{"id":24384,"date":"2020-05-07T05:53:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T05:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24384"},"modified":"2020-05-07T05:53:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T05:53:43","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-thursday-7-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24384","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Thursday, 7 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>NATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UKs confirmed COVID-19 death toll tops 30,000<\/p>\n<p>Four doctors, 18 nurses, others test positive in Bauchi, Kano<\/p>\n<p>80% of infected persons dont require hospital admission<\/p>\n<p>N24b loss cripples aviation sector<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Only those with roofs over their heads can stay home, safe<\/p>\n<p>260 Nigerians evacuated from UAE arrive Lagos<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: Lagos discharges 37 more COVID-19 patients<\/p>\n<p>Ogun Judiciary holds maiden virtual court proceeding<\/p>\n<p>Why I referred to Abacha loot as Abacha Assets- Malami<\/p>\n<p>Ooni dissociates self from illegal mining in Osun<\/p>\n<p>Two COVID-19 patients escape from Oyo isolation centre<\/p>\n<p>Curfew: Police relocate checkpoints to ease movement of essential workers<\/p>\n<p>FG warns Nigerians about dangers of disobeying COVID-19 guidelines<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russia records 10,559 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours<\/p>\n<p>Afenifere urges Senate to reject Taraba FCC nominee<\/p>\n<p>Imperatives of an outbreak revolving fund in Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>41 suspected robbers, kidnappers, cultists paraded in CRiver<\/p>\n<p>Lagos AG condoles with ThisDay over judiciary reporters death<\/p>\n<p>No apologies for using Chloroquine to cure coronavirus Bauchi gov<\/p>\n<p>Despite lockdown, stock market investors gain N897bn<\/p>\n<p>Suspected herdsmen kill man, pregnant wife in Benue<\/p>\n<p>Banks at risk of loan default, says MPC member<\/p>\n<p>Woman gives birth on Dubai flight evacuating 265 Nigerians<\/p>\n<p>NNPC reduces petrol depot price to N108<\/p>\n<p>FG, states&#8217;ll feed schoolchildren at home, minister insists<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian content board urges trainers to redesign programmes<\/p>\n<p>Customs donate N40.9m relief materials to ministry<\/p>\n<p>Security agents must stop violation of interstate lockdown, says NGF<\/p>\n<p>Discos owe NBET N76bn in two months<\/p>\n<p>Opening markets, closing churches for COVID-19 wrong Oyedepo<\/p>\n<p>Electricity workers say expansion projectsll save jobs<\/p>\n<p>Why I called $311m looted fund Abacha assets Malami<\/p>\n<p>Stop embarrassing police officers, IG warns curfew breakers<\/p>\n<p>Northern govs have resolved to stamp out Almajiris -El-Rufai<\/p>\n<p>Yobe gov dismisses report of states 155 COVID-19 deaths<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Emefiele commends private sector support<\/p>\n<p>JUTH terminates 25 resident doctors engagement<\/p>\n<p>Bureau de change operators support 2,000 families<\/p>\n<p>Two Oyo COVID-19 patients flee isolation centre<\/p>\n<p>Foreign reserves gain $449.5m in one week<\/p>\n<p>10 doctors, nurses test positive in Bauchi<\/p>\n<p>Demand for tablets, laptops soars, prices rise by 20%<\/p>\n<p>Yobe lawmaker admits being COVID-19 positive, self-isolates<\/p>\n<p>Patient abandoned by Ogun hospital dies, brother kicks<\/p>\n<p>Shippers council to enforce demurrage refund<\/p>\n<p>Emir of Daura hospitalised, Buhari offers prayers<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED: 256 Nigerians arrive in Lagos from UAE<\/p>\n<p>Ekiti to test 100,000 for COVID-19 before July<\/p>\n<p>Why I referred to Abacha loot as assets Malami<\/p>\n<p>FG extends ban on flights by four weeks<\/p>\n<p>Nigerias oil production exceeds OPEC quota<\/p>\n<p>Suspend discretionary oil fields licensing, CSOs urge Buhari<\/p>\n<p>Airlines losing N17bn monthly to COVID-19 Govt<\/p>\n<p>Five die of COVID-19 in Kano, Katsina, Nasarawa<\/p>\n<p>Evacuation: Nigerian airlines must be proactive FG<\/p>\n<p>VIDEO: How I Killed My Fathers Friend Who Tried to Rape Me 15-Year-Old<\/p>\n<p>Lagos discharges 37 more COVID-19 patients<\/p>\n<p>FG directs states to increase isolation centres over rising COVID-19 cases<\/p>\n<p>Uber cuts 3,700 jobs amid COVID-19 slump<\/p>\n<p>Emefiele should enforce BVN rule<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians demand justice for innocent man