Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Tuesday, 12 May, 2020

BLUEPRINT
Breaking: US Coronavirus deaths jump over 80,000, Trump heaps blame on democrats
As Buhari orders Madagascar COVID-19 organics’ Nigerians insist on home-grown cure
Breaking: 13 new Coronavirus cases hit Kaduna, 15 discharged, 4 dead
Shocker! Newcastle line up bid for Bale
Revealed! Simplest way to make face mask at home
COVID-19: NHRC lauds security agencies on professionalism
PUNCH
Civil service union warns FG against Oronsaye report, lay-off
Sahara Group underscores private sector role against COVID-19
Troops kill 17 bandits in Kaduna community
COVID-19: Lagos doctor tests positive in Osun
Abuja community protests as police shoot businessman dead
Madagascar drug: COVID Organic to be used when confirmed safe, working PTF
NCDC wants private labs to test patients free
Reps set modalities for NCDC bill public hearing
CRiver plans to slash budget, cites gloomy days
APC mocks PDP over Ekiti caretaker exco composition
You’ve betrayed Almajirai, PDP tells Buhari, APC
Judges absent as FCT courts reopen
States lack uniform COVID-19 strategy NLC, TUC
Bauchi infected health workers rise to 15
Obaseki meets security leaders over crime, lockdown
Home feeding for schoolchildren begins Thursday FG
NCC denies report on 5G activation in Lagos
Almajiri: Where northern governors got it wrong
Kaduna records 13 new COVID-19 cases
How FG can reopen schools, varsities within four weeks Afe Babalola
Buhari orders importation of Madagascar COVID-19 remedy
Catholic Church offers 425 hospitals as isolation centres FG
Why Kalu is still in prison NCoS
CSOs insist on transparency in palliatives, $311m Abacha loot
Benin Disco urges customers to pay bills
Kano extends lockdown as COVID-19 deaths reach 32
Court orders forfeiture of ex-presidential fleet commanders N510m
Osinbajo now chairs our group, Association of Short People -El-RufaiFour to die by hanging for killing Ekiti pensioner
Draconian measuresll be counterproductive, Abe tells Wike
Bakare donates two church buildings as isolation centres
Agency intercepts truck with 30 Almajirai in Ogun
LASG discharges 33 coronavirus patients
Fake pilgrims boss jailed 28 years for N12m fraud
Weve no court order to release Orji Kalu NCoS
Buhari, ministers to hold first virtual FEC meeting Wednesday
Were investigating alleged diversion of palliatives Kano anti-graft agency
Ogun monarch petitions IG over Customs killing of farmer
Chinese national forfeits $.3m to FG
UPDATED: Nigeria records 242 new COVID-19 cases, total now 4,641
Home feeding for schoolchildren begins Thursday FG
Mob lynch man for robbing pregnant woman in Rivers
EFCC investigates assault on Shawarma seller by officers
One-month-old baby stolen in Imo, sold to couple in Lagos Police
Plant extract in Madagascars COVID-19 remedy grows in Nigeria -FG
COVID-19: Were learning Chinas treatment strategy FG
COVID-19: NCDC issues guidelines for private labs
American on visit to Nigerian lover dies in Delta
Five friends gang-rape Kaduna teenager, police accused of cover-up
Lagos hospitals rejected my brother till he died Singer
Rivers youths torture man to death for robbing pregnant woman
Lockdown: 11 killed, 44 injured in Ogun road crashes
SUN
Governors playing politics with COVID 19 ‘Balarabe Musa
FG, states, others shared N1.945tr in Q1 ‘FAAC
NERC reappoints 12-member dispute resolution panel
PETAN commends Sylva, Wabote on NLNG Train 7
No 5G licenses issued yet, says NCC
COVID-19 pandemic has crippled global economy ‘Experts
NLC, TUC warn employers against retrenchment
Bayelsa intercepts 2 buses loaded with 17 Almajirai
Drivers, conductors aiding spread of COVID 19 ‘CP Lagos
Oronsaye report obsolete, union tells Buhari
COVID-19 dilemma: Africa’s wicked problem
Don’t attack judges, Kalu cautions well-wishers
Protest rocks Abuja over killing of 52-year-old man by police
Gunmen invade FCT village, abduct 4
Court orders final forfeiture of Chinese’s $300,000 to FG
