{"id":24232,"date":"2020-04-08T07:16:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T07:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24232"},"modified":"2020-04-08T07:16:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T07:16:16","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-tuesday-8-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24232","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 8 April, 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>TRIBUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Bodies are being left in streets in an overwhelmed Ecuadorian city<\/p>\n<p>Kidnapped elder brother of Bauchi gov, Alh Adamu Duguri, regains freedom<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: Nigeria records 16 new coronavirus cases as total hits 254<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: System failures affecting lockdown<\/p>\n<p>N\/Delta pensioners lament non-payment of gratuities<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Omotosho donates N1.1m to Oyo State endowment fund, Ibadan North<\/p>\n<p>Alternate perspectives on Nigeria&#8217;s Covid-19 response<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Nigeria&#8217;s financial support request to get prompt attention &#8216; IMF<\/p>\n<p>Equities market halts negative sentiments, gains N133.3bn<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: We have repatriated over 44,000 citizens from 78 countries, says US State Dept<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Oyo lawmaker donates food items to Egbeda residents<\/p>\n<p>Medical doctor who visited Kogi, Lagos weeks ago dies of coronavirus in Katsina<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: Four feared killed in Kaduna for flouting stay-at-home order<\/p>\n<p>Ignore police claim, SARS has briefed Fasoranti on arrest of his daughter&#8217;s suspected killers&#8217;Afenifere<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Seyi Makinde leads by example &#8216; Adedibu<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: Oyo records two COVID-19 cases, state total now 11<\/p>\n<p>After Buhari&#8217;s order, customs boss releases 158 trailer loads of rice, 36,495 kegs of vegetable oil, others worth N3.2bn<\/p>\n<p>Only Buhari can decide on extension of lockdown in Lagos, Ogun, FCT, says SGF<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>France coronavirus deaths exceed 10,000<\/p>\n<p>Thugs attack COVID-19 task force, police disrupt party<\/p>\n<p>Oil spill pollutes Bayelsa community, residents lament<\/p>\n<p>Imo CAN seeks permission to conduct Easter service<\/p>\n<p>5,000 Ekiti residents received FGs N20,000 each Fayemi<\/p>\n<p>FCT reduces market opening to six hours<\/p>\n<p>Ebonyi begins production of 200,0000 face masks<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, Niger troops kill BHaram insurgents<\/p>\n<p>48 workers test positive for coronavirus in South African hospital<\/p>\n<p>Panel to monitor COVID-19 fund usage, says FG<\/p>\n<p>1,739 foreign nationals evacuated from Lagos in two weeks FAAN<\/p>\n<p>IMF board to meet on Nigerias $3.4bn loan request<\/p>\n<p>Businessman urges youths to shun entitlement mentality<\/p>\n<p>Naira to experience more pressure Report<\/p>\n<p>Dont compromise on safety, group tells airline operators<\/p>\n<p>Indigent citizens yet to get relief items &#8211; NLC<\/p>\n<p>CBN, DSS tackle smugglers, seize 1,207 bags of rice<\/p>\n<p>WBank supports Nigerias public health sector with $82m<\/p>\n<p>NUPENG decries oil workers harassment, commends members<\/p>\n<p>Fear grips medical workers as LUTH, UITH isolate 40<\/p>\n<p>FG social investment initiative excludes poor Nigerians National Assembly<\/p>\n<p>Katsina, Sokoto residents ignore social distancing<\/p>\n<p>Edo reiterates stay-at-home directive<\/p>\n<p>Two Kaduna pastors arraigned for holding Sunday service<\/p>\n<p>Boris Johnson stable in intensive care<\/p>\n<p>Akindeles party: Nobody is above the law, says FG<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Zimbabwe doctors sue govt over lack of protection<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: WhatsApp places new limits on message forwarding<\/p>\n<p>FG knocks Oyakhilome for calling COVID-19 lockdown a scam<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Evacuation may end this week, US tells citizens in Nigeria<\/p>\n<p><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rivers Earmarks N2bn for Food Purchase to Feed Residents<\/p>\n<p>PDP: COVID-19 Has Exposed FG&#8217;s Social Intervention as Hoax<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Ogun Confirms Two Fresh Cases<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Private Sector Relief Fund Hits N21.588bn as FG Lists Chinese Doctors&#8217; 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