SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 26/03/2020
Punch
Military airlifts medical supplies, detection kits from China
UN pledges N760m to combat pandemic
Canadian firm develops vaccine for COVID-19
London party: Attendees go into isolation as two guests die
Protect inmates against coronavirus, Reps tell correctional service
UK struggling with coronavirus tests amid global shortage
Health minister’s absence sparks self-isolation rumour
Niger gov goes into self-isolation
N’Assembly meets Ahmed, Sylva, Emefiele over failing economy
Uzor Kalu loses appeal against N7.1bn fraud conviction
Northern govs mourn as NESCO MD dies
COVID-19: Online instant payments hit 3.71 million
COVID-19: Oil majors slash 2020 spending by 18%
Kyari: Buhari’s governance structure has collapsed, says PDP
Police shut night clubs, leisure joints in FCT
Gombe Assembly shut
Shut down Zamfara, NMA tells gov
Bayelsa CJ suspends court sittings for two weeks
Gunmen kidnap Bauchi gov’s elder brother
Gunmen kill three siblings, two women in Plateau
Three pupils die as Anambra boat capsizes
Kano to sanction private schools violating closure order
Lagos not on lockdown, says commissioner
Niger to slash budget to 36%
Coronavirus: Some UCH doctors in self isolation, says CMD
First Bank partners LASG on e-learning
Villa coverage: PDP, CSOs knock Buhari for barring PUNCH, others
(www.punchng.com)
The Nation
Edo speaker, Prince Charles test positive for Coronavirus
COVID-19: Osinbajo, Oyetola test negative
Osun begins contact tracing as state records first case
Aso Rock in partial lockdown, says presidency
Eight ministers undergo COVID-19 test
COVID-19: Households can get N3 million
CBN unveils N50b COVID-19 stimulus
COVID-19: Health minister halts daily briefings
COVID-19: Army denies plot to lockdown Nigeria
Court orders ICPC to review Obono-Obla’s bail conditions
Cybercriminal jailed 12 months for stealing $825
Suspected thugs invade Kogi tribunal
IMN demands El-Zakzaky’s release
NASU gives strike notice
Kano Assembly approves Ganduje’s N50bn loan request
Lagos Assembly may lift lawmakers’suspension
Nasarawa Assembly shuts down
Military resumes onslaught against bandits in Zamfara
District head, 13 others rescued from kidnappers in Zamfara
Katsina rescues 12 kidnapped victims at Kankara village
Abia establishes three Isolation Centres
Bauchi governor ‘didn’t meet with Dangote after contracting coronavirus’
Lagos to file Nolle Prosequi in 566 cases
Akwa Ibom to monitor gatherings
Gombe to revoke licences of erring schools
COVID-19 prevention: Non-compliant markets to be shut in Anambra
COVID-19: Bauchi, Imo, Ekiti shut markets
Oyo: sick workers should stay at home
LASBCA to enforce 20-worker restriction order at building sites
MC Oluomo stops ‘police’ Danfo driver
(www.thenationonlineng.net)
Vanguard
COVID-19: After testing negative, Buhari resumes work
Labour demands nationwide lockdown
After N200m donation, Dangote rallies OPS against COVID-19
Coronavirus: 4 govs in isolation as Kogi, Rivers shut borders
CBN to remain operational while COVID lasts
WE WILL UNMASK THOSE BEHIND KALU’S ORDEAL — YERIMA SHETTIMA
Nigeria’s terms of trade up 0.81% in Q4’19
KUDOS, KNOCKS AS JAMB COMPLETES CONDUCT OF 2020 UTME
WEST AFRICAN CERAMICS GIVES POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNIZIK STUDENTS
SERVICE DELIVERY: LASG set to promote 4,942 post-primary school teachers
NBC rates YABATECH radio equipment high
DELTA 2023: OBOREVWORI, GBAGI, AUGOYE, EDEVBIE, OTHERS IN THE FRAY
Oro Festival: TASCE students seek Abiodun’s intervention
COVID-19: I’m not in isolation — Akeredolu
Covid-19: Panic buying as Kwara closes markets, bans commercial transports
Anthony Joshua in self-isolation after contact with Prince Charles who tested positive
COVID-19: South African police charge carriers with attempted murder for not isolating
(www.vanguardngr.com)
A time of crisis is not just a time of anxiety and worry. It gives a chance, an opportunity, to choose well or to choose badly. – Desmond Tutu
