Nigerian Newspaper Headlines Thursday 2 April, 2020

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DAILY INDEPENDENT Newspaper Headlines

• Google Overtakes Facebook For Mobile App Advertising.
• Covid-19: Ebonyi Govt Orders Shoot At Sight Of Escapees.
• Power-hungry Leaders Exploit Coronavirus Crisis.
• Coronavirus: Facebook To Invest $100m To Tackle Misinformation.
• MTN Offers Platform For Subscribers To Donate Towards COVID-19 Fight.
• Amazon Fires Worker Who Organized Staten Island Warehouse Walkout.

PUNCH Newspaper Headlines

• Europe toll tops 30,000 as UN warns of worlds worst crisis since WWII.
• Plateau closes boundaries, warns violators.
• Ondo closes borders, declares three-day fast.
• Dantata boosts Kano coronavirus fund with N300m.
• ACF warns against politicisation of pandemic.
• Taraba closes markets, bans worship gathering.
• Zamfara distributes sanitisers, others at Ruga settlement.
• Malami writes heads of courts on time-bound cases.
• Kaduna threatens clampdown on clerics harbouring Almajiri.
• Sule imposes 24-hour curfew in Nasarawa communuty.
• Nigeria, S’Africa, others seek debt relief from WBank.
• No God is punishing us with COVID-19.
• COVID-19, preventing dignity to the dead.
• Ive fears COVID-19 funds will be looted Olaniyan.
• Banks recorded N1.05tn bad loans in 2019 NBS.
• Olowu, ex-AGF, oppose siting of isolation centre in Obasanjo Hilltop.
• Operations will continue at seaports, says NPA.
• Oil price falls to $24, oversupply fears grow.
• Unilever, Dangote Cement lead losers as market sheds N104bn.
• Nigerias oilfields face shutdown risk amid market woes.
• Minister denies knowledge of Abba Kyaris whereabouts in Lagos.
• Nigeria, South Africa, others seek debt relief from World Bank.
• CBN, Dangote, others contribute N15.3bn to COVID-19 fund.
• FG distributes N20,000 to 5,000 households.
• Power supply rises to 4,257MW as plants receive gas.
• Cote dIvoire returnees receiving Osun relatives in camp Rep.
• Delivery companies, telcos, e-banking ahead of COVID-19 gainers.
• CP deploys riot policemen as tension rises in isolation camp.
• FG reviews lockdown as COVID-19 cases rise by 35.
• Group tackles Obiano on N1bn COVID-19 spending.
• Nigerias total public debt rises to N27.4tn DMO.
• Rivers lawmakers donate salaries to fight pandemic.

• Ignore new fuel price, IPMAN tells marketers.
• We’ll skin you alive, soldiers threaten PUNCHman.
• Well assist govt to fight coronavirus, says ASUU.
• Yobe gov, commissioners donate half salary for COVID-19 fight.
• Customs impound seven vehicles of N20.7m poultry.
• UI shuts gates, clubs, introduces new gate pass.
• FG suspends April savings bond offer.
• Lockdown: Police deny harassing Lagos health workers.
• Lockdown: Delta to prosecute traders for hoarding.
• Banks set international spending limits on cards.
• Reduce workforce at project sites, DPR tells operators.
• COVID-19: Africans rush for chloroquine despite caution.
• Israel converts missile production lines to ventilators making centre.
• COVID-19: Man tests positive after 14 days quarantine.
• The rich would have travelled out if COVID-19 was only in Nigeria -Lagosian.
• COVID-19: Davido tests negative again.
• COVID-19: JAMB donates three ventilators to Abuja.
• Coronavirus: American evacuated after testing positive in Lagos.
• Coronavirus: Osun now third state with highest cases in Nigeria.

THISDAY Newspaper Headlines

• CBN Offers N95.681bn TBills, Records 59% Oversubscription.
• Banks Limit Debit Card Withdrawal Abroad.
• Covid-19: SEC Tasks Companies on Full Disclosure to Investors.
• Free Service Offerings Will Lead to Network Congestion.
• SMEDAN Grants Three Months Moratorium to Loan Beneficiaries.
• COVID-19: Foundation Donates N2m to Vulnerable Nigerians.

