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Nigerian Newspapers Headlines, Monday, 18 May, 2020

Published by Djkotech on May 18th, 2020.

NATION

Obama blasts Coronavirus response in rare public rebuke

Foundation donates clothes, foodstuff for Sallah

Fed Govt impounds UK aircraft for running commercial flights into Nigeria

NCDC announces 338 COVID-19 new cases

Madagascar records first death

Lagos lists conditions to reopen businesses, worship centres

Edo governorship election: Youths support Ogiemwonyi

COVID-19: Madagascar demands 170,000 Euros from Fed Govt for herbal drugs

N4.3b secret cash appropriated for in 2019 budget, says commissioner

Buhari okays suspension of deductions from states cash

Kashamu to Secondus: I remain PDP member

Banks reject payment to foreign business partners

Amotekun corps intercepts 14 Almajarai hidden in vehicle container in Osun

Five in Police net for killing man, beating another

Community flogs Ebonyi social media critic

Theres nothing wrong with Nigeria taking more loans -Adesina

COVID 19: No face masks, no church service in Maiduguri

PUNCH

US records 820 new COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours

Ihedioha didnt sneak into Assembly complex to beg

Edo/Ondo polls: APC in dilemma over mode of primaries

Why Nigeria must change its fiscal dance steps

Plateau records first death from COVID-19

World Bank OAU innovation park designs face masks

Bittersweet homecoming tales of US, UK, Dubai returnees

VIDEO: How we busted the human trafficking syndicate -Lagos police spokesman

Ganduje slashes political office holders salaries by 50%

Newborn baby tests positive for COVID-19 in Russia

Kaduna to relax restrictions on Wednesday, Thursday

Oyo shuts company where 30 workers tested positive

CBN naira defence depletes foreign reserves by $3.17bn

Police lament absence of COVID-19 job allowance, face masks, others

FG impounds British aircraft in Lagos, begins investigation

LASG gives conditions to reopen churches, mosques, others

We have paid FG $13bn for gas purchase NLNG

Miners ask Osun to hand over Chinese for prosecution

Another set of 14 northern youths intercepted in Osun

LCCI demands one-year tax holiday for manufacturers, healthcare firms

No courtrooms for 16 of 33 proposed FCT judges

Buhari renews Akabuezes tenure as Budget Office DG

Lecturers in seven varsities yet to receive salaries ASUU

FIRS chair ignores Buharis directive, retires nine directors

Three Dubai returnees test positive for COVID-19

Lockdown reduced waste, pollution, say facility managers

Kano set to deport another batch of 2,000 Almajirai

Non-performing loans of insurance firms, others drop by N24.28bn

PDPll construct coronavirus lab in Anambra Ekwuemes daughter

Suspected cultists kill ex-PDP chair, two others in Cross RiverGunmen abduct father, son in Benue raids

Senator backs replacing Rivers demolished hotels with schools

Nigerian media convulsing from COVID-19, NUJ tells Buhari

Kano slashes political appointees salaries by 50%

Igbinedion varsity teaching hospital sacks 54 workers

34 persons die in Adamawa communal clash

School feeding: Lagos plans to reach 37,589 families

NHRC investigates killing of UNIJOS undergraduate

COVID-19: Akwa Ibom rejects 10 vehicles donated by ExxonMobil

Ban buying of cars for politicians, SERAP tells Buhari

COVID-19: Lagos quarantines 39 Ghana returnees

Madagascar announces first COVID-19 death

THISDAY

OPL 245: How Italian Prosecutors Hid Vital Information from Judge

Investors Stake N9.8bn on 926m Shares as All-Share Index Falls 0.72%

NIMC Urges African Governments to Promote Digital Identity

CACOVID Donates Medical Equipment to Borno

NASC Advocates Seed-Palliatives for Farmers

Clearing Agents Seek FGs Intervention On Demurrage Charges

Ground Handling Companies Foresee N20bn Revenue Loss

Canada Evacuation: Nigerians Commend FGs Insistence on Using Indigenous Carrier

Despite COVID-19, NSE Attracts More Portfolio Investments

PAT UTOMI From June, Federal Allocations Wont Be Sufficient to Pay Salaries

SUN

Apologise to Wike, Rivers, or ‘face the music’, PDP group warns Uwazuruike

Ighalo flaunts N58m Range Rover

Covid-19: Bleak future for workers as employers cut jobs, salaries ‘Experts urge FG to restart economy with stimulus

