GUARDIAN
Trump says evidence ties China lab to virus, threatens tariffs
Man rapes teenage wife to death 20 days after marriage
How family of six died in their sleep in Enugu, only son in coma
One Canadian dead, five missing after navy helicopter crash
Time running out on financial lifelines for air travel reboot
Signs of global reopening push oil price up
Clearing agents embark on warning strike over non-compliance with demurrage waiver
IGP team arrests court officials for allegedly extorting from motorists over face masks
Governors task health workers on oath to save lives
NUJ gets palliative from Kwara government
NNPC new staff to assume virtual duty May 4 ‘ Obateru
COVID-19: INEC meets May 7 to adopt guidelines for resumption
Joe Biden launches VP search committee for White House bid
Russian prime minister says he has coronavirus
Nigeria orders senior workers to resume work on Monday
US, China block UN resolution in spat over WHO handling of pandemic
COVID-19: IPMAN lauds members for roles played to ease citizens’ pains
PUNCH
Joe Biden launches VP search committee
COVID-19: UK universities cut staff salaries
Electrocuted man not our employee BEDC
Infected health workers rise from 40 to 113 in one week
UPDATED: Kano records 118 COVID-19 cases in two days
El-Zakzaky, wife ask court to quash charges against them
425 Katsina inmates regain freedom
Atiku faults more foreign loans, large presidential fleet
Abuja cemeteries pose no threats to people FCT
INEC asks tribunal to dismiss Melayes petition
FG uploads e-learning, education rooms across states
N50bn COVID-19 fund: CBN begins disbursement, 3,256 on list
Freight forwarders shut Apapa port over demurrage waivers
Screen vehicles conveying agric produce thoroughly FG
States using COVID-19 to make money, northern elders allege
NERC develops framework to address TCN, Discos conflicts
MTN, others plan $4.8bn investment in Nigeria
$3.4bn support: IMF to conduct due diligence on CBN
Well focus on macroeconomic stability after COVID-19 FG
IMF:Nigerias oil, gas exports to fall by $26.5bn
Staff, wage cuts in aviation regrettable, says FG
CBN extends microfinance banks recapitalisation deadline
Nigerians, China disagree over Guangzhou accommodation for 207, eviction
1,000 NNPC graduate trainees begin work on Monday
Stock market gains N80bn to end April positive
COVID-19: Italy to open two airports next week
Protect workers from COVID-19, job loss, TUC tells govt
Wike alleges sabotage on land, air, sea
Medical director, two others test positive for COVID-19
Osinbajo panel meets Buharis economic advisory council
Edo extends curfew by 14 days, declares patient wanted
Ekiti father who turned back son becomes COVID-I9 envoy
Buses conveying Zamfara, Kaduna miners incepted in Osun
Ekiti arrests three pastors for noise pollution
Policemen, soldiers clash over Delta lockdown enforcement
Kano plans publishing pictures of fleeing COVID-19 patient
Nigerians allege eviction as China claims accommodation for 207
UPDATED: 58 dead as Nigerias COVID-19 cases rise to 1,932
Nasarawa announces two new COVID-19 cases
COVID-19: Nigeria lacks bed spaces, says NCDC boss
Lockdown: Mobile court officials nabbed for extorting motorists
Admirer rapes, dumps Ogun teenager in pit
One dies, many trapped as eight-storey Imo building collapses
Mystery deaths: Five family members die in Enugu
Controversy surrounds video vixens electrocution in Lagos
Family, friends mourn businesswoman who died of delayed surgery
Russian PM tests positive for COVID-19
FG pledges prudent use of $3.4bn IMF loan
Lagos discharges Ukrainian, 11 other COVID-19 patients
BREAKING: FG directs civil servants from level 14 to resume Monday
THISDAY
CBN Extends Deadline for Microfinance Banks Recapitalisation
9.5m Nigerians Use Our USSD Banking Service, Says FirstBank
Union Bank Posts Double-digit Growth in Q1 Earnings, Profit before Tax
FG May Declare Aviation Agencies Staff Redundant
