Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Monday, 11 May, 2020

Nigerian Newspapers Headlines

PUNCH

Wuhan reports first COVID-19 infection after one month

UK extends lockdown by three weeks

Why Im staying away from partisan politics -Jonathan

Kano loses another traditional ruler

Ondo FRSC intercepts 13 Almajirai inside truck during curfew

Buharis incompetence destroying Nigeria, says PDP

Managing the economy after the pandemic

Umahi suspends commissioners, monarchs over boundary lockdown violation

SERAP threatens to sue Wike over hotels demolition

Sierra Leone suspends minister for threatening to kill rioters

Kenya records 23 new COVID-19 cases, total now 672

Lockdown: Churches, restaurants reopen in Germany

13 soldiers test positive for COVID-19 in Lebanon

Thugs disrupt traditional rulers meeting in Calabar

Lagos discharges 21 COVID-19 patients

Integrated payment system saved N361bn despite opposition, says FG

FG quarantines 160 Nigerians evacuated from US

Importers worry over N2bn air cargo storage charge

Nigerian households spent N2tn on fuel, electricity in 2019 NBS

CEOs urge FG to declare emergency in manufacturing sector

Emefiele assures foreign investors of funds transfer

Seven Nigerian banks post N209.16bn profits

Nigerias economy in distress before COVID-19 Mbonu

Police, NSCDC, others killed 11 during lockdown -NHRC

COVID-19: Home treatment will increase infections, NMA, nurses warn

FG warns vice-chancellors against reopening varsities

Peterside knocks Wike over Rivers hotels demolition

Reject appointment of 22 FCT judges, lawyers tells Buhari

Kaduna discharges 210 Almajirai after 14-day quarantine

NGF plans private sector investment in health funding

Two fleeing Kaduna COVID-19 patients arrested Commissioner

Hoodlums disrupt monarchs meeting in Cross River

Oyo records 64 COVID-19 cases in 15 LGs

Eight killed, houses razed in Taraba communal clashes

UCH converts ward to COVID-19 treatment centre

Five arrested over Ogun smugglers attack on Customs man

LASG shuts hotel, club for contravening COVID-19 guidelines

Sokoto ex-commissioner for Land and Housing, ex-minister die

Edo screens 104,186 persons, traces 689 contacts

Over 50 UUTH health workers in self-isolation CMD

FCT courts resumes today, limit attendance to 10

Kaduna to repair church destroyed during military operation

BREAKING: 143 dead as Nigerias COVID-19 cases rise to 4,399

Lafia Hospital, Ibadan, reopens

Former health minister, Alhassan dies in Sokoto

American dies of suspected COVID-19 in Delta

Police arrest 16 suspected cultists in Lagos

How EFCC arrested me over N1,600 Benue shawarma dealer

Passer-by burnt to death in Ogun tanker fire

Father, son defile Osun teenager, girl pregnant

Gunmen kill businessmans wife, police escorts in Delta

COVID-19: Rivers demolishes two hotels for flouting lockdown

Kaduna announces two new COVID-19 deaths

COVID-19: Ecuador president takes 50% pay cut

Another total lockdown counterproductive Keyamo

BREAKING: Police officer dies of COVID-19 in Ogun hospital

Publish budget for home feeding programme, SERAP tells FG

THISDAY

Chike-Obi: Why FG Should Borrow More Money

Emefiele Allays Foreign Investors Fears over Funds Repatriation

Global Stock Markets Lose $18tn to Pandemic, Says Report

ECA: Africa Loses $65.7bn Monthly to Lockdowns

Survey: COVID-19 Responsible for Fall in PMI

Criticisms Trail NAssemblys Bill On Control of Infectious Diseases

Citing Court Order, PDP Rejects Kashamus Faction Congresses

Sustaining the Eased Lockdown is a Civic Duty

Unending Recovery of the Abacha Assets

SUN

Cross River: Ayade, NASS members in ding-dong battle over PDP structure

Crisis brews in PDP over validation of congresses

Why I’m staying away from partisan politics ‘Jonathan

Bayelsa Guber Petition: Unease over summons of deputy gov, NYSC

Cash for 2014 World Cup slot: Amokachi slams Obasi over bribery allegation

Mike Tyson made $3m for biting Holyfield’s ear

COVID-19: Nigerian SMEs, businesses leverage FG, CBN’s stimulus to set economy abuzz again

COVID-19: We’re leveraging technology to surmount challenges ‘Mary Uduk, Ag SEC boss

