{"id":24128,"date":"2020-03-19T06:51:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T06:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24128"},"modified":"2020-03-19T06:51:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T06:51:04","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-thursday-19-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24128","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 19 March, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW TELEGRAPH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus: 475 people die in one day in Italy<\/p>\n<p>Travel operators in disarray over ban, passengers want refunds<\/p>\n<p>JUST IN: Ondo confirms first covid-19 case<\/p>\n<p>FG reduces price of petrol<\/p>\n<p>ASUU: IPPIS designed to centralise corruption<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: Nine operations ongoing across country &#8216; DHQ<\/p>\n<p>Lagos APPEALS launches farm record handbook, trains farmers on e-record portal<\/p>\n<p>Auwalu, Effiong emerge new leaders in Eunisell Boot race<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani died of cardiac arrest not CoronaVirus &#8216; Health Commissioner<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Declare emergency on youth unemployment, Reps tell FG<\/p>\n<p>Concentrate on Nigerias survival beyond 2020, says NNSG<\/p>\n<p>APC is stinking, facing extinction, declares PDP<\/p>\n<p>Do business with licensed banks NDIC<\/p>\n<p>Saraki wants FG to give women contracts<\/p>\n<p>Wike guilty as charged over APC crisis &#8211; Uzodinma<\/p>\n<p>Two die in Plateau well, rescuer injured<\/p>\n<p>Oil slumpll trigger job losses, loan defaults, bankruptcies Fawibe<\/p>\n<p>Ifeanyi Ubah: YPP drags judge to NJC, alleges misconduct<\/p>\n<p>Amotekun corps: An inspiration for greater regional cooperation<\/p>\n<p>6,000 ad hoc staff for Ondo local government poll<\/p>\n<p>$22.7bn loan approval suspended over S&#8221;East protest Gbajabiamila<\/p>\n<p>Only justice can ensure reconciliation in APC Deputy chair<\/p>\n<p>Mompha seeks courts permission for Dubai trip, EFCC grumbles<\/p>\n<p>CBN announces N1.1tn intervention fund to boost economy<\/p>\n<p>FG, AfDB unveil project to boost energy access<\/p>\n<p>FAAC meeting ends in deadlock over revenue remittances<\/p>\n<p>Govt reduces March bonds, auctions N50bn<\/p>\n<p>Oil price sinks to $24, lowest in 17 years<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus: NNPC reduces petrol price to N125 per litre<\/p>\n<p>Stimulate economy with fuel subsidy funds SPE<\/p>\n<p>Nigerias $58.4bn oil projects face fresh setback<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia dips into crude oil stockpiles<\/p>\n<p>US ports fight to stay open amid coronavirus crisis<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus: Lagos moves to stop Sunday, Jumaat services<\/p>\n<p>Global Coronavirus infections shoot past 200,000<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus: Brief Nigerians now, Senate tells Buhari<\/p>\n<p>Corps members vacate NYSC camp over coronavirus<\/p>\n<p>Burkina Faso reports first coronavirus death in sub-Saharan Africa<\/p>\n<p>No corper, official infected with Coronavirus NYSC<\/p>\n<p>Court adjourns Ikuforijis trial for six months<\/p>\n<p>Katsina announces first suspected coronavirus case<\/p>\n<p>Family kicks as coronavirus suspect dies in Enugu isolation centre<\/p>\n<p>Facebook, Google in talks with US to track Coronavirus<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: Nigeria records five new coronavirus cases<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: FG places travel ban on China, Italy, US, UK, nine others<\/p>\n<p>We rushed orientation programmes over Coronavirus fears NYSC<\/p>\n<p><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FIRS Unveils Automated System to Plug Leakages in Tax Collection<\/p>\n<p>House Suspended Consideration of $22.7bn Loan over Exclusion of South-east, Says&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Buhari is a Product of a Time When Power was Absolute,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We Can Come up with Better Laws to Enhance Local Business&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Nigeria Shuts Down All Sports Activities Indefinitely<\/p>\n<p>No Regret Leaving Trabzonspor over COVID-19, Says Mikel<\/p>\n<p>AFA Sports Becomes Official Apparel Sponsor of Ghana Basketball<\/p>\n<p>UEFA PRESIDENT BOMBSHELL: Liverpool Will Not be Premier League Champions if Season Ends Prematurely<\/p>\n<p>NOCs OVEP for Varsity Athletes to End in Lagos Thursday<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organisers Respond to Frustrated Athletes<\/p>\n<p>Floyd Mayweather Suffers Second Family Loss<\/p>\n<p>Experts Urge FG to Sustain Measures against COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>IMF Outlines Policy Steps to Address COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>Capital Market Stakeholders Urge FG to Incentivise