Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 16 June, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

DAILY TRUST

US revokes use of hydroxychloroquine to cure COVID-19

India to convert railway coaches to COVID-19 centres

No automatic ticket for Obaseki in PDP ‘ Wike

Landlady in court for allegedly restraining tenant from moving out

4 controversies recorded under Gbajabiamila in 1 year

Oyo reopens schools for final year students

Insecurity: Group demands state of emergency in Katsina

Constant stress, fear work against immune system ‘ Expert

Resident doctors commence nationwide indefinite strike

NNPC’s 3 refineries record N154bn loss, Kaduna zero revenue

Ewelukwa appointed NBET MD, as Marilyn goes on terminal leave

FG raises N162.56bn from Sukuk bond issuance

COVID-19 puts safe blood supply at risk ‘ FG

Edo gov’ship: PDP NEC to meet over Obaseki

PUNCH

COVID-19: Trump yet to fulfill promise on ventilators, says PTF

Plateau community head, man killed, four shot in renewed attacks

APC shouldnt treat Obaseki like Ambode Clark

Dont open schools, viewing centres, stadiums now, FG warns states

Obaseki: APC started killing NGF in 2015, says Wike

Obasekill soon join us, no automatic ticket Edo PDP chair

Borno gov keeps mum after meeting Buhari over killings

Corpse removed from Lagos road after PUNCH report

NIMC registers 900 repentant Boko Haram members

Oyo reopens schools, orders civil servants to resume

N5m bounty placed on Katsina attacks mastermind, declared wanted

Many police officers are hostile to female rape victims Consultant psychologist

Showing kindness could boost mental well-being -Adekoya

Dangote N3bn unclaimed dividends

Nigeria loses $29bn annually to power sector failure Lawan

Refineries earn N3.45bn, NAPIMS makes N1.02tn NNPC

FG receives N1.68bn for COVID-19 battle

Nigeria needs to spend 18% GDP on infrastructure IMF

Investors lose N119bn as stock market reverses gains

Obaseki: NWC visits Aso Rock to counter APC governors moves

NMA demands testing centre, 23 health workers test positive

A Ibom community demands solution as flood sacks 300

FG sacks NBET boss, Amobi, names replacement

FCT will decide Naira Marleys penalty PTF

Emeritus professor of medicine, Akinkugbe, is dead

Enforce ban on interstate travel, PTF charges security agents

THISDAY

E-commerce contributions to employment creation of economic growth in Nigeria

Ex-Odua GMDs Mourn Omotosho

NBA Elections Will be Free,…

BATTLE OVER NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CLERK

Obaseki: Governors Forum is Dead, Says Wike

Edo APC Crisis: Clark Flays Obasekis Disqualification

SUN

2023: Nigeria should forget zoning ‘Ango Abdullahi

Ugwuanyi working hard to change face of Enugu State ‘Ezugwu, CNPP Scribe

Edo guber: Moves to save Obaseki by Presidency flops

NGF replies Wike on ‘beggars forum’ remark

Edo Guber: Ganduje supports APC disqualifying Obaseki over ‘legal issues

Edo PDP Guber: Don’t jump the queue, PDP contender says to Obaseki

Edo Guber: APC going ahead with primaries ‘ Oshiomhole

Nigeria, others need $90bn investments to achieve growth ‘Expert

Post COVID-19: NLC, TUC, NECA sign MoU on job protection

NBC: Confusion rocks new broadcast code

Why we amended it ‘ NBC

Job racketeering: Senate names erring MDAs

717 rape cases recorded in 5 months, 631 cases concluded ‘IG

Don’t engage in online lecture, ASUU warns members

IWU cries out over insecurity in South East

Doctors begin nationwide strike over unpaid salaries, entitlements

FG kicks against reopening of schools, viewing centers

Stop killings within 14 days, northern coalition tasks Buhari

Shipping companies worst employers of labour ‘Adeyanju, PG MWUN

Gunmen spread fear in Delta, kill 28-year-old father of 2

Naira Marley: FG suspends ExecuJet, pilot for false information

GUARDIAN

Cult clash claims thirty-year-old man in Ibadan

Mother of four sexually violated, murdered in Imo

Former FIFA boss, Blatter, target of fresh Swiss criminal investigation

How AfCFTA will build regional value chains, benefit countries without industrial base

