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Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 8 May, 2020

Published by Djkotech on May 8th, 2020.

VANGUARD

Bandits kill 1, kidnap 9 including six month old child in Niger State

DELAY IN AMOTEKUN TAKE-OFF: Armed robbers, kidnappers on the prowl again

Obiano imposes 12-hour curfew on Umumbo, Omor communities Clash

COVID-19: Informal sector poverty to increase by 56% ‘ ILO

Alleged Certificate Forgery: Court dismisses Obono-Obla suit against ICPC

Breaking: COVID-19: Gov. Bello places visiting NCDC officials on Isolation for 14 days

Abacha loot: Own up, respond to Aisha Buhari, PDP rebukes APC

COVID-19: Why FG ignored Ganduje’s N15b intervention request ‘ Buhari’s aide

Wash your hands, wash your hands from which public taps,’ NLC chides govt

Rivers NASS caucus hail Odili as PAMO University of Medical Sciences gets NUC full accreditation

COVID-19: 339m people living with asthma globally ‘ Report

COVID-19: Africa must guard against complacency, premature jubilation ‘ SFH

COVID-19: Ayade orders five truckloads of almajiris back to destination

I delivered before flight attendants arrived, woman who delivered aboard UAE says

we are all combatants in battle against COVID-19 ‘ Boss Mustapha

PDP rejects N108 ex-depot fuel price, insists on N70 pump price

$319m Abacha loot still in France, UK ‘ US embassy

ULC insists on review of electricity privatisation, local fuel refining

$152 million Abacha loot in UK still under litigation ‘ US Govt

Kidnapped journalist regains freedom in Umuahia

TRIBUNE

Sperm containing COVID-19 raises risk of spread via sex ‘ Study

BREAKING: Nigeria confirms 381 new COVID-19 cases, total now 3,526

COVID-19: NCAC boss donates facemasks, shields, gadgets, others to Nigeria Police

Two medical staff die, as seven travellers to Maiduguri test positive for COVID-19

BREAKING: Lagos discharges 48 more patients after testing negative for coronavirus

Ohaneze writes Buhari over erosion menace in former Vice-President Ekwueme’s home

PTF fumes over persistent violation of guidelines; threatens to review measures

JUST IN: Justice Dahiru Saleh, judge who annulled June 12 presidential election, is dead

Stop harassment of journalists, other essential workers, PTF tells security agencies

Again, court stops FG’s move to extradite Buruji Kashamu

Wike arrests over 200 persons, 20 vehicles, accuses police of sabotaging lockdown

INEC to meet with stakeholders next week over Edo, Osun governorship elections

Comply with directives, protocols at isolation centres, Minister tells UAE returnees

Lagos records another two COVID-19 deaths

NATION

INEC to issue fresh modalities for Edo, Ondo governorship polls

CAN demands explanation on distribution of almajiri

IPMAN: We need NNPCs letter on new price

COVID-19: SMEs can access CBNs N150b lifeline

Security expert faults panels report on Kano deaths

NJC orders courts to respect anti-virus protocols

Lagos discharges another 48 COVID-19 patients

Were under pressure to declare fictitious COVID-19 cases Kogi

JUST IN: INEC to issue fresh modalities for Edo, Ondo Guber polls

Clashes: Obiano imposes 12-hour curfew on Umumbo, Omor communities

FG activates 22 COVID-19 testing laboratories

Enugu govt. lifts ban on religious gatherings May 10

COVID-19: DG NITDA advocates use of digital platforms for businesses

DAILY TIMES

Gov Ben Ayade kills Iguana at farm

COVID-19: Pay attention to welfare of people in isolation, Mustapha tells governors

Breaking: Nigeria records 381 new cases of COVID-19

COVID-19: NJC releases guidelines for court sittings

COVID-19: Wike to demolish hotel operating under lockdown

Account for COVID-19 donations, Lagos Assembly tells Sanwo-Olu

For credible electoral system, everything about election, including security must be left to INEC Odumakin

