SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 08/04/2020
Punch
FG social investment initiative excludes poor Nigerians –N’Assembly
Lagos coronavirus cases rise to 130
Fear grips medical workers as LUTH, UITH isolate 40
48 workers test positive for coronavirus in South African hospital
COVID-19: Zimbabwe doctors sue govt over lack of protection
COVID-19: WhatsApp places new limits on message forwarding
B’Haram loot shops, razes houses in Adamawa
FG social investment initiative excludes poor Nigerians –N’Assembly
FG partners states to feed pupils at home
Panel to monitor COVID-19 fund usage, says FG
FG knocks Oyakhilome for calling COVID-19 lockdown a scam
NMA demands Edo boundary closure, stiffer measures
Vaccine test: ASURI attacks French doctors, calls them racists
Atiku gives economic road map for Nigeria, others
Kogi gov sacks VC, Rector, names replacements
Katsina, Sokoto residents ignore social distancing
Edo reiterates stay-at-home directive
Two Kaduna pastors arraigned for holding Sunday service
Abia hands over food distribution to church leaders
CLO accuses A’Ibom lockdown team of extortion
Anambra traders protest N250,000 election levy
Nasarawa corps members donate face masks
LASG to begin relief package distribution’s second phase
Lagos makeshift market to hold on Thursday
Katsina records first COVID-19 death
France coronavirus deaths exceed 10,000
(www.punchng.com)
The Nation
NCDC confirms 16 cases as Lagos, FCT discharge eight patients
World Bank releases $82m to Nigeria
China’s medical supplies for 18 African countries arrive in Accra
Sterling Bank unveils N1b COVID-19 Fund for health workers
ECOWAS shares 30,500 test kits, 10,000 protective equipment to members
Chinese billionaire donates 500 ventilators to African countries
Global leaders to G-20: approve $8b emergency fund, others to contain COVID-19
1,739 foreigners evacuated from MMIA
Reps minority caucus kicks as APC backs Chinese experts
Free basic healthcare service for 20 million Nigerians
N2tr Social Investment Programme a failure, say Lawan, Gbajabiamila
Court remands two pilots for flying expatriates into Rivers
Fed Govt to cut FIRS’ N8.5tr target
Finance Act: N25m tax exemption for companies, not individuals
Blackout imminent over 10,000 Mw stranded electricity
Chinese firm injects $221m equity into Lekki Ports
Merger: Dangote Sugar, Savannah Sugar get regulatory approval
11 marginal fields lose licences
DSS traces foreign rice to Adamawa homes
IPMAN, others back fuel subsidy removal
Wizkid, Tecno unveil Camon 15
Buhari’s stimulus package good for economy, says Uzodinma
Zamfara governor, deputy’s names found at shrine
23-year-old commits suicide in Kogi
Relief materials hijacked at Lagos council
Toyin Abraham shares food, livestock to the elderly, widows in Osun
New York records largest single-day 731 deaths
China’s Wuhan lifts final restrictions
(www.thenationonlineng.net)
Vanguard
Nigeria records 16 new cases of coronairus, total now 254
3,000 health workers infected with coronavirus – WHO
CORONAVIRUS: 64-year old Nigerian dies in UK
Caverton appeals to FG to prevail on Wike to release its detained pilots
COVID-19: Social media experiences 61 percent increase
Buhari felicitates with Amb Igali at 60, lauds selfless service to Nigeria
Bringing Chinese doctors to Nigeria is against national interests — Reps minority caucus
Reactions trail bill seeking 2-month free power supply
COVID-19: Customs boss approves release of rice, other items worth N3.2bn
World Health Day 2020: NAS tells FG to review Healthcare practitioners remuneration, welfare
Govt breaching Pension Reform Act — Labour
$6.9BN COVID-19 loan, plot by FG to deceive Nigerians – PDP
PDP calls for policy statement on subsidy removal
Kidnapped Bauchi governor’s brother regains freedom
National Park boss calls for attitudinal change towards wildlife to avoid strange diseases
NiMet predicts thundery activities from Wednesday to Friday
Okowa hails David Mark at 72
COVID-19: Jigawa Govt extends stay home order to 2 weeks
Kwara fully locks down Offa to contain COVID-19
COVID 19: RCCG hands over medical equipment to Ogun Govt
LOCKDOWN: FCT Minister threatens tougher measures over violations
2020 National Day of Mourning: 1, 142 persons violently killed in Q1 of 2020 — Global Rights
(www.vanguardngr.com)
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