SUN Newspaper Headlines

• BoI posts N39.33bn profit, disburses N234bn to borrowers.
• Insurers partner FG, others on fight against COVID-19.
• Oil marketers lose N3.5bn.
• Donations to CACOVID relief fund hit N15bn.
• AXA Mansard donates N100m life insurance cover, PPE to support fight against COVID-19.
• Lockdown: Pantami orders NCC, telecos to subsidise data cost for subscribers.
• Nigeria adopts standards on low sulphur for marine fuel.
• 3 killed, 2 injured, houses burnt in fresh Plateau attack.
• Ex-Guild of Editors’ deputy president’s son kidnnaped in Kano.
• Suspected COVID-19 patient tests negative in Zaria, Kaduna.
• Blackout in Enugu as rainstorm destroys electricity installations, buildings.
• Day 2 of total lockdown’ FG okays 4-hour food sales daily.
• Buhari approves release of 70,000 tonnes of grains.
• IPMAN threatens strike over PMS pump price reduction.

GUARDIAN Newspaper Headlines

• Single mother of three jumps into Osun River after lockdown announcement.
• Let’s show human feelings, compassion during this period, Nigerians urged.
• Coronavirus deaths near 46,000 worldwide.
• Experts task Nigerian youths on branding, entrepreneur skills.
• Nine Hungarian swimmers test positive for COVID-19.
• Directors seek regulatory mechanisms to mitigate Coronavirus pandemic’s impact.
• 41% of Nigeria’s micro-businesses owned by women.
• Lekki Port receives $221 million China harbour’s equity infusion.
• BoI records N39.33b profit, disburses N234b to 10,145 enterprises.
• COVID-19: Trigger for Nigeria’s economic diversification.
• COVID-19 pandemic and pandemonium in the global village.
• School feeding scheme during lockdown is senseless, fraudulent, Nigerians knock FG.
• Courts are expected to sit, dispense time-bound cases during lockdown ‘ Malami says.
• Nigeria’s cases of coronavirus rise to 174.
• One Turkish doctor dies, over 600 health workers infected.
• COVID 19: Disclose your isolation centre, NEMA tell Imo, Abia governments.
• Councillor Marries Two Women On The Same Day In Nasarawa.
• Lightning Strike Leaves 20 Dead In Congolese Capital.
• US evacuate citizen who tested positive for coronavirus in Lagos.

VANGUARD Newspaper Headlines

• COVID-19: Ondo to close borders Thursday, declares 3-day fast.
• COVID-19: NCDC working with affected states to identify cases, confirmed cases 174 ‘ DG.
• COVID -19 lockdown directive: Worshippers attack taskforce in Lagos.
• Bala, Bauchi gov, speaks from self-isolation: I am stable, doing well.
• COVID-19: Presidency replies Soyinka, urges Nigerians to trust scientists, not fiction writers.
• Courts are expected to sit, dispense time-bound cases during lockdown ‘ Malami.
• COVID-19: Encouraging show from our men of means.
• 2023: COVID-19 pauses jostling, permutations as battle for survival sets in.
• Stock market: Bearish run intensifies as investors lose N114bn.
• Banks’ nonperforming loans fall by 41% in 2019.
• E-payment transactions up 24% to N48.54trn in 2019.
• Fabregas snubs Guardiola as he picks his top two managers.
• Eddie Howe is first Premier League boss to take pay cut.
• Covid-19: Task Force receives close to N100m as donations ‘ Prof. Alonge.
• COVID-19: LUTH 120-bedded isolation centre ready for use ‘ Bode.
• COVID-19: Boost children’s immunity daily ‘ Pharmacist.
• NUAHP demands life insurance, N100, 000 special COVID-19 allowances for health workers.
• COVID-19: Don’t dismiss Ooni’s herbal cure claim, expert urges Nigerians.
• NCDC launches COVID-19 WhatsApp service to engage Nigerians.
• Nigerian pathologists lament inadequacy of COVID-19 testing centres.
• COVID-19: Health Workers demand inclusion of members in task force.