COVID-19: Uber launches mask verification to protect drivers, riders

Regulation of courier, logistics operations in Lagos not based on new law

PIB passage vital for national devt ‘Fawibe, CEO, IESL

COVID-19: Oil production, revenue cut make 2020 budget implementation tremulous

P&ID: FG may file fresh charges against Diezani

Troops destroy militias’ stronghold in Benue, kill 2, arrest others in Nassarawa

6-year-old daughter of slain UNIJOS lecturer rescued, one suspect arrested

N4.3bn: Ondo Assembly may begin impeachment process against Akeredolu

2 fake soldiers arrested for killing police officer in Lagos

IGP, Kano commissioner risk jail for sealing rice factory

Rep decries practice of parliamentary system in Osun LGAs

GUARDIAN

Disquiet in PDP as Ondo guber poll beckons

Businesses lose N2.7 billion to Lagos lockdown in five weeks

Over 4,000 mentally challenged persons can’t access treatment in Calabar

Ganduje queries FG’s suspension of school feeding in Kano

Wike mourns aide, Sekibo defends hotels demolition

Rep says killings in southern Kaduna turning to genocide

Corps member distributes sanitisers to orphanage homes, prisons

Ayade’s aide, two others killed in Calabar’s cult war

Two fake soldiers nabbed for allegedly killing police sergeant in Lagos

Council boss, councilors rally support for Obaseki’s second term

Rising COVID-19 cases, gloomy outlook drag NSE’s index by 0.72%

Why N50.1 billion gross written premium raises investors’ hopes

Court authorises change of ownership scheme for NSE

Lagos, Kano want to copy Bauchi’s COVID-19 treatment method

How virtual meetings expose governments, others to attacks, fraud

Governor Wike spokesman Simeon Nwakaudu dies

Senegalese return to mosques after restrictions eased

Buhari orders military operations to sweep bandits, kidnappers out of Katsina

Police confirm killing of Unijos lecturer, arrest one suspect

VANGUARD

COVID-19: Kaduna allows movement on Wednesday, Thursday

Sweep bandits, kidnappers away from Katsina now ‘ Buhari orders soldiers

COVID-19: Buhari to unfold new procedure Monday

Why FG must not reduce VAT, see the Saudi example

Covid-19 Chinese doctors in Nigeria, working hard to help, not missing-Embassy

One dead, many injured as inmates attempt prison break in Aba

My father’s been having intercourse with me for eight years ‘ teenager reveals

NAF deploys 22 quick special forces to Nasarawa as operational base

Flight ban violation: FG impounds Flair Aviation aircraft

Okere-Urhobo Kingship: Any attempt to exclude us, will lead to anarchy- Itifo, Makro Families warn

COVID-19: Why FG must fix Health sector now ‘ N/Delta Group

COVID- 19: Senate’s National Health emergency bill 2020 is anti- people ‘ Senator Melaye

TRIBUNE

COVID-19: Ganduje, deputy, political office holders’ salaries cut by half

Nigeria records 338 new coronavirus cases, total now 5,959

COVID-19: Buhari may announce new policy Monday

Why Wike is doing everything to protect lives of Rivers people

Israel’s Netanyahu sworn in as head of long-awaited unity government

Emirates plans to cut about 30,000 jobs amid coronavirus outbreak

FG, Sokoto partner on evolution of strategic plan on COVID-19

BREAKING: Lagos discharges 15 more COVID-19 patients, total now 623

COVID-19: Council of Ulamas asks el-Rufai to relax lockdown in Kaduna

LASUTH conducts studies on 6 COVID-19-related researches

Soldiers who fled from military operations against Boko Haram kill police sergeant, shoot DPO in Lagos

Lockdown: Unemployment rate may hit 45 per cent by December 2020 ‘ LCCI

Soldier who fled from military operations against Book Haram kill police sergeant, shoot DPO in Lagos

