{"id":24379,"date":"2020-05-06T06:29:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T06:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24379"},"modified":"2020-05-06T06:29:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T06:29:54","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-wednesday-6-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24379","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 6 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>COVID-19: UK death toll becomes highest in Europe<\/p>\n<p>1.1 million NEast children vulnerable to coronavirus UNICEF<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 war would&#8217;ve been tougher without Abacha loot -Presidency<\/p>\n<p>You lied against Osinbajo, BMO tell PDP<\/p>\n<p>Navy suspends training of new recruits<\/p>\n<p>Senate awaiting details of Buharis N850bn domestic loan request<\/p>\n<p>Enforce hotels, beer parlours closure, Wike orders monarchs<\/p>\n<p>Anambra community opposes petition against Buharis FCC nominee<\/p>\n<p>Gbajabiamila bars Reps with COVID-19 contact, defends NCDC Bill<\/p>\n<p>Motorists sleep on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway amid curfew<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Lagos battles shortage of reagents, FCT runs out of test kits<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 patients, family lament starvation in Bauchi isolation centre<\/p>\n<p>Malami knocked for calling Abacha loot late dictators assets<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner alleges plan to import COVID-19 into Kogi<\/p>\n<p>FCT begins trial of persons without face masks<\/p>\n<p>Atiku varsity sacks 400 staff members<\/p>\n<p>Kaduna confirms 72 COVID-19 cases, discharges two<\/p>\n<p>Lebanese community supports LASG with food, ambulance<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 pandemic puts digital transformation back on agenda<\/p>\n<p>Mixed reactions as Senates quarantine bill passes first reading<\/p>\n<p>CAN writes Gbajabiamila, demands Infectious Disease Bills withdrawal<\/p>\n<p>Gunmen kidnap 15, kill one in Kaduna communities<\/p>\n<p>Ebonyi man arrested for beating 11-year-old boy to death<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-5871375-1\" data-google-query-id=\"CMvu89O7nukCFbES0wodgtEFHA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/360613911\/Redmaslatestnigeriannews.com2020optimised_0__container__\">Niger receives COVID-19 remedy from Madagascar<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senate recommends decentralisation of police, community policing<\/p>\n<p>Sierra Leones COVID-19 cases rise to 199<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED: Nigeria records 148 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2,950<\/p>\n<p>265 Nigerians arrive in Lagos from Dubai Wednesday FG<\/p>\n<p>Budget: FG mulls $20 oil benchmark<\/p>\n<p>FG waives import duty on medical supplies<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Governors should take more responsibility<\/p>\n<p>Driver, friend kill Ogun businesswoman, steal N400,000<\/p>\n<p>20 Sokoto travellers intercepted in Ondo<\/p>\n<p>Lagos bricklayer spends six years in prison for phantom robbery<\/p>\n<p>Were fighting COVID-19, not Nigerians or Africans Chinese Ambassador<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: FIFA money not relief fund, says Pinnick<\/p>\n<p>$311m Abacha loot already allocated Presidency<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: Lagos discharges 60 COVID-19 patients<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: AU in talks with Madagascar over herbal remedy<\/p>\n<p>All public office holders have failed Melaye<\/p>\n<p>10 doctors contract COVID-19 at Kano teaching hospital<\/p>\n<p>Doctor who treated first US COVID-19 patient fears second outbreak<\/p>\n<p>One dies, 14 recover from COVID-19 in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>NCDC driver tests positive for COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>Oyakhilome slams pastors for shutting down churches over COVID-19<\/p>\n<p><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lagos Discharges 60 More COVID-19 Patients lol<\/p>\n<p>Gbajabiamila Sets up Committee to Probe Bribery Allegation<\/p>\n<p>Senate Calls for Decentralisation of Nigeria Police<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: SEC Urges Investors to Explore Capital Market Opportunities<\/p>\n<p>Senate Probes Status of 5G Network in Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Kano Discharges 3 COVID-19 Patients<\/p>\n<p>Former Sokoto Gov, Garba Nadama, Dies at 82<\/p>\n<p>Appropriate Time to Enact Infectious Disease Bill, Says Gbajabiamila<\/p>\n<p>Kaduna Has 72 Active Covid-19 Cases, 65 are Almajiris Repatriated from Kano<\/p>\n<p>NEMA: Stop Dragging Osinbajo into Your Impending Implosion, Group Tells PDP<\/p>\n<p>Digital Encode Becomes NITDAs Data Protection Compliance Licensee<\/p>\n<p>Odegbami: Nigeria Cannot Produce another Rashidi Yekini with this Environment<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Furore over appointments in Federal Character Commission<\/p>\n<p>How we&#8217;ll retain Delta in 2023 &#8216; 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protests<\/p>\n<p>Equities defy COVID-19 gloom, as investors gain N896bn<\/p>\n<p>Global economy&#8217;s rebound will determine shipping&#8217;s &#8216;fate<\/p>\n<p>Shippers Council reduces working hours, phases resumption of workers<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers turn hire