• UN announces COVID-19 emergency response for in North-East Nigeria.
• COVID-19 lockdown: Fallen truck crushes 6 to death in Lagos.
• COVID-19: CISLAC kicks against alleged shutdown of FEC, NASS.
• COVID-19: Gov Ishaku orders closure of markets.
• Covid-19: If we asked people to stay at home, we ‘ve to make them comfortable ‘ Gbajabiamila.
• Gunmen Kill 11 in Southern Kaduna.
• COVID-19: Better to stay hungry to be alive than die eating, Wike tell Rivers residents.
• Gov Diri laments as windstorm wreaks havoc in Bayelsa.
• CSO urges FG, states to begin post-COVID-19 economic recovery plan.
• Coronavirus: Lockdown excites Ekiti women, say its a ‘blessing in disguise.

TRIBUNE Newspaper Headlines

• Gulf of Guinea: Pirates, sea-robbers attack four vessels in 2-days.
• COVID-19: Defence Hqts raises alarm over circulation of malicious video clips against armed forces.
• COVID-19 Lockdown: Presidency attacks Soyinka, says he is fiction writer, not medical professor.
• NAFDAC raises the alarm over unregistered hand sanitizers in circulation.
• Contributions to CACOVID-19 relief fund hit N15 billion- CBN.
• COVID-19: Oyo residents raise questions as Makinde says total lockdown last resort.
• Lagos govt condemns worshippers who attacked officials over lockdown violation.
• Nigeria has civilian regime, not democracy ’Alafe-Aluko.
• COVID-19: African airlines lose $4.4bn in one month.
• COVID 19: Malami writes heads of courts on time-bound cases.
• COVID-19 cases now 174 in Nigeria.
• Reps seek end to power outage nationwide, as minister laments N1.2trn payment shortfall.
• JUST IN: Again, Davido tests negative for coronavirus.
• FG okays opening of food markets for four hours daily in Lagos, Ogun, Abuja.
• COVID-19 Police arrest defaulters of lockdown order in Delta State.
• COVID-19 cases will soon reach 1m globally ‘ WHO.
• Woman rescued after jumping into Osun river.

NATION Newspaper Headlines

• Appeal Court directs prompt hearing of APPs appeals.
• Men make up 70 per cent of infected persons, says minister.
• BoI records N39.33 billion profit.
• Nigeria, others seek $100b debt relief.
• MultiChoice gives N1.2b to support Nigeria on COVID-19.
• Fed Govt releases 70,000 tons of grains.
• Presidency to Soyinka: virus about science not fiction.
• IPMAN to sell fuel at N123.50 per litre.
• IPMAN chief urges members to open stations.
• LASU develops COVID-19 self test APP.
• Appeal Court directs prompt hearing of APPs appeals.
• COVID-19: NAICOM issues forebearance to ensure availability of services.
• BREAKING: NCDC confirms 23 new cases of COVID-19.
• Contributions to CACOVID Relief Fund hit N15bn.
• Councillor killed over land tussle in Anambra.
• Osinbajo rallies NECs committee on COVID-19.
• COVID-19: NMA cautions FG on planned recall of retired medical personnel.

DAILY TIMES Newspaper Headlines

• A’Court grants accelerated hearing of APPs appeal challenging exclusion.
• Lockdown: Markets to open between 10:00am and 2:00pm daily FG.
• Police arrest hungry residents protesting for food.
• Japan cannot impose lockdown even with spike in virus infections Prime Minister.
• Doctor Dies of Lassa Fever In Edo State.
• COVID 19: Malami writes Heads of Courts on time-bound cases.
• Weve tested over 2000 persons for COVID-19 FG.
• Gbajabiamila meets ministers, CBN Gov, NERC over power supply.
• COVID-19: Nigeria private sector coalition raises N15.3bn so far.
• Poor Nigerians to get N20,000 as FG begins cash transfer.
• AfDB approves $2m assistance against COVID-19 in Africa.
• COVID-19: Give interest-free loans on your interventions, expert charges CBN.
• Mother of invention: the new gadgets dreamt up to fight coronavirus.
• Coronavirus transforms New York as US deaths top 4,000.
• Harry and Meghan embark on new life in Los Angeles.