Reality of COVID-19 and Nigerians who think without reasoning

FG declares N1.689b as public support donations for COVID-19

Fresh doubts over Edo 2020 as FG insists on restriction of sporting activities

NSE reopens bearish as investors’ lose N119 billion amid profit-taking

Governors’ forum toothless bulldog, says Wike

FG, GenCos may land in UK court over N13.2b electricity bill

Judiciary is underfunded, maligned, says Kazeem

Federal Government moves to curtail rejection of agro exports

Nigeria bans airline for flying Naira Marley to Abuja for concert

Again, Mamman sacks MD of NBET, appoints new head

COVID-19: PTF decries poor level of compliance with safety measures

61 bodies recovered from migrant boat that sank more than a week ago

Sexual Violence: Buhari meets IGP, as Police records 717 rape incidents in 5 months

Kanye West To Expand Yeezy Line Into Beauty And Skincare Products

White House reporters hailed as ‘information heroes

Woman Smashes Plane Window Mid-Flight Over Failed Relationship

VANGUARD

Alleged armed robbery: Nine years later court discharges five men for lack of evidence

Two men bag 42 years jail term for robbery

Senate to ensure Nigerians benefit from power sector ‘ Lawan

Witness reveals Okorocha begged him to lie to EFCC

Trump campaign demands apology from CNN after heated interview

Minneapolis PD dispatcher who saw George Floyd arrest warned supervisor

COVID-19 Palliatives: Minister rejects reps summons 4 times

COVID-19: Lagos postpones indefinitely 2020 basic exams into JSS

COVID-19: Resident doctors in UPTH pull out of nationwide strike

Oyo NAPPS, NUT disagree over schools reopening

FG develops response plan to contain COVID-19 transmission

FG appoints Eweluka as MD of NBET

Reps kick over N186bn spent on FG school feeding programme

Edo 2020: Pensioners, teachers, market women, others want Obaseki for another term, not looters, says group

Beggars Forum: Wike is our old, strong member ‘ NGF

Edo 2020: Obaseki will defect, but no automatic ticket, says state PDP chairman

Edo guber: PDP fresh permutations favour Obaseki

Obaseki: Govs Forum under APC has become beggars forum ‘ Wike

Nigeria’s oil export to fall by 50% this year ‘ Fitch Ratings

COVID-19: Lagos postpones secondary school entrance exams indefinitely

Breaking: FG suspends Flight company that conveyed Naira Marley to Abuja

Join PDP now, Clark tells Obaseki

Banditry more dangerous than coronavirus pandemic ‘ Rep. Kazaure

Controversy over burial place of 16-yr-old apprentice tortured to death in church over missing N5,000

TRIBUNE

One killed, many injured in Kwara communal crisis

COVID-19: Bauchi lawamker tests positive, Speaker mandates Assembly members to undergo tests

Nigeria records 573 new COVID-19 cases, total now 16,658

Show empathy, lost lives not replaceable, Health Minister tells striking doctors

UPDATE: APC governors, NWC meet with Gambari in Aso Rock

Oyo asks Pry 6, JSS 3, SSS3 students to resume June 29, says religious centres can reopen

Governors’ Forum has become toothless bulldog, beggars’ forum ‘ Wike

UPDATED: Akinkugbe, Nigeria’s first professor of medicine, dies at 87

BREAKING: US stops use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients

FG has received N1.69b COVID-19 donations ‘AGF

BREAKING: Chartered flight of Naira Marley approved for high court judge, Says Minister

How residents travelling between Ogun, Oyo defy FG’s interstate ban at night

CBN, Zamfara govt collaborate to support 60,000 cotton, rice farmers

Innovation key to unlocking Africa’s agricultural potential

Without local government autonomy, traditional institutions won’t function effectively

