{"id":24439,"date":"2020-05-20T06:30:15","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T06:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24439"},"modified":"2020-05-20T06:30:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T06:30:15","slug":"nigerian-newspapers-headlines-wednesday-20-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24439","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Wednesday, 20 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>Chinese claim new drug can stop pandemic without vaccine<\/p>\n<p>Oil crosses $35 on output cuts signals<\/p>\n<p>NAFDAC begins testing of four virus remedy drugs<\/p>\n<p>No guarantee for returnees from France, says minister<\/p>\n<p>Covid-19: Kwara PDP, APC disagree over palliative distribution<\/p>\n<p>Ooni donates motorised modular fumigators to Edo, Delta<\/p>\n<p>Reps to Fed Govt: set up N15b emergency fund<\/p>\n<p>Ibadan firm with 49 positive workers: weve adopted protective measures<\/p>\n<p>LUTH delivers fourth COVID-19 patient of twins<\/p>\n<p>Pandemic teaching world humility, say WHO DG, T.B. Joshua<\/p>\n<p>Children group donates N50m to Fed Govts coronavirus response<\/p>\n<p>Rivers withdraws charges against pilots, passengers<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai pays May salaries ahead of Sallah celebration<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Reps to meet Ministers over salaries, PPE for Health Workers<\/p>\n<p>NASS to rearrange its agenda to reflect COVID-19 realities Gbajabiamila<\/p>\n<p>We cant afford mass infection with eased lockdown, says FG<\/p>\n<p>FG to Nigerians: prepare for the worst on COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>Premier League confirms six positive COVID-19 cases after testing<\/p>\n<p>UK penalises Oyakhilomes TV over 5G\/COVID-19 claims<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joint squad arrives Katsina for special operation against bandits<\/p>\n<p>Oyo firm with 57 positive workers curtails COVID-19 spread<\/p>\n<p>NDDC N40bn: Senate demands written explanation from Akpabio, CBN<\/p>\n<p>Christian apologist, Ravi Zacharias, dies at 74<\/p>\n<p>Almajirai migration to South shows North is shifting its burden National Publicity Secretary, Ohanaeze Ndigbo<\/p>\n<p>FG sacks Mohammed as TCN boss, appoints Abdulaziz<\/p>\n<p>Employers association condemns Customs processes, high duty<\/p>\n<p>22-year-old COVID-19 patient gives birth to twins in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>Senate demands immediate reversal of power privatisation<\/p>\n<p>Nigerias active oil rigs fall by 24% to 16<\/p>\n<p>Reps demand 40-year socioeconomic plan from FG<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers probe NBETs finances in six years<\/p>\n<p>PPPRA clears marketers to import petrol<\/p>\n<p>Senate begins Nigerias local content law amendment<\/p>\n<p>FGs disinfection teams visit states, FAAN fumigates airports<\/p>\n<p>Ill lead Kano-Kaduna boundary patrol on Sallah day El-Rufai<\/p>\n<p>Reps tackle health minister over explanation on Chinese doctors<\/p>\n<p>ICYMI: How ICPC indicted ex-FIIRO DG for academic fraud<\/p>\n<p>Wike alleges plan to declare emergency in Rivers<\/p>\n<p>Military kills scores as Boko Haram attacks Dapchi<\/p>\n<p>Many top Nigerians dying due to COVID-19 home care FG<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3114028-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CJX6puvVwekCFaQX0wodrPIBLA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/360613911\/Redmaslatestnigeriannews.com2020optimised_0__container__\">Curfew: Against Buharis directive, IG bars journalists, doctors, others<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Well use self-help to stop Almajirai Ohanaeze, Anambra elders<\/p>\n<p>NDA dismisses 13 cadets, demotes one for exam fraud<\/p>\n<p>Foreign soldiers saving Nigerians from bandits Senator<\/p>\n<p>Demolished Rivers hotel manager to appeal confinement, N50,000 fine<\/p>\n<p>IGs parallel team invitation to anarchy Rivers lawmakers<\/p>\n<p>Bandits kill 12 in fresh Zamfara attacks<\/p>\n<p>N76bn uncompleted building: EFCC has cleared me, says perm sec<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED: Nigeria records 226 new cases of COVID-19, total now 6,401<\/p>\n<p>Pastor who laid hands on COVID-19 patients dies of virus<\/p>\n<p>FCC commissioner-designate dies 21 days