CACOVID donates N200m isolation centre to Kano
Oil prices drop amid supply glut, fears of second coronavirus wave
Dilapidated Building: LASEMA advises residents to seek alternative accommodation
GUARDIAN
Fake pilgrims’ coordinator bags 28 years for N12m scam in Bayelsa
COVID-19: Expulsion of almajirai re-echoes restructuring of Nigeria
Worker infected 533 others with coronavirus at a factory in Ghana, president says
Drivers, conductors aiding spread of coronavirus, police boss laments
SEC leverages Fintech solution to ease market operation, regulation
Exchange commits N100m to support fight against COVID-19
Ijaw youths cry for justice over slain footballer
Stock market ends rally with N49 billion plunge
Federal Government mulls special courts for illegal gold miners
ULC flays Lagos State government over demolition of houses during lockdown
Katsina COVID-19 death toll rises to 10
NASU cautions against arbitrary implementation of Oronsaye’s report by government
Poor patronage, weak purchasing power drive unsold inventory to N420 billion
Why Nigeria is recording more COVID-19 cases, deaths
FG, states, councils share N2 trillion in three months
ILO seeks strengthening of social protection systems to combat COVID-19
Northern governors deporting almajirai to cut expenses
Lagos, Abuja isolation centers saturated by 600 evacuees from foreign countries ‘ Onyeama
Group alleges plot to stop NASS Probe of NDDC
COVID-19: Adamawa index case, 4 others discharged
Buhari approves airlifting of Madagascar’s anti-coronavirus drink
EFCC secures final forfeiture of Chinese’s $300,000
Imo Government traces contacts of third confirmed coronavirus case from Kano
Wike, El Rufai competition in executive excesses
VANGUARD
COVID-19: Manufacturers seek 5% interest rate
CSOs kick against FG’s continuation of school feeding Programme amid COVID-19
FG, states, LGs received N1.86trn FAAC in Q1’20 ‘ NEITI
Breaking: We’ve not issued 5G license to any operator ‘ NCC
COVID-19: Informal sector sets 7-point agenda for govt
Nollywood mourns as veteran actress, Chizoba Sam-Boye, dies at 52
Court dismisses SERAP’s suit against Code of Conduct Bureau
COVID-19: Ekiti discharges 5 patients, expands isolation centre
COVID-19: Abuja Doctor reveals treatment regimen used for patients
Four suspected cultists with guns arrested in Enugu
Sapele cult war: Cultists shift battle to neighbouring Jesse
Amotekun: Lagos Assembly passes Neighbourhood Corps Bill
Control of Infectious Bill: Reps to Hold 2 Day Public Hearing ‘ Gbajabiamila
COVID-19: FG set to meet manufacturers, others on production of ventilators
Covid-19: No mercy for LG Chair found diverting palliative items, Kano anti-graft agency warns
Okowa to Judges: Shun frivolous injunctions, frequent adjournments
Fire, other mishap kills 28 in Kano
TRIBUNE
COVID-19: Wike’s measures will be counterproductive if without a human face ‘ Abe
Court orders ‘COVID-19 positive’ Chinese to forfeit $300,000 found with him at airport
Infectious Disease Bill: Reps to hold two-day public hearing
Nigeria records 242 new COVID-19 cases, total now 4,641
PTF worried as COVID-19 patients threaten healthcare workers
60-year-old Nigerian woman who was a nurse for 40 years dies of coronavirus in UK
COVID-19: Buhari, APC betrayed almajarai, poor Nigerians ‘ PDP
COVID-19: Minister begs as health workers threaten strike in FCT
Reps vow to ensure effective utilisation of $3.4bn IMF loan, COVID-19 donations
COVID-19: Patients’ threat to lives of healthcare workers worrying ‘ PTF
PHOTOS: Truck conveying 13 from Yobe intercepted in Delta
Alleged fraud: Court orders interim forfeiture of N510m belonging to ex-Air Force chief, Ebong
Ganduje launches distribution of two million face masks in Kano, says lockdown is a sacrifice
NATION
WHO to begin drug trial in Lagos, Ogun, FCT, others
Infected American woman dies in Delta hotel
T.B. Joshua: some Nigerians may withdraw to villages later
E-commerce to alleviate COVID-19 pains
EFCC secures forfeiture of $300,000
Doctors test positive in Osun, Jigawa