drivers at Tin can port<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Seafarers attack one another over long stay onboard<\/p>\n<p>Captain Kuti, first Nigerian pilot to fly Boeing 747 dies at 78<\/p>\n<p>Lockdown: Lawyers sue FG, demand categorization of Legal practice as essential service<\/p>\n<p>CAN cautions on passage of proposed infectious bill<\/p>\n<p>President Buhari approves 5 accounts for COVID-19 donations<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: FG engages Northern Traditional Leaders Committee to halt community transmission<\/p>\n<p>Yoruba never demanded Nigeria&#8217;s breakup &#8216; Prof. Akintoye<\/p>\n<p>Yar&#8217;Adua a patriot with passion for the masses &#8216; Buhari<\/p>\n<p>DStv, GOtv hike price asMultiChoice implements 7.5% VAT<\/p>\n<p>Customs strike force rakes N2.1bn in 4 months<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Apapa youths threaten to shut down port operations over neglect<\/p>\n<p>Senate asks FG to suspend deployment of 5G network in Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>World Hygiene Day: WHO harps on importance of handwashing<\/p>\n<p>Presidency may approve local herbs to battle COVID-19 &#8216; Health Minister<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: 34 Kano doctors test positive, one dies &#8216; NMA<\/p>\n<p>Hand hygiene critical to prevent COVID-19 &#8216; WHO<\/p>\n<p>After killing 2, fleeing truck driver crushes only child to death in Cross River<\/p>\n<p>Fire outbreak averted as tankers collide on Lagos\/Ibadan Expressway<\/p>\n<p>Presidency may approve local herbs to battle COVID-19 &#8216; Health Minister<\/p>\n<p>Gunmen kidnap journalist in Umuahia<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Lagos discharges unprecedented 60 patients, total rises to 321<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Oyo Assembly mandates Makinde to pay attention to porous boundary<\/p>\n<p>Osun Assembly suspends council chairman over misappropriation of fund<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Group advocates review of Infectious Diseases Bill<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIBUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.9 million people displaced in North-East, 60% of them children, says UNICEF<\/p>\n<p>NCDC confirms 148 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2,950<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Sick Emir of Daura in intensive care<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Nasarawa govt begins tracing of 74 people who had contact with late lawmaker<\/p>\n<p>CIBN to FG: Diversify economy from over-reliance on crude oil<\/p>\n<p>Global central banks provided $90bn support amid COVID-19 pandemic &#8216; Fitch<\/p>\n<p>Suspected coronavirus patients protest treatment at isolation centre, vow never to go back<\/p>\n<p>FG bars CBN, PTF from unbudgeted spending COVID-19 donations<\/p>\n<p>One doctor died, 32 tested positive after contact with COVID-19 patients, says Kano NMA chairman<\/p>\n<p>NDDC: Reps summon Minister of Niger Delta over N40bn NDDC emergency projects<\/p>\n<p>Senate asks FG, NCC to halt deployment of 5G network<\/p>\n<p>Four out of 11 Sokoto travellers intercepted in Ibadan test positive for coronavirus<\/p>\n<p><strong>NATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria not ruling out local herbs for COVID-19 treatment<\/p>\n<p>IMF disburses $3.4b loan to Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers urge Makinde to extend testing to boundaries<\/p>\n<p>34 more doctors positive<\/p>\n<p>Curfew: Lagos police chief Odumosu shuts out journalists<\/p>\n<p>Fed Govt playing double standard with almajirai, says Wike<\/p>\n<p>60% of IDP children vulnerable, says UNICEF<\/p>\n<p>Four defaulters test positive in Oyo<\/p>\n<p>Runaway patient from Delta caught in Enugu<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: One doctor dies, 32 others test positive in Kano NMA chair<\/p>\n<p>Lagos discharges 60 more COVID-19 patients<\/p>\n<p>Nigerias economy to shrink by 3.4 percent FG<\/p>\n<p>DAAR Communications never lost any staff to COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>CAN writes Gbajabiamila over proposed bill on infectious disease<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NCDC new guidelines discourage sharing of work equipment, computers, tools, phones, desks<\/p>\n<p>Buhari approves 5 accounts for COVID-19 donations<\/p>\n<p>Breaking: NCDC records 148 new cases of COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>Kemi Olunloyo Blasts Igbo Tribe Says Their Girls Are Least Educated In Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gates $10bn bribery allegation: Reps threaten action<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TRUST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>American University of Nigeria, Yola, sacks 400 staff<\/p>\n<p>Covid-19 : FG to evacuate 265 Nigerians from Dubai Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>3 charged for killing guard who told customer to wear face mask<\/p>\n<p>60 patients recover in Lagos, total rises to 321<\/p>\n<p>Gbajabiamila defends control of infectious disease bill<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria must adopt nonpartisan approach in fighting COVID-19, says Dr. Matazu<\/p>\n<p>NCDC driver tests positive for COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: 83% of businesses to slash salaries, cut jobs<\/p>\n<p>PenCom dissolves First Guarantee Pensions&#8217; 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