FG Urged to Stimulate Export to Avoid FX Scarcity
Recovered Funds Should Be Invested in Aviation Sector
Wike Decries FGs Neglect of Rivers in Fight against Pandemic
SUN
INEC may review Edo, Ondo guber timetable next week
Edo APC governorship aspirants’ meeting deadlocked
Ekiti PDP rejects swearing in of factional ward excos
Kogi West: Dino Melaye’s petition lacks merit ‘ INEC tells tribunal
Plateau PDP’s purported swear-in of ward exco ‘ll split party ahead 2023-Useni
CBN begins disbursement of N50bn COVID-19 loan
COVID-19: Indigenous oil producers, banks panic over N1.6trn loan
I don’t want to be King over dead bodies ‘ Ooni of Ife
12 Sokoto health workers test positive for COVID-19
Bauchi authorises use of chloroquine for treatment
Hospital owner, mortuary attendant arraigned over missing corpse in Ondo
COVID-19: FG moves to provide palliative for media industries
May Day: TUC asks FG to protect workers from uncharitable employers
NUTGTWN vows to resist any attempt to slash members’ salary
VANGUARD
COVID-19: Transporters ask FG to set up N20bn intervention fund for sector
COVID-19: Health advocate thumps up tricycle owners on regulations
COVID-19: Kano overtakes FCT with total confirmed cases, records 80 in 24 hours
May Day: Don’t worsen matters with post-COVID sacks, NUPENG tells employers
NCDC not aware of Control of Infectious Diseases Bill ‘ Ihekweazu
Dead’ coronavirus particles may cause recovered patients to test positive
Buhari extends tenure of NDDC interim management committee
COVID-19: Reps maintain stand on 2 months free electricity to Nigerians ‘ SPOKESMAN
AfDB approves ‘12.33 for Abidjan-Lagos Highway
68-year-old woman dies of COVID-19 in Akwa Ibom
COVID-19: Delta Assembly resumes sitting after six weeks break
Niger Delta Ex-Agitators ask Buhari to ignore blackmailers of NSA Monguno
TRIBUNE
COVID-19: Nigeria records 204 new cases, total now 1932
Buhari approves N6.2 billion fund for Niger Delta, extends tenure of NDDC mgt
Nigerian govt will replace $300 million Abacha loot fully if diverted, says US
Post COVID-19: Why Africa will be at the forefront of future hospitality investment
113 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus, says health minister
Despite COVID-19, we’ll celebrate May Day, says Labour
Russian Prime Minister tests positive for coronavirus
Soldier killed, policeman injured during fight over curfew compliance in Delta
BREAKING: Lagos discharges Ukrainian, 11 Nigerians after testing negative for coronavirus
Era of oil is gone; Nigeria must cut its coat according to its cloth ‘ Atiku
I became a fake Major because of landgrabbers, says man arrested with 12 fake soldiers
COVID-19 patient flees, declared wanted as Edo govt extends curfew
Passengers found inside two lorries carrying animals at Kaduna-Kano border
Waiver crisis rocks Lagos ports as clearing agents stop cargo clearance
NATION
Fayemi names man who insisted on sons test after trip as COVID-19 Ambassador
Kaduna community seeks el-Rufais support for road network
New projects excite Rivers residents
Davido pens heart warming message to celebrate Chioma on her birthday
No agreement yet on free electricity
Coronavirus will bring significant changes to businesses
COVID-19: FG considers home-care treatment for lack of bed spaces
COVID-19: INEC meets May 7 to adopt guidelines for resumption
I dont want to be king over dead bodies Ooni of Ife
Five family members die mysteriously in Enugu
Nigeria can repay $3.4bn facility, says IMF
COVID-19: Ogun govt. targets 20,000 youths for palliatives
DAILY TIMES
Covid-19: Russian Prime Minister test positive
COVID-19: Citizens groan as Gov. Lalong extends lockdown
FG to revive creative industry post COVID-19
COVID-19 lockdown: Why we are introducing new directives in Plateau, by Gov Lalong
COVID-19: Lagos council boss hails weeklong Sanwo-Olu free daily meal