BREAKING: 717 rape cases recorded from January to May 2000, 799 suspects arrested, says IGP

Insecurity: Islamic cleric urges Buhari to be proactive

NATION

Fed Govt warns state against reopening schools, centres

Govt to Nigerians: battle against virus in your hands

Police have arrested 799 suspected rapists, says IGP

Group plans virtual services for churches over pandemic

Why frontline health workers have not been paid, by SGF

Rail transport to resume when domestic flight begins

Airlifting of stranded Nigerians to end July

Govt suspends airline for illegally flying Naira Marley

Patients without symptoms can transmit virus, says WHO

FG to Nigerians: COVID-19 battle now in your hands

Man rapes, kills brothers wife in Zamfara

Rail transport to resume when domestic flight begins PTF

COVID-19: Doctors strike may cause loss of lives, says Minister

COVID-19: FG warns state against reopening schools, viewing centres

UPDATED: FG sanctions airline, pilot for flying Naira Marley

Ex-agitators to Buhari: look into Clark, other Niger elders demands

JUST IN: Naira Marleys Chartered Flight approved for Judge FG

DAILY TIMES

Man rapes, kills brothers wife in Zamfara

Igbo group issues 21 days quit notice to killer herdsmen

Buhari approves Ewelukwas appointment as new MD of Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company

NCDC confirms 573 new cases of COVID-19

Court fixes June 30 for judgment in Melayes suit against Infections Disease Bill

Sexual Violence: Buhari meets IGP, as Police records 717 rape incidents in 5 months

23 health workers test positive out of 57 cases of COVID-19 in Enugu

COVID-19: FG threatens to review partial lockdown measures

Resident doctors commence indefinite strike action amidst COVID-19

Sexual violence: Buhari meets IGP, as Police record 717 rape incidents in 5 months

Delta to enforce ban on tricycles plying highways

COVID-19: Gombe Task Force attributes 250 new cases to massive testing

FG sanctions pilot, suspends airline indefinitely for flying Naira Marley

Burna Boy, REMA, nominated for this years BET Awards

BUSINESSDAY

Nigeria records 573 new cases of #COVID19; total now 16,658

Nigeria’s fiscal headache goes from bad to worse

GBfoods completes N20bn Tomato Processing Factory in Kebbi

FX turnover rises by 14.62% at I&E window

How Royal Electronics is deepening advocacy for continuous use of facemasks

7.5% VAT fails to spur government income in Q1

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Medical Expert Urges Nigerians To Embrace Blood Donation

As Nigerians Denounce Unjustified Attacks On Hosa Okunbo

Omo-Agege, Zakari Renew Call For Electoral Reform, Stiffer Punishment For Offenders

COVID-19: Bauchi Speaker Mandates Medical Personnel To Collect Blood Samples Of House Members

COVID-19: Why NAFDAC, SON Should Return To The Ports

Aviation Leaders Discuss Strategic Responses To Changing Times At LAAC Webinar

Airlines May Collapse Post COVID-19, IATA Warns

PEOPLESDAILY

Military takes steps to curb oil theft, economic sabotage in Niger Delta area

Rally round Obaseki now, Frank urges Wike, others

Insecurity: Tambuwal seeks death sentence for unlawful possession of arms

Aso Rock security incident: Buhari not in danger ‘ Presidency

IPI committee protests illegal prosecution of member by Philippines

Lifting lockdown not end to coronavirus , says Bishop

NGO wants death of NDDC’s Director of Finance probed

BLUEPRINT

Breaking: From APC, Obaseki, Shuaib, others near PDP switch ahead Edo guber poll

2023 not negotiable for president of Igbo extraction

Equity market sheds N119bn

Kilishi technology, a positive impact on Nigeria’s GDP

Naira Marley : FG suspends operation of executive jet services

Creating more channels of Diaspora Remittances to boost Nigeria economic growth

COE staff give Obaseki 7days to pay 11 months salary arrears

 

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