COVID-19: FG decries violations of lockdown, guidelines

COVID-19: Youth task force advises FG to lockdown Abuja again

AUTHORITY

Sacked Kano commissioner tests positive to coronavirus

Shelve inauguration of Police Trust Fund Committee, HURIWA tells

COVID-19: FG Abandoned S/East on Palliatives ‘ SERG

Bill to channel agric companies’ tax to research underway- Prof Sharubutu

CSOs call for transparency in future oil block bid round

Anambra Traditional Medicine Board finds cure for covid-19, says Rev. Fr. Arazu

BUSINESSDAY

Nigeria’s disease detectives combat virus outbreaks despite limited resources

How to evade impending collapse of domestic airlines amid COVID-19 impact ‘ Experts

Dateline Lagos 17th December 1940: The protest against female taxation

Oil surges after Saudi Arabia raises prices to boost market

Stock investors book over N690bn gain in 4 days

Naira falls to N386.38k against dollar at I&E FX window

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Democrats Request Records Of Trump Organization Seeking Foreign Aid

Salon Owner Freed After Violating Lockdown Order

Bello Quarantines NCDC Officials, Says It’s Procedural, To Increase Hazard Allowances Of Medical Doctors To N50,000 Per Day

Latvia To Ease Coronavirus Restrictions

Clashes: Obiano Imposes 12-Hour Curfew On Umumbo, Omor Communities

Joe Biden Asked To Quit Presidential Race

BLUEPRINT

Coronavirus: Anxiety as Nigeria records highest daily tally; Lagos, Kano, Jigawa numbers shoot up

Has teaching objective truths become inconvenient

Covid-19: FUTO produces sanitiser

Time to strengthen multilateralism in higher education

UNIBEN gets new registrar

Delta seeks collective involvement in providing quality education

DAILY TRUST

COVID-19: 80,000 new cases reported daily ‘ WHO

Record 381 new Covid-19 infections hike Nigeria total to 3,526

Economic fallout of Covid-19 could be worse without lockdown

NCDC officials flee Kogi to avoid Covid-19 test, officials say

COVID-19: 48 patients recover in Lagos, total discharged rises to 406

COVID-19: FG warns doctors, other against unauthorised treatment of patients

Plot to oust Kaduna PDP chair over Atiku thickens

COVID-19: Edo clears 111 suspected cases, 380 contacts

10 staff of Lagos Govt House test positive for Covid-19

President suspends Tanzania lab officials as pawpaw, goat allegedly test positive for COVID-19

PUNCH

PDP rejects FGs N108 per litre depot petrol price

Tribunal reserves judgment on Kogi gov poll

COVID-19: 183 test positive, 48 recover, two die in Lagos

COVID-19: PDP, PANDEF, pray for Dokpesi, others

Only N/Delta enemies oppose NDDC audit APC youths

One killed, many abducted as bandits occupy Niger community

Lawyers tackle FGs plan to spend $311m Abacha loot

We’re under pressure to announce false COVID-19 case Kogi

10-year-old COVID-19 positive case boy flees in Oyo

Lockdown: Wike arrests violators, accuses police of complicity

COVID-19 home-base solution: NAFDAC meets researchers, herbalists over local treatment

FG targets N103bn from gas flaring penalty

Another ex-BUK professor dies

Nigeria attracted $10.2bn fresh investment in 2019 Report

Cross River intercepts five truck-load of almajirai at Benue border

COVID-19 to slow cocoa, cashew exports, says NEPC

Again, court stops FG from extraditing Kashamu to US

COVID-19 patient dies in commercial bus in Niger

Shutting church service doesnt affect true faith Pastor Poju

Suspected herdsmen kill two vigilantes in Delta

Petrol price reduction wont be immediate, says marketers

Nigeria repatriates 270 citizens in US

Family accuses Enugu LG chairman of ordering undergraduates killing

Lockdown stalls prosecution of suspected Rivers students killers

Eight almajirai Kano-returnees test positive in Gombe

One killed, 300 injured, curfew declared over communal clash

Stop distributing Almajirai to us, CAN tells KanoAgain, PDP accuses APC of cover-up in Abacha loot spending