remanded for six years<\/p>\n<p>Gombes COVID-19 cases imported from Kano, Lagos Task force chair<\/p>\n<p>Strange deaths in Jigawa not caused by COVID-19 LG boss<\/p>\n<p>US COVID-19 Task Force will continue indefinitely Trump<\/p>\n<p>IMF disburses $3.4bn emergency loan to Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Commercial bus drivers non-compliance with guidelines worrisome LASTMA<\/p>\n<p>Deport Almajiris in South-East, Ohanaeze youths tell govs<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Lagos, Kano Abuja, others get 35,000 test kits from FMN<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PDP alleges plot to loot $311m repatriated fund<\/p>\n<p>2023: We&#8217;ll go all out for Presidency &#8216;Ohanaeze<\/p>\n<p>Covid-19: FG should investigate activities of security agencies &#8216;Akintunde<\/p>\n<p>PDP frustrated by lack of access to recovered stolen public funds, says APC<\/p>\n<p>Piracy:Nigeria loses $1.5bn monthly &#8216;IMB<\/p>\n<p>FG slashes revenue, oil earnings to N3tr, N1.1tr<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Reps, AON knock FG over foreign carriers evacuating Nigerians<\/p>\n<p>As FG decries violation of standard protocols, warns against backlash<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Nigeria&#8217;ll remain investment destination &#8216;NIPC<\/p>\n<p>Hours gridlock in Onitsha, Asaba over tanker&#8217;s crash on Niger Bridge<\/p>\n<p>90,000 health workers infected with COVID-19 worldwide &#8216; Report<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-5871375-1\" 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downtool<\/p>\n<p>Military kills 496 terrorists, bandits across North<\/p>\n<p>Afenifere faults composition of federal character commission<\/p>\n<p>Abba Kyari: Blind loyalty or presidential abdication<\/p>\n<p>Lower interest, N50b credit can boost agric, diversify economy<\/p>\n<p>ASUU protests against non-implementation of Buhari&#8217;s directive to pay salary<\/p>\n<p>UNIZIK dismisses don over alleged discovery of COVID-19 drug<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo presses China but acknowledges &#8216;no certainty&#8217; virus from lab<\/p>\n<p>New York Times sees record gain in digital subscriptions<\/p>\n<p>Merkel gives go-ahead for Bundesliga to resume in mid-May<\/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>Petrol to sell at N117 per litre, as PPMC slashes ex-depot prices<\/p>\n<p>CACOVID strengthens Rivers, Enugu states against COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>Composition of Federal Character Commission favours one zone&#8217; Afenifere<\/p>\n<p>CSO commends NASS move to probe alleged N40bn fraud in NDDC<\/p>\n<p>Ondo discharges three COVID-19 patients<\/p>\n<p>Fund NCDC adequately to tackle f COVID-19 &#8216; parties tell FG<\/p>\n<p>Lagos COVID-19 cases rise to 1, 242 &#8216; Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>Plateau places 11 contacts of COVID-19 patient on &#8216;supervised isolation<\/p>\n<p>Plane conveying Nigerian returnees from Dubai makes U-turn<\/p>\n<p>Troops killed 343 Boko Haram terrorists in 47 days &#8216; DHQ<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: FG grants 2-month licence fee waiver to broadcast stations<\/p>\n<p>2020 Budget: FG slashes projected revenue, oil earnings to N3.9trn, N1.1trn<\/p>\n<p>NDDC: Senate probes IMC over alleged squandering of N40bn<\/p>\n<p>Atiku Abubakar varsity sacks 400 staff<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIBUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria records 195 new cases of coronavirus as total hits 3,145<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING: Petrol depot price reduced to N108, diesel N164<\/p>\n<p>Reasons Oronsaye&#8217;s report will put Nigeria&#8217;s aviation in disarray<\/p>\n<p>Positive sentiments persist as equities market records 8th consecutive gain<\/p>\n<p>Why FG needs to rescue FAAN from post COVID-19 disaster &#8216;Idu<\/p>\n<p>265 Nigerians arrive at Lagos Airport from UAE<\/p>\n<p>5 killed, DPO shot in multiple attacks by bandits in Katsina, says Governor<\/p>\n<p>JUST IN: COVID-19: Delta loses third patient in isolation centre<\/p>\n<p>Lagos discharges Indian, 36 other patients after testing negative for coronavirus<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Obaigbena donates ThisDay Dome as 320-bed isolation centre<\/p>\n<p>JUST IN: 14 more health workers test positive for coronavirus in Kano<\/p>\n<p>Despite Buhari&#8217;s directive, our salaries still withheld &#8216; ASUU<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Katsina announces 800 blood samples