{"id":24360,"date":"2020-05-02T06:16:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T06:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24360"},"modified":"2020-05-02T06:16:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T06:16:43","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-saturday-day-2-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24360","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Saturday day, 2 May, 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>PUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>US COVID-19 deaths near 65,000<\/p>\n<p>I wont rest till I get justice for my son killed by Customs men Father of man killed in Ogun<\/p>\n<p>Customs men killed my twin brother, took away his corpse Taiwo<\/p>\n<p>North Koreas Kim makes first public appearance in three weeks<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus: FG tracing 12,000 contacts, says NCDC DG<\/p>\n<p>Fuel subsidy will not return, FG assures IMF<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus: Controversial bill empowers FG to convert private properties to isolation centres<\/p>\n<p>Group warns FG against plunging Nigerians into perpetual debt<\/p>\n<p>Kyari: NBA chairman, others, sue Buhari, SGF for violation of COVID-19 regulations<\/p>\n<p>Police prosecute 929 lockdown violators in Niger, Katsina<\/p>\n<p>14 projects threatened in Nigeria as Shell posts loss<\/p>\n<p>Lockdown ease: Conduct risk assessment at workplaces, says ILO<\/p>\n<p>Suspended Osun PDP chairman asks members to remain calm<\/p>\n<p>Dokpesi, seven other family members test positive for COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>Workers Day: NLC, TUC seek immediate payment of minimum wage<\/p>\n<p>ASUU rejects BVN as condition for salary payment<\/p>\n<p>FGll ensure no retrenchment without due process Buhari<\/p>\n<p>FG to prosecute people without face masks in public<\/p>\n<p>Osuns N270bn debt spells bleak future, NLC laments<\/p>\n<p>NAFDAC denies approving coronavirus vaccine, drugs<\/p>\n<p>FG faults Lagos for blacklisting licensed lottery firms<\/p>\n<p>Atikus company confirms sacking of workers<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-5871375-1\" data-google-query-id=\"CNa76au1lOkCFcHY3godFTcElA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/360613911\/Redmaslatestnigeriannews.com2020optimised_0__container__\">COVID 19: NSCDC official, two others arrested, quarantined in Ebonyi<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>COVID-19: Future intl conferences may be online, says IAPC<\/p>\n<p>PDP disowns forged Cross River LG, ward executives list<\/p>\n<p>Oyo slashes appointees salaries by 50%<\/p>\n<p>17 inmates die in Venezuela prison riot<\/p>\n<p>Curfew enforcement: COVID-19 task force to meet security agencies<\/p>\n<p>Varsity workers decry salary deductions, IPPIS challenges<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Kano records 92 cases, Nigerias highest in one day<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED: Nigeria records 238 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2,170<\/p>\n<p>US okays remdesivir for emergency COVID-19 treatment<\/p>\n<p>South Africa eases COVID-19 lockdown<\/p>\n<p>One dies in Lagos fire as customs kill Ogun teenager<\/p>\n<p>Three kidnapped UNIPORT students buried in shallow grave Police<\/p>\n<p>I felt Id end up in mortuary after contracting COVID-19 with wife, daughter Juju singer, Jide Chord<\/p>\n<p>How customers stabbed ogun IBEDC official in the eye for distributing bills<\/p>\n<p>May Day: FG wont retrench workers without due process, says Buhari<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: One dead as petrol tanker catches fire in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: 14-man team leaves for Kano Saturday FG<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: Lagos records new COVID-19 death, discharges 26 patients<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Task force to meet security agencies over curfew<\/p>\n<p>EPL: Most players scared of returning Aguero<\/p>\n<p>Makinde slashes salaries of political appointees by 50%<\/p>\n<p>Weve not given approval for any COVID-19 drug NAFDAC<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu inaugurates 118-bed isolation centre in Lagos<\/p>\n<p><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FIRS Gives Deadline on Tax Interests, Penalties Waiver<\/p>\n<p>INEC to Meet over Edo, Ondo Guber Elections on May 7<\/p>\n<p>CBN Extends Deadline for Microfinance Banks Recapitalisation<\/p>\n<p>9.5m Nigerians Use Our USSD Banking Service, Says FirstBank<\/p>\n<p>FG May Declare Aviation Agencies Staff Redundant<\/p>\n<p>FG Urged to Stimulate Export to Avoid FX Scarcity<\/p>\n<p>Recovered Funds Should Be Invested in Aviation Sector<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kano govt accuses ex-NHIS boss of playing politics with COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>Okada rider rapes pregnant woman in Ondo, steals her belongings<\/p>\n<p>Covid-19: Kano may set Nigeria on fire &#8216; Prof Usman Yusuf, ex-NHIS boss<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: FG calls for researches on local cure<\/p>\n<p>Workers Day: Sanwo-Olu doubles life insurance for Lagos health workers<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 lockdown: Fraudsters bombard Nigerians<\/p>\n<p>Legendary Fela&#8217;s drummer, Tony