SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 07/04/2020
Punch
Onu to unveil first Nigerian-made ventilator today
Coronavirus: Africa not testing ground for any vaccine – WHO
Lagos begins COVID-19 clinical trial
Private hospitals not allowed to treat COVID-19 – Abayomi
Buhari approves withdrawal of $150m from Sovereign Wealth Fund
Nigeria to benefit from GPE’s $250m for COVID-19
67 Togo returnees detained in Seme, face 14-day quarantine
Nigerians in UK, US, China registering for evacuation — NIDCOM
UK Prime Minister in intensive care after COVID-19 worsens
Canada’s largest province says US blocked delivery of three million masks
Italian PM announces €400bn stimulus plan
FG declares Friday, Monday Easter holiday
Nigeria to borrow $6.9bn from World Bank, IMF, AfDB
Reps probe attempted Kaduna jailbreak, death of inmates
Abacha loot: UK backs US to stop Bagudu’s $110m payment
FG releases food to Lagos, Ogun, Abuja
FG to employ 774,000 youths to clear gutters, streets, others
Petrol subsidy gone forever, says NNPC
CBN to suspend interest payment on state debts
Police have arrested killers of Fasoranti’s daughter –Odumakin
Fitch downgrades Nigeria to ‘B’, negative outlook
You are not indispensable, Pinnick warns Rohr
Without test, I wouldn’t have known I had COVID-19 –Seyi Makinde
Enugu man arrested for alleged rape of 68-year-old woman
Bayelsa coastline communities allege toxic waste dumping
Owner apprehended as dog bites cop in Plateau
Edo records two fresh COVID-19 cases, shuts markets
Lockdown: Abuja markets to open three days a week – FCTA
Heavy traffic in Lekki as Lagos residents flout lockdown
COVID-19: Adenuga has redeemed N1bn pledge, says Dele Momodu
(www.punchng.com)
The Nation
Chadian President to Shekau: surrender now or be killed
Fed Govt offers N102b intervention in health sector, says minister
Fed Govt targets N2.7tr stimulus cash
Fed Govt transfers cash in Plateau, Kano, Adamawa, Kwara, C’River, others
Nigeria gets UN’s $2m grant to fight Coronavirus
Lagos needs foreign molecular biologists, says commissioner
U.S. officials brace for ‘peak death week’
American firm announces ‘vaccine candidate’ for COVID-19
NCDC confirms new cases in Edo, Kwara, FCT
NCDC: Nigeria to get four additional labs for testing
Buhari orders distribution of 150 trucks of seized rice to Nigerians
No link between Coronavirus, 5G Technology, says NCC
NAFDAC alerts Nigerians on circulation of fake chloroquine 250mg tablets
Lagos PDP chieftain Gbadamosi, wife for trial over social distancing violation
Nigeria ready for OPEC talks, says Sylva
NAF graduates helicopter gunners
JAMB de-lists nine CBT centres
Social intervention programme a hoax, alleges PDP
Fayemi resumes after 14 days in isolation
Fayemi relaxes Ekiti’s lockdown, approves palliatives for poor
Delta gets ‘critical’ medical equipment from three oil firms
Edo orders wearing of face mask, ban isolation in hotels
I worry each time my husband leaves for work, says Chimamanda
Russia’s COVID-19 caseload jumps by about 1,000 over 24 hours
(www.thenationonlineng.net)
Vanguard
Mental health plays important part in fight against COVID-19 — NCDC
Reps to Buhari, FG: Visiting Chinese doctors must be quarantined for 14 days
FG to disburse N1.6bn to 84,000 beneficiaries in Kano
UITH suspends consultant over alleged release of corpse of suspected COVID -19 patient
COVID-19:NIMASA hands over N700million worth of items to Lagos, FG
Covid-19: 200 Canadians, 385 Americans evacuated from Nigeria
EBOLA: DRC to declare outbreak over in 6 days – WHO
WORLD HEALTH DAY: COVID-19 adds urgency to trans fat elimination
NSE: Investors lose N222bn in 6 hours
OIL PRICE SLUMP: FG not returning fuel subsidy, under recovery – NNPC
COVID’19: CBN alerts Nigerians on cyber attack
Killers of Funke Olakunrin nabbed by SARS operatives
Japan donates $236, 000 for Humanitarian Mine Action in Northeast
COVID-19: Embark on charitable gestures – Rev’d Ayokunle charges church leaders
Covid-19: Govt, Religious bodies, corporate organisations must focus on ‘stomach infrastructure’ now — Fayose
Bauchi to establish testing centre for coronavirus — Dep. Governor
COVID-19: N20,000 cash to poor Nigerians, another charade — Onuesoke
COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: Macaulay donates foodstuffs to the poor in Delta
COVID -19: Abia govt threatens to arrest traders for defying lockdown
Funke Akindele, husband found guilty, to serve 14 days community service
Lagosians exercise on Gbagada expressway amidst coronavirus lockdown
Lagos govt confirms release of two more coronavirus patients
(www.vanguardngr.com)
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