CNPP demands conduct of council polls in Cross River amidst coronavirus pandemic
Deportation of Almajiris by northern govs unconstitutional, abuse of fundamental rights, says CSO
Niger Delta youths protest alleged plot to reinstate Dokubo to Amnesty Programme
Germany to extend social restrictions until May 10, official says
Just In: Nigerian Catholic priest develops drug for Covid-19 cure
May Day: No job losses arising from COVID-19 FG
Buhari tasks Armed Forces on counter insurgency operations
Lagos issues fresh guidelines for public transport operations
Obaseki extends dusk-to-dawn curfew for another 14 days
INEC meets May 7 to adopt guidelines for resumption of activities
COVID-19: FG begins payment of N50,000 relief money to athletes
Recapitalisation: CBN extends deadline for MfBs to April 2022
Equities market ends April trading on a bullish trend, gains N80bn
Davido set to donate proceeds of new song D&G to COVID-19 research
UK hails virus fundraiser as he turns 100
39 persons die of lassa fever in Bauchi
DAILY TRUST
Govs ban on almajiri: Cheap, quick but unbalanced action
COVID-19: Why NCDC’s communication crisis must improve
ABU’s new Vice Chancellor, Bala, takes over
Fayemi appoints retired FRSC official COVID-19 ambassador for rejecting son who breached lockdown
Coronavirus: Sanwo-Olu reduces bus capacity to 60%, stops use of AC in BRT
Imam sacked for defying ban on public gatherings
May Day: FCT workers want payment of minimum wage arrears
Biden fields committee to help pick running mate
China says it has no interest in meddling in U.S. election
Coronavirus cases in Russia surge past 100,000
113 healthcare workers test positive for COVID-19 already ‘ FG
Edo nursing mother declared wanted after testing positive for Covid-19
Shell cuts dividend to investors first time in 80yrs
SEC DG urges workers to invest in capital market
COVID 19: NPA reports over 50% drop in Nigeria’s cargo traffic
Bulls sustain hold, as investors gain N79bn
COVID-19: Airports Council, IATA seek grants to protect 65.5m jobs
AUTHORITY
Husband,Wife and three Children die mysteriously in Enugu
COVID-19: Gov. Lalong gives new directives on lockdown
Cult war: One killed in reprisal attack in Port Harcourt
COVID-19: EU Distributes Food Items to 2,157 vulnerable Households
Wike calls for collaboration to fight spread of coronavirus
Customs rejects contaminated rice returned by Oyo govt
Covid-19: Sen Ohuabunwa advocates special hazard allowance for Journalists
BUSINESSDAY
Buhari directs NDDC to provide N6.250bn to fight Coronavirus
Kano Overtakes Lagos in New Coronavirus cases as Nigeria records Highest daily infections
Shell cuts dividend for first time since second world war
Senate clarifies approval for Buhari’s N850 loan request; says it only okayed change in source of borrowing
US stocks carve out best month since 1974 in global rebound
China faces wave of calls for debt relief on ‘Belt and Road’ projects
Buhari approves reducing MDAs as concerns over high cost of governance mounts
US jobless claims hit 30m on coronavirus lockdowns
These 5 recommendations came with IMF’s approved $3.4bn relief fund to Nigeria
DAILY INDEPENDENT
Operation Checkmate: Army Parades 13 Suspects For Alleged Impersonation In Lagos
Rivers State University Resumes Online Lectures Monday’ Registrar
No Record Of COVID-19 In Our Correctional Facilities’ Aregbesola
FG Approves Partial Resumption For Senior Public Servants
Buhari Engages Yobe Governor, Tasks Security Agencies On Counter Operations
COVID-19: INEC Meets March 7 To Adopt Guidelines For Resumption
COVID-19: Aisha Buhari Donates Food Items To Widows, Vulnerable Women
BLUEPRINT
Rohr accepts pay cut to remain S/Eagles gaffer
Breaking: At last, Trump reveals where, how Covid-19 originated
Kwara reversed college’s leave directive
Don urges Rivers to retain radio/tv school learning
Breaking: Kano overtakes Abuja as Nigeria records 204 highest daily Covid-19 cases, 58 dead