Allen, is dead<\/p>\n<p>Makinde slashes salaries of political appointees by 50%<\/p>\n<p>Stop threatening S&#8217;East, S&#8217;South leaders with probe, IPOB warns FG<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Britain evacuates 1,416 citizens from Lagos, Abuja<\/p>\n<p>Bayelsa senatorial poll: Ijaw leaders joins clamour for Dickson to contest<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Dokpesi, wife, 3 children, 3 others test positive<\/p>\n<p>Rivers vows to sue FG over 11b deduction from FAAC<\/p>\n<p><strong>GUARDIAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PDP NWC faults list of ward, chapter excos released by Cross River<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Helpgate Foundation distributes relief packages to the needy<\/p>\n<p>Kano Lockdown: Government should be flexible,says Junaid Mohammed<\/p>\n<p>Buhari extols Nigerian workers, says FG working to protect, create jobs post COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>Security agencies allow COVID-19 infected persons into Rivers, alleges Wike<\/p>\n<p>Lagosians worry over impact of curfew on livelihood<\/p>\n<p>I wish people would look at me with admiration, not pity, when I introduce myself as a teacher- Aramide Akintimehin<\/p>\n<p>Rivers police arrest suspects who killed, buried three students Uniport<\/p>\n<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>VANGUARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Corpses transported to Ekiti must undergo tests -Taskforce<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: NCDC recorded highest daily test of 2000 samples on April 30<\/p>\n<p>May Day: Release of N2.4bn gratuity excites NLC<\/p>\n<p>Rivers police exhumes rotten corpses of 3 kidnapped Uniport students<\/p>\n<p>Oil Slump, Coronavirus Create a perfect Storm for Nigeria&#8217;s Economy<\/p>\n<p>Senatorial bye-elections: Ijaw leaders root for Dickson<\/p>\n<p>COVID- 19: NCDC issues advisory on use of cloth face masks<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria tops in Neglected Tropical Diseases globally<\/p>\n<p>Workers Day: COVID-19 exposed infrastructural, developmental deficits in Nigeria &#8216; 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Makinde slashes salaries of political appointees by 50 percent<\/p>\n<p>May Day: Buhari assures Nigerian workers of job security<\/p>\n<p>May Day: COVID-19 pandemic worsens our economic, security, poverty, employment woes &#8216; Labour<\/p>\n<p>Workers&#8217; Day: My commitment to workers remains strong, abiding &#8216; Gov Emmanuel<\/p>\n<p>Edo govt condemns Oshiomhole&#8217;s renewed effort to heat up polity, divide APC, cause crisis amid COVID-19 pandemic<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIBUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WHO to identify animal source of COVID-19 &#8216; Director-General<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Lagos inaugurates 118-bed Gbagada isolation centre<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria records 238 new cases of coronavirus, total hits 2,170<\/p>\n<p>Kidnappers release woman abducted with Ekiti commissioner<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria COVID-19 survivor: &#8216;An experience I don&#8217;t wish on anyone<\/p>\n<p>Should babies, children get routine vaccines during coronavirus pandemic<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Dokpesi, daughter-in-law, six other family members test positive<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Kano govt converts library, sport complex, others into isolation centres<\/p>\n<p>Lagos discharges Polish, Filipino, 24 Nigerians after testing negative for coronavirus<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Workers won&#8217;t be retrenched without following due process, says Buhari<\/p>\n<p>Death toll in collapsed eight-storey building in Imo rises to 15<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Kwara issues guidelines over relaxation of lockdown from May 4, records 3 new cases<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: BUK test centre is world class, NCDC declares<\/p>\n<p>Oyo governor slashes salaries of senior govt officials by 50%<\/p>\n<p><strong>NATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Court strikes out N1.2b debt suit against CBN, four banks<\/p>\n<p>Appease our gods or die- monarch tells rape victim<\/p>\n<p>Kidnappers abduct, kill three UNIPORT students<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: Dokpesi, wife, three children test positive for COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki approves N300,000 hazard allowance for health workers on COVID-19 duty<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Kogi directs workers on GL 12, above to resume May 4<\/p>\n<p>Atikus media outfit sacks 46<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WHO chief reiterates coronavirus had natural origin; US states continue to open<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus confirmed at Victorian meat plant<\/p>\n<p>2020 May Day: Spend COVID-19 donations on two sectors, NLC advises FG<\/p>\n<p>FG planning for post COVID-19 economy Ngige<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Yahaya Bello Resumption Of Civil Servants On GL 12 &amp; Above On May 4 In Kogi<\/p>\n<p>FG planning for post COVID-19 economy Ngige<\/p>\n<p>Gov. 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