFCC destroys over 1,200 bags of adulterated fertilizer in Gombe

WHO resumes clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 treatment ‘ PTF

Two Anambra communities lament over land dispute

NCDC releases new guidelines on treatment, discharge of COVID-19 patients

Rise in maternal, child mortality worrisome ‘ PTF

Thunder strikes man to death in Edo

My husband’s birthday, divine timing ‘ Gov’s wife

Osun students kick against incessant rape, suggest death penalty for culprits

 

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