Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday day, 1 May, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

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

 

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