after appointment<\/p>\n<p>Man reunites with parents 32 years after abduction<\/p>\n<p>WHO lists African countries with less COVID-19 cases<\/p>\n<p>FG deploys special forces in Plateau<\/p>\n<p>Terrorists attack Dapchi, kill one, loot shops<\/p>\n<p>Osun intercepts 35 Sokoto-bound youths<\/p>\n<p>Gunmen kill Ijaw group spokesman in Delta<\/p>\n<p><strong>THISDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visa&#8217;s Fast Track Program Propels Growth of the Fintech Industry Worldwide<\/p>\n<p>Lagos Discharges 9 Additional COVID-19 Patients<\/p>\n<p>Buhari Sacks TCN Managing Director, Announces Replacement<\/p>\n<p>Fayemi: Promasidors $5m Investment in Ekiti will Boost Economy<\/p>\n<p>Sylva: Nigeria Has Lost Much to Non-passage of PIB<\/p>\n<p>ACCA Introduces Online Exams<\/p>\n<p>Police Arrest 30 Persons over Attacks on Adamawa Communities<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Edo, Ondo guber elections&#8217; dates sacrosanct -&#8216;INEC<\/p>\n<p>It is derogatory to call Uzodinma &#8216;Supreme Court Governor&#8217; &#8216; Imo Elders<\/p>\n<p>Biafra in future will teach Nigeria how to run a democracy, says Kanu<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: ICC recommends rule to ban use of saliva on balls<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria to prosecute 10 men arrested under new anti-piracy law<\/p>\n<p>Trade facilitation: Tin Can Customs deploys TRS, rakes in N117.8bn revenue<\/p>\n<p>Fresh optimism for 2020 budget as oil price nears $35 p\/b<\/p>\n<p>NASS member assembles 300 community volunteers against COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>IGP orders strict enforcement of inter-state movement restriction orders<\/p>\n<p><strong>GUARDIAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Again, unions advocate NLNG model for refineries resuscitation<\/p>\n<p>Afghan mosque attack kills 8 worshippers breaking fast<\/p>\n<p>Shippers&#8217; council partners NCDC to curtail spread of COVID-19 to port community<\/p>\n<p>Contractors threaten ministry over N17b debt<\/p>\n<p>Maximise COVID-19 to digitise payment systems, experts urge<\/p>\n<p>Customs seizes N8b contrabands amid border closure<\/p>\n<p>Gains in bellwethers lift market index further by N136 billion<\/p>\n<p>Almajirai&#8217;s provocative exodus to southern Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Perm sec denies wrongdoing as HoSF queries N48b expenditure<\/p>\n<p>Accountability to electricity consumers, stakeholders key to sustainability<\/p>\n<p>Kano, Nasarawa relax restriction on worship centres<\/p>\n<p>Minister, Edo move to rescue ailing Eagles former defender, Sunday Eboigbe<\/p>\n<p>Delta unveils Operation Hawks to tackle herdsmen attacks, insecurity, crimes<\/p>\n<p>Senate seeks suspension of planned electricity tariff hike<\/p>\n<p>Another coronavirus patient gives birth to twins in Lagos<\/p>\n<p>Reps orders WRPC to reinstate 300 casual workers , probe NNPC on recruitment of graduates trainees<\/p>\n<p>Bread price to increase by 60 percent over rising materials cost, say Lagos Bakers<\/p>\n<p>Road commuters pay between N200 and N5000 to defile inter-state travel ban &#8211; group alleges<\/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>BREAKING: APC fixes dates for Edo, Ondo Guber Primary as INEC sticks to timetable<\/p>\n<p>NASS to change legislative agenda in line with COVID-19 realities<\/p>\n<p>Gambari&#8217;s appointment, great asset to Nigeria, Africa, says Ex-UN Scribe<\/p>\n<p>Senate commends Buhari over military action against banditry<\/p>\n<p>Shippers&#8217; Council asks CBN to give maritime, logistics sector priority<\/p>\n<p>Customs deploy TRS to enhance trade facilitation, revenue generation<\/p>\n<p>Breaking: &#8216;James Kolo&#8217;, Buhari&#8217;s nominee for FEC job is dead<\/p>\n<p>Privatization Council approves Health Sector Reform draft Bill<\/p>\n<p>IGP Adamu orders strict enforcement of inter-state movement restriction orders<\/p>\n<p>Global firms fear prolonged global recession, others &#8216; WEF<\/p>\n<p>NDLEA in Imo begins manhunt of killers for command&#8217;s officer<\/p>\n<p>Expedite actions on completion of Ajaokuta Steel, Senate tells FG<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRIBUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apologise to Nigerians for denying links with Chinese doctors, PDP tells FG<\/p>\n<p>Insecurity: Troops kill scores of Boko Haram\/ISWAP terrorists in Yobe<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: IGP orders strict enforcement of inter-state movement restriction orders<\/p>\n<p>Security: Buhari not discriminating against states &#8216; Presidency<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Introduce national policy on online education, Reps tell FG<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 must ensure best practice, Gbajabiamila tasks Reps&#8217; Ad-hoc Committee<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Reps chide FG over delayed payment of health workers salaries<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Nigeria confirms 226 new cases, total now 6,401<\/p>\n<p>Buhari removes TCN MD one month after he reportedly sacked labour leader<\/p>\n<p>Reps to conduct forensic audit of NNPC&#8217;s recent recruitment<\/p>\n<p>NCDMB&#8217;s BrentPlus initiative to drive innovations in oil and gas sector<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus won&#8217;t stop our programme for Ondo, Edo governorship elections, INEC says<\/p>\n<p>Senate to probe N1.532trn intervention fund to Power sector<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not aware of plan to deport 15,000 Nigerian students from Malaysia, says minister<\/p>\n<p>EFCC not a political tool, APC chieftain tells Obaseki over panel report on Oshiomhole<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t listen to Trump on hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19, says PTF<\/p>\n<p>Reps set for final passage of bill on police, host community partnership bill<\/p>\n<p>We have failed if we don&#8217;t learn from COVID-19 to build institutions &#8216; PTF<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TIMES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AIbom: Udom cuts salaries of political appointees over fall in oil price<\/p>\n<p>IGP orders strict enforcement of inter-state movement restriction order<\/p>\n<p>Teenager commits suicide in Delta after quarrel with sister<\/p>\n<p>APC slams Rivers monarchs, urges President Buhari to disregard their request on disbandment of Joint Taskforce<\/p>\n<p>Wike withdraws charges against pilots, passengers who violated Executive order<\/p>\n<p>Just one COVID-19 test conducted in Kogi since the outbreak NCDC<\/p>\n<p>Akwa Ibom slashes salaries of political appointees by 20%<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Doctors: PDP berates FG for concealment, deception<\/p>\n<p>Senate hails Buhari on military action against banditry in Kastina<\/p>\n<p>Trump threatens to pull out of WHO over alarming lack of independence from China<\/p>\n<p>Not all hand sanitisers in circulation are good enough for use Health Minister<\/p>\n<p>Reps to Ehanire: Provide full details of the activities and whereabouts of Chinese doctors<\/p>\n<p>Katsina releases N77m scholarship allowance for medical students<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria records 4 Covid-19 births as Patient gives birth to Twins In LUTH<\/p>\n<p>Senate probes N1.532trn power sector intervention<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19: Kaduna slashes 2020 budget by N37.71bn<\/p>\n<p>LUTH delivers 4th COVID-19 patient of twins<\/p>\n<p>Chimamanda Adichie becomes 1st black woman to deliver UPenns commencement address<\/p>\n<p>Atiku Abubakar celebrates veteran musician, Lagbaja as he marks 60th birthday<\/p>\n<p>Oba Of Benin Welcomes First Prince As Monarch<\/p>\n<p>Ooni of Ifes wife, Queen Naomi Ogunwusi denies breakup with the Monarch<\/p>\n<p>US blames WHO for pandemic deaths as others demand global unity<\/p>\n<p>Poland celebrates 100th anniversary of Pope John Paul IIs birth<\/p>\n<p>Trump says he is taking controversial anti-malarial drug<\/p>\n<p>Germany, France propose half-trillion-euro virus package for Europe<\/p>\n<p>Brazil to employ Cuban doctors to help with Covid-19<\/p>\n<p><strong>DAILY TRUST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unaffected by Covid-19, online sales platforms hit record profits<\/p>\n<p>Rivers withdraws charges against Caverton Helicopter Pilots<\/p>\n<p>New COVID-19 vaccine tested on 45 people<\/p>\n<p>9 die as Nigeria records 216 new COVID-19 cases, total now 6,175<\/p>\n<p>I deceived my wife to keep kidnapped cleric&#8217;s twins &#8216; 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