Lagos, Jigawa, Kebbi discharge 38 more patients
Ekiti testing centre to begin work this week, says Fayemi
Odubu dissociates self from allegation against Oshiomhole, Tinubu, Okunbo
NLC, TUC: Almajirai repatriation worsening COVID-19 spread
CACOVID spends N16b on medical resources
Convert abandoned buildings, schools to isolation centres, FG tells states
EFCC secures forfeiture of Chinese $300,000 to FG
Court declines to compel CCB to release asset declaration info
COVID-19: Lagos, FCT, Kano, others to participate in WHO treatment trial
Lockdown: Google highlights 15 tourist attractions for kids, adults
COVID-19: Plant extract in Madagascars herb grows in Nigeria FG
DAILY TIMES
COVID-19: FG lists 5 states, FCT for WHO solidarity drug trials
FAAC: FG, others shared N1.95tn in Q1 NEITI report
NHRC receives 104 complaints of alleged human rights violations
Insecurity: We’ve reduced farmer, herders conflicts Fintiri
NIPC parleys state investment promotion agencies on knowledge sharing
NCC dismisses rumoured plan to switch on 5G in Lagos
Oil prices up by 0.97% to $31.28 on Monday
DAILY TRUST
COVID-19: FG pays Nigerians on scholarship abroad
20-year-old woman nabbed for allegedly selling own baby for N130,000
Expect population surge in Ogun after lockdown
Lockdown: 345 offenders arrested in Ogun
Drivers, conductors aiding spread of COVID-19, says Lagos CP
FCT police commissioner orders probe into killing in Karmo
COVID-19: We need food for survival before observing social distancing, IDPs cry out
Mobile court fines 45 for violating interstate lockdown
France lifts coronavirus lockdown after 54 days
COVID-19: Concerns as schools reopen in Benin Republic
China berates New Zealand over support for Taiwan at WHO
Coronavirus can enter the body through the eyes
COVID-19: FG lists Lagos, FCT, Kano, Ogun, Kaduna, Sokoto for WHO drug trials
WHO urges ‘extreme vigilance’ as countries exit lockdown
COVID-19: Ondo records first death, as 15 health workers test positive in Bauchi
COVID-19: CACOVID hands over remodeled isolation center to Kano
AIDS deaths could double in sub-Saharan Africa due to COVID-19: UN
Nigeria hasn’t deployed 5G technology yet ‘ NCC
Investors lose N49.3bn on profit-taking in banking stocks
Inadequate storage facilities may stall local refining target
No 5G technology in Nigeria yet, FG insists
We have enough forex, CBN tells investors
Don’t politicise sharing of FG’s palliatives, PDP tells Obiano
Gunmen kidnap mother, son, 2 others in Kuje community
AUTHORITY
China gives satisfactory response to COVID-19 pandemic
Lawyers Ask Buhari To Disregard Petition Against Nomination Of High Court Judges
Mother’s Day: Memories of Xi Jinping growing up with his mother
COVID-19: Ganduje charges residents on use of face masks, other PPEs
COVID-19: Group brings succour to disabled persons in Plateau
Trainee teacher in Wuhan serves as courier during COVID-19 epidemic
To defeat COVID-19 pandemic calls for joint efforts from global media
China’s anti-epidemic efforts open, transparent
BUSINESSDAY
Recovered Abacha loot keeps giving, but it’s a tip of illicit funds’ iceberg
Coping with lockdown, Nigerians turn to baking but wheat prices soar
Attacks on COVID-19 frontline health workers by patients inhuman, unacceptable ‘ FG
Investors must shift from ‘quick fix-quick gain’ devt for sector to recover
Nigeria’s property industry investment still rewarding despite pandemic
Driving Nigeria’s public transport system with modern technology system
DAILY INDEPENDENT
Delta Govt Reduces Daily Ticket Rates For Tricycle, Motorcycle Operators
Equities Market Begins Week Negative, Dips By 0.39%
Covid-19: Extension Of Ban On Flight Operations
NSE Supports Fight Against COVID-19 With N100m
ELANO Donates Palliatives To Host Community, Less Privileged In Rivers
South African Airways Administrators To Appeal Layoffs
How COVID-19 May Offer Opportunities To Manufacturing Industries ‘ MAN Survey Report
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