300 Nigerians in UK arrive today, set for quarantine

NFF distributes COVID-19 palliatives to Abuja clubs, communities

GSM subscribers hit 187.15 million, Internet users grow by 15%

10 persons test positive at Lagos House

NJC releases guidelines for court sittings, bars persons coughing

48 patients recover from COVID-19 in Lagos

You will account for COVID-19 donations, Lagos Assembly tells Sanwo-Olu

Nigerian returnees prefer to be quarantined in Lagos FG

25 Lebanese evacuees from Kano test positive for COVID-19

Fresh $319m Abacha loot in UK, France US

We wont give any COVID-19 patient to herbal practitioners Minister

Katsina problem is banditry not COVID-19 Masari

US singer Madonna tests positive for COVID-19

THISDAY

IPMAN Condemns Petroleum Tanker Drivers Strike in Anambra

NSE Commits N100m to Support Fight against COVID-19

Airlines Fear Passengers May Shun Flights on Resumption

FG Urged to Direct Automation of Invoicing, Payments at Ports

Seafarers to be Paid for Extended Services

NIMASA Investigates Cause of Dead Fish along Niger Delta Coastline

COVID-19: NAFDAC Issues Guidelines on Substitute Products Donations

Aviation Stakeholders Kick against Oronsaye Report

Dikko Dismisses Report of Concluding NPFL Season in China

Virgin Sacks 3, 150 Workers

Merkel: Bundesliga to Resume Later this Month

INEC Bars Staff above 57 Years from Resuming Duty

SUN

COVID-19: Experts differ as cargo business outstrips passenger traffic

NDDC: Niger Delta group lauds NASS, demands diligent probe

CAN raises concern over ‘distribution’ of almajiris

Oil jumps 10% as Saudi raise prices

PDP mulls tenure extension for 23 states excos, others

NFF approves monthly stipend for Yekini, Okwaraji’s mums

Another professor dies in Kano

COVID-19: Condoling with Nigerian editors, Army Chief, DG DSS and VC Noun

COVID-19 takes toll on politics of 2023

$319m fresh Abacha loot expected from UK, France

Herdsmen kill 2 vigilantes in Delta

Dikko dismisses report of concluding NPFL season in China

IATA urges FG to support aviation industry overcome COVID-19 crisis

Curfew: Don’t disturb journalists, Odumosu warns policemen

Nigerian Army Farms make waves in Abuja

Bandits raid Niger communities, kill 1, kidnap 17, rustle 481 cattle

COVID-19: Plateau evacuates 709 Almajiris, receives 145

Journalists on essential service, exempted from curfew, PTF tells security agents

PDP alleges plot to loot $311m repatriated fund

2023: We’ll go all out for Presidency ‘Ohanaeze

Covid-19: FG should investigate activities of security agencies ‘Akintunde

PDP frustrated by lack of access to recovered stolen public funds, says APC

GUARDIAN

Edo APC seeks arrest, quarantine of mock guber primary participants

Ondo APC factional group rejects zoning for guber poll

Journalists are allowed to move during curfew, Lagos police boss says

EFCC prosecutes internet fraudster, says lockdown won’t knock out cases

Police arraign two for allegedly raping woman during robbery in Osun

One killed, policewoman abducted in renewed herdsmen attacks

Mike Tyson could pocket 510million in sensational boxing comeback

Government seeks better banks support to fight COVID-19

Group calls for probe into dead fishes across Niger Delta

INEC says Edo, Ondo guber election schedule intact, to engage parties

Lagos Assembly asks Sanwo-Olu to give account of COVID-19 donations, others

UNIZIK don not dismissed over COVID-19 cure claim, says VC

Civil society group seek policy guideline on deregulation of downstream sector

Sports deserve huge share of FG’s COVID-19 palliative, stakeholder tells CBN

Remote connections up 44 per cent during COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria

Woman Forced To “Sleep With One Eye Open” After Failed Plastic Surgery

Lagos discharges 48 coronavirus patients

Kano records five deaths, discharges three COVID-19 patients

Every Nigerian is a combatant in battle against COVID-19 ‘ SGF

Sanwo-Olu tests negative to coronavirus, as 10 staff test positive

Suspend constitution of Police Trust Fund Board immediately, HURIWA urges Buhari

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Akpore Eguono Love (born 04 May 2001), known professionally as Dj Kotech (sometimes stylized as Kotech joor), is a Nigerian disc jockey and a blogger. Dj Kotech signed a record deal with Mighty Men Empire (M.M.E) in 2016. He rose to prominence after releasing “Good Times” followed by “Oga Sars“. In February 2018, Dj Kotech […]more →