SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 30/03/2020
Punch
Buhari locks down Lagos, Ogun, Abuja, cases reach 111
Nominate doctors, nurses for training on COVID-19, Buhari tells govs
IMF plans $1bn fund raising for poor countries
COVID-19: Israel evacuates 274 nationals from Nigeria
COVID-19: FG evacuates stranded NCDC staff from Congo Brazzaville
COVID-19: UBA donates N28.5m to Osun
Angola announces first two coronavirus deaths
Ivory Coast records first coronavirus death
US records 518 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
Aides fret as 10 senators go into self-isolation
NYSC prepares 37 orientation camps as isolation centres
FG, minister ignored advice on coronavirus containment — NMA
NAF postpones entrance exams
Elders tackle Obasanjo over ex-residence’s donation as isolation centre
Probe South-West explosions, Gani Adams tells FG
COVID-19: Ganduje declares one day fast
Give me N1bn to fight COVID-19, Obiano asks Buhari
Lagos pays retirees N1.8bn accrued pensions
We’ll shut down Yobe on Tuesday, says Buni
Anambra bars traffic across Niger Bridge, closes Enugu border
Edo CAN counsels churches, demands shutdown of activities
Mbaka denies report on COVID-19 solution
Nine arrested for flouting Ebonyi ban on burials, weddings
Final year undergraduate drowns in Ebonyi hotel
Customs’ stray bullets kill Ogun pupil, injure 15
Anambra man allegedly kills wife, locks up self with corpse
We’ll take action against errant churches — Wike
Don’t provide BVN details for relief items — Osun
Ekiti begins school-in-the-air programme for pupils
Ogun facilitates N500m credit for cassava farmers
Rosie, Kachi win Ultimate Love Reality TV Show
Soldiers attack PUNCH van, stop newspaper from S’South
(www.punchng.com)
The Nation
COVID-19: Cases hit 686,199 with 32,277 deaths
COVID-19 is not airborne, says WHO
Immigration Comptroller, UCH CMD, others test positive for COVID-19
Buhari shuts down Lagos, Abuja, Ogun for 14 days
Keystone Bank pledges N1bn to fight against coronavirus
N100b healthcare stimulus: CBN sets N2b limit for borrowers
Lagos takes delivery of 110-bed Isolation Centre
COVID-19: I’ve been working from home, says Kyari
We have 60-day fuel sufficiency, says NNPC
Tinubu: I didn’t call for printing of naira notes
Buhari can’t shut down Abuja, Lagos, Ogun without NASS approval – Adegboruwa
Stock market transactions halve as Coronavirus shuts trading floors
Bauchi Gov offers N2 million for information on kidnapped brother
Ondo takes preventive campaign to monarchs
Abuja pastor arrested for violating ban on worship places
Philanthropist’s mother abducted in Jigawa
Troops kill nine bandits in Zamfara crackdown
COVID-19: we’d rather lose our money than lose our lives – Onitsha traders
Stimulus package: Lagos warns against sale of food packs
Marine Bridge closure suspended
Rotary donates N2m to Abule-Ado fire fund
Dangote to establish 600-bed isolation centre in Kano
(www.thenationonlineng.net)
Vanguard
Lockdown: Buhari pledges relief materials to residents of satellite towns in FCT, Lagos
CORONA CURE: We are developing three compounds against virus — Prof Maurice Iwu
COVID-19: NCDC to increase testing laboratories to 13
COVID-19: Travellers stranded as security agents enforce lock-down in Rivers, Delta, Ekiti, others
N100BN health sector intervention scheme operational till 2030 – CBN
COVID-19: Holding breath, hot weather does not prevent transmission – WHO
COVID-19: Tinubu donates N200m to Lagos govt, NCDC
COVID-19: Abba Kyari speaks from isolation centre
COVID-19: Ecobank commits about N100M to National Radio Campaign ‘StaySafeNigeria’
New York records 3,250 new cases, 161 deaths in 24 hours
Lawyers divided over Buhari’s restriction of movement order in Abuja, Lagos, Ogun
Publish weekly spending details on COVID-19 pandemic – SERAP to FG
COVID-19: FG requires N2trn to assist poor families – Moghalu
Tinubu still has a lot to offer Nigeria — Omo- Agege
Akure explosion: NASRDA faults Police report
Buhari’s address empty, failed to address real concerns – PDP
Gov Ortom imposes dusk-to-dawn curfew on Benue
Covid-19 restrictions: FCT enforcement team arrests pastor, shuts 16 churches
COVID-19: Oyo NUJ warns journalists against physical interviews
Frustration led me into robbery, says female member of One Chance gang
First Bank gives access to e-learning during Covid-19 school closures
(www.vanguardngr.com)
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