taken for screening at NCDC<\/p>\n<p>Again, suspected herdsmen kill man, pregnant wife in Benue<\/p>\n<p>Buhari names Abba as chairman police trust fund board of trustees<\/p>\n<p>10 frontline health workers have tested positive for coronavirus in Bauchi, says agency boss<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NCDC records 195 new cases of COVID-19, five deaths<\/p>\n<p>BMO expresses confidence in Buharis COVID-19 expenditure framework<\/p>\n<p>WHO deploys additional personnel to support COVID-19 response in Kano State<\/p>\n<p>Gombe COVID-19 protest manifestation of prevailing socioeconomic, psychological challenges Govt<\/p>\n<p>Breaking: Nigeria records 5 deaths, 195 new cases of COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>U.S. COVID-19 assistance to Nigeria rises to N11.6bn<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: UKs death toll tops 30,000<\/p>\n<p>Buhari condoles with Chief of Army Staff, Buratai, over mothers death<\/p>\n<p>Buhari prays for speedy recovery of Emir of Daura<\/p>\n<p>NCDC using data to drive response to COVID-19, say Dr Ihekweazu<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: FG to dialogue with Govs on almajirai movement<\/p>\n<p>Abacha loot: PDP, APC trade words over $311m repatriated fund<\/p>\n<p>Troops eliminate 343 terrorists, 153 bandits in 47 days DHQ<\/p>\n<p>FG to utilise COVID-19 donations in funding supplementary budget<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: 2 patients abscond from Oyo isolation centre<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Plateau places 11 family members on supervised isolation<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: ICPC draws guidelines for PTF management on relief funds<\/p>\n<p>Evacuation of Nigerians from U.S. now scheduled for Saturday<\/p>\n<p>China says Hong Kong will never be calm unless violent protesters removed<\/p>\n<p>How heat waves will affect 3billion people by 2027 Study<\/p>\n<p>Pandemic pushes some Iraqis, broken by conflict, into poverty<\/p>\n<p>Give us first-hand information to fight virus, Taiwan asks WHO<\/p>\n<p>South Korea spy agency says no signs North Koreas Kim received heart surgery: Yonhap<\/p>\n<p>EXIM supports 161 small businesses with $139m in March<\/p>\n<p>Reps probe Akpabio, NDDC mgt over alleged funds mismanagement<\/p>\n<p>NIS generates over N62.6bn, $41.832m in 2019<\/p>\n<p>Trump eyeing end of coronavirus task force, switch to economic focus<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: FG to further slash oil price to $20 per barrel<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TRUST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rising cases of COVID-19 not unexpected -FG<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian tourism and possible post-COVID-19 turn around<\/p>\n<p>The ripple effect: How COVID-19 is sending waves across the health system<\/p>\n<p>FG says schools must recruit tech-savvy teachers<\/p>\n<p>Anambra contemplates morning, afternoon classes as post-lockdown strategy<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Police commence curfew enforcement in FCT<\/p>\n<p>Car crushes man to death while he&#8217;s on video call<\/p>\n<p>WHO confirms 7 fresh cases of Ebola in DRC<\/p>\n<p>Africa approaches 50,000 COVID-19 cases, 2,000 deaths<\/p>\n<p>Freedom of speech at risk in Ethiopia amid COVID-19-related restrictions<\/p>\n<p>NUPENG, PENGASSAN warn against arbitrary sack of workers<\/p>\n<p>We raised N30.42trn investment interest, impacted 333m lives &#8216; AfDB<\/p>\n<p>Merkel gives go-ahead for Bundesliga to resume in mid-May<\/p>\n<p>Survey rates Nigeria low on budget&#8217;s public inputs, transparency<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Germany&#8217;s stock market volume up 168%<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Northern traditional rulers demand FG to halt repatriation of almajiris<\/p>\n<p>Reps slams FG for hiring foreign airlines to evacuate Nigerians abroad<\/p>\n<p>Oil rises above $31 as lockdown easing counter supply glut<\/p>\n<p><strong>AUTHORITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Armed Force kill 343 Boko Haram\/ISWAP terrorists, 153 bandits in 2 months<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 : FG raises concern over violation of safety measures<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 Curfew: 43 travellers arrested in FCT over violation<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: FG Partners global IT Firms on Virtual learning<\/p>\n<p>NUJ Members Commence Boycott Of NMA 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