Commodity Trading<\/p>\n<p>Economic Impact of COVID-19 May Be Worse Than Envisaged<\/p>\n<p><strong>GUARDIAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oshiomhole&#8217;s travails dictating Ondo APC politics ahead of October poll<\/p>\n<p>Ilorin residents decry deafening noise from religious houses<\/p>\n<p>Jesuits hold Lenten retreat amid coronavirus scare<\/p>\n<p>Sexagenarian, 18-year-old rape victim commit suicide in Osun, Bayelsa<\/p>\n<p>U.S. report indicts Nigeria for rights abuse, killings<\/p>\n<p>FIFA pledges &#8216;exceptional measures&#8217; to respond to impact of coronavirus<\/p>\n<p>One still missing, 170 buildings affected, 276 persons displaced, 57 rescued in Abule-Ado explosion<\/p>\n<p>Executed constituency projects fall short of N2tr vote, says ICPC<\/p>\n<p>Buhari, NDDC and the danger of executive recklessness<\/p>\n<p>Africa must &#8216;wake up&#8217; and &#8216;prepare for worst&#8217; over virus &#8211; WHO<\/p>\n<p>Ekiti&#8217;s coronavirus patient likely contracted virus from dead American<\/p>\n<p>Cancelling football season could cost Europe&#8217;s top clubs four billion euros<\/p>\n<p>UN says coronavirus pandemic could leave up to 24.7m unemployed<\/p>\n<p>Lagos State bans religious gatherings above 50 persons<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus: NorthWest governors to shutdown schools for 30 days<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>APC Edo guber: Oshiomhole, Obaseki&#8217;s factions bicker over party secretariat<\/p>\n<p>2023: PDP vows to oust APC in South West<\/p>\n<p>Emir Sanusi: Kaduna APC chieftain blasts Kano APC, warns against dragging El-Rufai&#8217;s name in the mud<\/p>\n<p>Edo guber: Obaseki remains APC&#8217;s strongest candidate, Shuaibu Lawal tells Oshiomhole<\/p>\n<p>15 injured, vehicles torched as factional transport unions clash in Anambra<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer petitions Lagos AG, IGP over alleged manipulation of court&#8217;s proceedings<\/p>\n<p>Alleged N673m fraud: Court adjourns Ikuforiji&#8217;s trial till September<\/p>\n<p>2 shot dead in renewed cult war in Bayelsa<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Enugu approves N330m, relocates state Isolation Centre<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF, Enugu govt. take fight against malnutrition to communities<\/p>\n<p>Poverty plus anger and frustration = mental illness<\/p>\n<p>Why Nigeria&#8217;s security architecture should be decentralised &#8216;Afuye, Ekiti Speaker<\/p>\n<p>Buhari orders postponement of Sports Festival<\/p>\n<p>NIWA to ban vessel operators without navigational aids &#8216;Moghalu<\/p>\n<p><strong>VANGUARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: American dies in Ekiti, driver tests positive, under watch<\/p>\n<p>CORONAVIRUS: NASS asks FG to ban open worship, other gatherings<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: FG cuts 2020 budget by N1.5trn<\/p>\n<p>Why we&#8217;re dragging Malami, Akpabio, others to court over NDDC &#8216; Lawyers<\/p>\n<p>UTME: We&#8217;ve not cancelled results, says JAMB<\/p>\n<p>Alleged N673m money Laundering: EFCC re-arraigns ex-Lagos Speaker<\/p>\n<p>APC CRISIS: Horse-trading that saved Oshiomhole<\/p>\n<p>Woman who tested negative to COVID-19 in Enugu dies<\/p>\n<p>PPPRA offers equal opportunity to ex- temporary staff, official<\/p>\n<p>Lagos govt closes school over COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>Canada unveils C$27 bn aid package amid coronavirus outbreak<\/p>\n<p>Senate assures of completion of 2nd Niger bridge in 2022<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: NYSC debunks report of corps member testing positive<\/p>\n<p>Just in: PPPRA concurs with NNPC, fixes PMS price at N125 per litre<\/p>\n<p>PDP To APC: Don&#8217;t play politics with Covid-19<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus: Governors in Marathon meeting with Health Minister<\/p>\n<p>STATE OF THE NATION: Nigeria toying with disintegration without restructuring &#8216; Senator Okon<\/p>\n<p>APC Crisis: Shuaibu returns to NEC, says Obaseki remains best Candidate for Edo<\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court: PDP raises alarm over Zamfara governorship poll<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: NFF shuts down all football activities for 4 weeks, including street football<\/p>\n<p>Consumption of local foods can aid longevity, productivity, says FUTA don<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Why we restrict students movements &#8216;Babcock<\/p>\n<p>Oil price drop: FIRS automates tax platform to mitigate effect on economy<\/p>\n<p>Public universities stink of corruption, says FG<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: US halts Immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments in Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>PDP&#8217;s rally in face of COVID-19 is senseless, new low &#8216; 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