DAILY TRUST Newspaper Headlines

• COVID-19: N25.6bn to be slashed from N/Assembly budget.
• David Mark tasks security agencies on human rights.
• Almajiri system should be integrated with basic education.
• Conditional Cash Transfer: FG doles out N20,000 each to 5,000 in FCT.
• Ex-Pope Benedict ‘doing well’ but no longer accepting visits.
• Spain death toll hits 9,053 as virus cases pass 100,000.
• Coronavirus: Putin working remotely after meeting infected doctor.
• COVID-19: Testing tent stolen in NZ, as police ask thieves to get tested.
• COVID-19: Nigeria records new 23 cases, total now 174.
• We’ll develop vaccine for COVID-19 soon ‘ Iwu.
• COVID-19: 2 suspected cases in Adamawa negative’ Official.
• COVID-19: Use malaria drugs only for virus emergencies’EU agency.
• Suspected COVID-19 patient tests negative in Zaria.
• COVID 19: Health workers decry absence of protective equipment in hospitals.
• FG revises fuel pump price to 123.50/litre.
• COVID-19 will worsen Nigeria’s unemployment crisis ‘ Expert.
• COVID-19: KPMG seeks 3-month tax filing extension for firms.
• CSO tasks govts on transparent disbursement of COVID-19 funds.
• COVID-19: NIPCO restates commitment to customers, staff wellbeing.
• Air Peace Chairman lauds FG over maiden direct flight to Israel.
• Power outages: NNPC intervenes to raise gas supply to GenCos.
• COVID-19: ILO urges govts to treat seafarers with ‘dignity and respect.
• DPR sanctions six petrol stations in Bayelsa over infractions.
• UPDATED: LASU develops mobile app for ‘COVID-19 self-test.
• Shutting Lagos, Abuja without palliatives counter-productive ‘ YPN.

BUSINESSDAY Newspaper Headlines

• Nigerian doctors battling Covid-19 urge full compliance with lockdown to avert health disaster.
• Lekki Deep Seaport receives $221m equity funding from China Harbour.
• Nigeria cannot handle a shutdown.
• COVID 19: Africa go survive the ‘viruses in power.
• Rising community transmission of COVID-19 strengthens case for social distancing.
• World Autism Awareness Day: Challenges of COVID-19 on autism community, caring for the child and keeping hope alive.
• The role of manufacturers in mitigating impact of coronavirus.

NEW TELEGRAPH Newspaper Headlines

• COVID-19: CBN, Dangote, Elumelu, Wigwe, Otedola, BUA, others, donate N15.3bn.
• Airlines struggle to pay salaries as job cut looms.
• Panic as Osun records nine new coronavirus cases.
• 2,000 Nigerians tested for COVID-19 as cases hit 174.
• Storm kills two, destroys houses in Nasarawa, Enugu, Bayelsa.
• IPMAN directs members to adjust petrol price to N123.50 per lit.
• Nine banks realised N826bn net earnings in 2019.
• Construction firms suspend work til April 20.

PEOPLESDAILY Newspaper Headlines

• Coronavirus: Osinbajo urges more public enlightenment.
• Court of Appeal begins accelerated hearing of APP’s appeals.
• Coronavirus: Attend to time-bound cases, Malami writes heads of courts.
• IPMAN rejects new petrol pump price of N123.50 per litre.
• Nigeria coronavirus cases rise to 151, as 12 new cases emerge-NCDC.
• Army redeploys senior officers to instill professionalism-Buratai.
• NEMA gives relief package to victims of armed banditry in Niger.
• Coronavirus: Reps want CBN to give cash grants to 774 LGs.
• Coronavirus: Journalists bemoan hoarding of protective equipment in Benue.

BLUEPRINT Newspaper Headlines

• The Philippines is sending its nurses to the frontline underprotected. Now medics are dying, others risk spreading the virus.
• The world could soon run out of space to store oil. That may plunge prices below zero.
• UEFA Champions. Europa Leagues ‘put off.
• COVID-19: How 12 new cases were imported from Cote d’Ivoire ‘ Minister.
• Breaking: Coronavirus hits 6-week-old baby dead.

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