COVID-19: Kano to discharge over 2,000 quarantined Almajiris

Police arrest man for defiling, raping 19-year-old daughter since she was 11

DAILY TIMES

COVID-19: PTF briefs Buhari, mulls measures to check community infection

COVID-19: Bishop Okoye calls for consideration of masses plight

Anambra PDP leaders raise N125m as COVID-19 palliative fund

Sani wonders about Nigerias ability to handle COVID-19 treatment where others are failing

Obasekis re-election bid receives boost as Edo councillors declare support for him

Experts raise concern over FGs deregulation of oil sector

Insecurity: Buhari orders military operations against bandits, kidnappers in Katsina

Lagos mulls full re-opening of economy, embarks on assessment of businesses

COVID-19: Analysts worry over likely increase in Banks credit losses

COVID-19: Political office holders to receive half salary in Kano

Gospel singer, Sammie Okposo narrowly escape death while driving on 3rd mainland bridge

I didnt join politics to solve Nigerias problems Rotimi Amaechi

DAILY TRUST

Foresight, creativity as governance tools in defeating COVID-19

Set Amotekun security outfit in motion, Group tells Abiodun

COVID-19: Fayemi orders fumigation across 16 LGAs

FRSC arrests 776 over inter-state lockdown violation

Vigilantes rescue 2 abducted persons in Kuje community

Parents urges FG to suspend Home-grown school feeding

Madagascar reports first coronavirus death

Brazilian’s Sao Paulo records more COVID-19 deaths than China

COVID-19: Kebbi approves N20,000 daily allowances for health workers

COVID-19: Lagos develops emergency digital response platform

PwC spends N100m on COVID-19 interventions

FG impounds UK based Flair aviation aircraft over illegal operation

24 medical officers test positive for COVID-19 in Bauchi State

AUTHORITY

UNN to convert event centres to emergency classrooms

Pope joins interreligious prayer, begs God to end pandemic ‘ Catholic News Service

N4.3bn lodged in secret account 10 years ago uncovered in Ondo

Special Report: 620 Nigerian Christians hacked to death in 4 months ‘ Intersociety

FG denies importing herbal covid-19 products from Madagascar

Slash budget by 25%, Atiku advises FG

INFECTIOUS DISEASES BILL 2020: Igbo group kicks against its passage

FG okays marginal oil field licensing before year end

BUSINESSDAY

No respite for businesses 2 weeks after ease of lockdown

Despite FG’s assurance, petroleum downstream sector awaits full deregulation

Ideas for a new Nigeria: Is it time for a federal personal income tax

How Ene-Obong raises Nigeria’s Covid-19 testing capacity

COVID-19 is transforming the world of work: Can Africa adjust to the change

Explainer: Why NLNG Train 7 is going ahead despite gas glut

What NCDC’s partnership with private labs means for Nigeria’s COVID-19 effort

DAILY INDEPENDENT

Why Yoruba Nation Within Nigeria Is Impossible To Achieve ‘ Ajomale

Police Recover Decomposing Body Of 12-Year Old Girl, Arrest Two Suspects

COVID-19: Akwa Ibom Commences Boundary Surveillance

COVID-19 Lockdown Order In Rivers: Demolition Of Erring Hotels

COVID-19: Allow Interstate Food Business ‘ APGA Chieftain Begs Obiano

I Have Best Agenda To Make Ondo An Envy Of Other States- Adelami

Anambra Begins Contact Tracing Of Three New Coronavirus Cases

BLUEPRINT

FG impounds UK-based aircraft for illegal commercial flight

FG reveals how long COVID-19 ‘ll last’ It’s a scam ‘ varsity dons

Sokoto working with FG to contain COVID-19 spread ‘ Tambuwal

Breaking: Lagos, Kano retain wide Covid-19 lead, Rivers pull highest daily tally as Nigeria closes up on 6000 cases, 182 dead

Breaking: Lagos, Kano retain wide Covid-19 lead, Rivers pull highest daily tally as Nigeria closes up on 6000 cases, 182 dead

COVID-19: Buhari receives report from PTF, to address Nigerians Monday

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