Operators, shareholders kick against virtual AGMs

Eased lockdown, IMF budget facility,propel NSE ASI up 4.45%

Minister raises the alarm over dwindling tax revenue

Inter-state transporters seek FG’s support to survive lockdown setback

Forex repatriation: Emefiele assures security of investment

CSCS to hold 26th AGM by proxy

COVID 19: Ganduje accuses northern govs of playing politics with positive status of Almajirai

ASUU-UI produces 3,000 treated face masks for members

FRSC intercepts truck conveying almajirai to Ondo

COVID-19: 160 Nigerians in US arrive Abuja

GUARDIAN

Indigent communities in six states get COVID-19 lifeline

COVID-19 : Obi extends palliatives to Bishop Shanahan, Annunciation Hospital

Minister places Okawaraji’smother on monthly salary

Maradona is the greatest, not Messi says Cannavaro

NFF grooming Yobo as Super Eagles future coach, says Pinnick

Cheap assets, lockdown easing, others push NSE’s indicators by 4.45%

NAICOM to rollout new guideline on industry’s recapitalisation post-pandemic

Fayemi urges caution as Ekiti State records three new coronavirus cases

Suspected herdsmen kill two women in Benue, injure five others

Lagos government discharges 21 more COVID-19 pandemic patients

Experts propose three-month processing time for NHF loan

Suspected kidnappers free abducted woman, daughter in Delta

Wike demolishes two hotels in Rivers for flouting executive order

Singer Betty Wright Is Dead At 66

15 health workers test positive for Covid19 in Bauchi

Yobe to investigate cause of 150 deaths in one week

NCDC activates additional 3 laboratories, bringing total number of laboratories to 23

Roze’s ‘Ileke’ hits number one spot on Nigeria iTunes

HURIWA wants Prophet Odumeje arrested over abuse of national currency

Fleeing COVID-19 patients returned to isolation centre in Kaduna

Police arrest 4 suspects for allegedly killing 16-year-old maid in Lagos

NDDC probe: Group urges Akpabio to leave National Assembly alone

Women harder hit than men from coronavirus in Quebec

Army kills 20 Boko Haram terrorists in Borno

VANGUARD

Troops fire Church building by mistake in Kaduna ‘Govt

COVID-19: Extend import waiver to all essential drugs, Pharmacists beg FG

Low prices, lockdown easing boost equities market as investors gain N534bn

Demolition of hotels: Wike has thrown caution to the wind ‘ Kola-otitoju

Sokoto Land and Housing Commissioner,Gatawa, dead, buried

COVID-19: Oyo lawmaker goes on Facebook live chat to connect with constituents

Ondo 2020: Confusion in Ondo PDP over consensus governorship candidate

Edo 2020: I’m not fronting for anyone, I’m running to win ‘ Hon Agbonayinma

Cost of funds to decline as N330bn boost interbank liquidity

COVID-19: Afrinvest floats $2m dollar fund to help investors diversify portfolio

67-year-old American lady slumps, dies in Delta hotel

PDP condoles Gov. Tambuwal over patriarch’s death

COVID-19: Buhari’s incompetence, backseat governance destroying Nigeria ‘ PDP

Submit to treatment, Kaduna warns Covid-19 patients

Sokoto Commissioner for Land and Housing is dead

Covid-19 is real, I’ve lost 2 friends ‘ Lalong tells Nigerians

Covid-19: Kaduna patients who fled now in isolation Centre

COVID-19: Kaduna discharges 210 Almajiris after two weeks quarantine

COVID 19: FG, Oil companies abandoned us, Niger Delta group cries out

COVID-19 Think Tank pleads for curfew relaxation, longer opening hours to reduce overcrowding

I’ll feel fulfilled if NDDC is repositioned for good performance ‘ Rep Ojo, Cmte Chair

We have recorded 100 per cent recovery in coronavirus cases ‘ Gov Emmanuel

TRIBUNE

COVID-19: Couple marries by proxy in Benue

COVID-19: Bauchi locks down three LGAs to check community transmission

Borno discharges 12 coronavirus patients, 22 awaiting final test results

CACOVID, NCDC to support Oyo govt on coronavirus battle with N350 million

Nigeria confirms 248 new cases of COVID-19, total now 4,399

I would rather die from coronavirus than live in misery, says African desperate to be in Europe

Coronavirus or not, African migrants desperately push on in the desert towards Europe

