Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Friday, 8 May, 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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