300 NDDC contracts allegation: Rep threatens court action

Attempt to neutralise bandits partly damaged Assemblies of God church ‘ Kaduna govt

COVID-19: Kaduna discharges 210 almajiri returnees after quarantine

Four die in Edo auto crash

Maritime Workers threaten nationwide strike over arrest of 20 dockworkers by Gov Wike

JUST IN: Lagos discharges 17 males, 4 females after testing negative for coronavirus

COVID-19: Kaduna discharges 210 almajiri returnees after quarantine

Coronavirus can enter the body through the eyes, scientists say

NATION

160 stranded Nigerian returnees from U.S. go into isolation in Abuja

COVID-19: Africa will lose $65b to full lockdown, says UNECA

There will be power shift in Edo

Wike now a full-blown dictator, Peterside alleges

Foreign investors free to repatriate their funds CBN

JUST IN: Borno discharges six more coronavirus patients

COVID-19: CAN calls for reopening of churches

Ihedioha sues Imo Assembly over probe of missing N19.63b council funds

Six houses burnt as tension mounts in Anambra communities

COVID-19: SEC regulating Capital Market with Fintech

PDP lawmakers accuse Imo Assembly of flouting House rules

Nurse to face trial for stealing, using credit card from her dying COVID-19 patient

DAILY TIMES

COVID-19: Bauchi imposes 10 days total knockdown on 3 LGs

AbdulRasaq orders drilling of more motorised boreholes at Baruten LG

Wike declares PDP Youth Leader wanted over alleged criminal activities

Offer your facilities as isolation centres, Bakare tells religious leaders

Commissioner for Lands, Housing dies in Sokoto

Kwara records 4 fresh COVID-19 cases

Breaking: NCDC confirms 248 new COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths in Nigeria

COVID-19: La Liga confirms five new cases

DAILY TRUST

After 5 months in prison, Kalu set to resume at Senate tomorrow

Fresh legal battle rocks Ogun PDP as NWC, Kashamu’s faction clash

Don’t politicise sharing of FG’s palliatives, PDP tells Obiano

Bauchi: 150 not 300 died in Azare ‘ Gov Bala

Gunmen kidnap mother, son, 2 others in Kuje community

5 suspected smugglers arrested over attack on Customs officers

COVID-19 : Kaduna discharges 210 returned almajirai after 2 weeks quarantine

Kwara records first COVID -19 death, 4 new cases

Pandemic: Solidarity and cooperation, most potent weapon

Nigerians spent N22.78trn on imported food items in 2019

Borrowing: W/Bank, AFDB to approve Nigeria’s request by June ‘ DMO

Investors gain N533.9bn on week-long bullish market trend

How legislators stirred hornet’s nest with disease control bills

Benin tests teachers for coronavirus as school resumes Monday

AUTHORITY

It’s time to bring to an end the Tiv/Jukun crisis, says Ayua

Covid-19: Senator Ubah partners Lagos Government on palliatives for Ndigbo

Anagolu distributes foodstuffs to Ojo residents through Chudyvindo Foundation

FG secures free e-learning portals for students

Candidates benefit N3.5bn from JAMB’s remittance to FG

Payment of withheld salaries won’t end strike ‘ ASUU tells FG

Why ASUU is against IPPIS- Prof. Oaikhenan

BUSINESSDAY

Ganduje directs security agents to enforce compulsory wearing of face mask order

States’ coronavirus fight showcases the good, bad and ugly

Applause should go to NSE, other exchanges for enabling trading amid the corona lockdown

Despite mark-down, Nigeria’s new non-oil revenue projections seen over-optimistic

Nigeria’s emergency response and management capabilities are pretty mediocre

Banks’ income from T-bills falls to 5-year low as COVID-19 shakes industry

Repositioning Nigeria’s pharmaceutical industry for competitiveness

Creative industry urged to leverage technology, innovation, collaboration to stay afloat

Covid-19: Save SMEs from collapsing, analysts urge FG

DAILY INDEPENDENT

BREAKING: NCDC Records 248 COVID-19 New Cases As Nigeria’s Total Hits 4,399

COVID-19: 3rd Brighton Player Tests Positive

INEC Lacks Constitutional Power To Postpone Edo, Ondo Elections ‘ Okoye

Police Arrest 16 Suspected Cult Members In Lagos

Late Garba Nadama, Man Of Uncommon Character’ Atiku

The Furore Over National Health Emergency Bill

 

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