NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: MAY 4

*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR MONDAY 4TH MAY, 2020*

(PLEASE STAY SAFE)

 *PUNCH*

Anambra begins community search for COVID-19 patients

Nasarawa repatriates 788 Almajiris

NMA rejects planned salary cut by Kogi

Convert seized buildings to isolation centres, SERAP tells FG

Pharmacists caution residents as FG relaxes lockdown

Taraba discharges 124 from isolation centre

Press Freedom Day: Lawan, Gbajabiamila hail Nigerian journalists

NIN officers to get PPE against COVID-19

Gideon Orkar: The man who saw tomorrow

Tribute to Akinjide

Steering Nigerias COVID-19 action train (1)

Kyari burial attendees test negative, discharged

COVID-19: Searching for local remedy

Of new debts and economic priorities

MASSOB urges Igbo to embark on farming

Post-covid-19 banking reforms

Nigeria records 170 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2,558

COVID19 and the state of public hospital buildings

COVID-19: Kano in trouble, says Ganduje

Impeachment: Trump hits Bush for failing to support him

COVID-19: Theres PPE shortage in Lagos, says Sanwo-Olu

Task force to arrest motorists defying new rules as Lagos re-opens

Dont resume on Monday, Sanwo-Olu orders civil servants

Niger labour minister dies at 55

UPDATED: Nigeria records highest COVID-19 cases, deaths in West Africa

Kyari: Burial attendees test negative for COVID-19

Confusion as Italy prepares to ease lockdown

COVID-19: FMC Abeokuta shuts unit after pregnant patient dies

UK COVID-19 deaths near 30,000

COVID-19: Kogi doctors reject salary cut

FG retains N125/litre petrol price despite crude oil crash

Cut interest rates to boost economy, says Tinubu

FG raises MDAs operating surplus to N916.87bn

FG intensifying diversification through minerals sectorMinister

NNPC, partners construct 200-bed hospital in Yenagoa

Oyo launches digitised Certificate of Occupancy

FG confirms Thomas as commissioner for insurance

Slash taxes, adjust repayments, CITN advises FG

Don laments state of public hospital buildings

AIICO feeds underprivileged communities in Lagos

CBN prevails on banks not to sack workers

Unilever provides palliatives to Abuja residents

Sacked workersll get monthly salaries for insured jobs Insurers

Sovereign Trust pays N2.76bn claims

Property market stalls as buyers decline purchase Report

Fraud rising amid COVID-19 crisis Access Bank

JAMB remits N7bn to FG for 2020 UTME

26-year-old Delta barber arrested for defiling toddler

CDHR protests southern DPOs redeployment to North

Doctors who treated Lagos COVID-19 victim working without isolation

80% of Kano coronavirus samples positive Buharis panel

Osun illegal mining: 17 Chinese, monarch, others face prosecution

Osun premature baby dumped in stream

Three killed in Benue communal clash

Dont relax lockdown, PDP Reps tell Buhari

23 Nasarawa Assembly members quarantined as member dies

18 Southern Kaduna communities raided by bandits SOKAPU

Fayemi names Amotekun board members, ombud chair

Fears as Ebonyi confirms more COVID-19 cases

Gender violence rising during lockdown FIDA

Amotekun: Hunters express readiness to fight crime

Kwara intercepts 50 Zamfara youths

Pharmacies hike face masks prices in Rivers

Kaduna records 50 COVID-19 through Kano Almajiris El-Rufai

Lockdown: Vigilante arrested for flogging Gombe man, woman

Ogun doctors begin three-day warning strike

17th birthday: Leah Sharibus parents accuse FG of deceiving Nigerians

Relaxing lockdown not licence to flood streets Sanwo-Olu

Lagos sensitises grassroots residents to COVID-19

27 police officers assaulted during enforcement duties

Four killed, 11 injured as violence rocks Taraba festival

Dangote hands over 400/day test lab to Kano

Our plans beyond pandemic Ayade

Return to work, Ayade orders civil servants

Matawalle fumigates Zamfara

Katsina impounds 159 vehicles,106 motorcycles

NCDC reviews case definition for COVID-19

Gombe transfers 42 suspected cases to Adamawa

Include us in palliatives, old citizens tell FG

Lady trafficked to Oman seeks rescue

Slash public officials salaries privileges HEDA

Returned Abacha loot and anti-graft war

Buhari orders police to apprehend UNIPORT students fleeing killers

Lecturer accuses LUTH of negligence after brothers death

Clarence Peters in police custody over dancers death

Lagos lawyer disowned by NBA goes into hiding

Abducted Islamic clerics twins regain freedom eight days after

Assault: CP writes UUTH as nurses, midwives demand apology

Clarence Peters in police custody over video vixens death

Lockdown: 27 officers assaulted during enforcement duties IGP

When COVID-19 forces Muslims to observe Ramadan without Tarawih

I cried after Champions League loss to Bayern Mourinho

Netherlands coach Koeman undergoes heart surgery

 *VANGUARD*

Lockdown Violations: Abuja Pastor scales fence, 22 violators caught hiding under beans sacks

IGP says Nigerians attacked, assaulted 27 police personnel during lockdown

Curfew: We will be aggressive in enforcing FG's order in Ogun ' Police

All Aboard'! Steering Nigeria's COVID-19 Action Train

COVID-19: CBN, Bankers' committee suspend retrenchment of banks' staff

Cross River preparing for life after COVID-19 ' Gov. Ayade

Coronanomics should now take centre stage

Gunmen ambush vigilantes, kill 4 in Kaduna

MTN asks US court to throw out Afghan anti-terrorism suit

Allegation against Gov Ishaku: Taraba group cautions against malicious reportage

COVID-19: Attendees at Abba Kyari's burial test negative

Three Uniport students: Buhari orders arrest of remaining suspects

Ali Modu Sheriff not running from Covid-19 test, report malicious ' Aide

Mother of six arrested for slapping policeman 13 times

Don't resume, stay at home, Sanwo-Olu orders Lagos civil servants

Ali Modu Sheriff debunks report of fleeing to Abuja to avoid COVID-19 test

Who really is Kenneth Gbagi

How Federal Government raised COVID-19 war chest

Alphabet CEO received annual compensation worth $281m

Alphabet shares soar on Google Cloud, YouTube expansion

Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and WebEx raise data privacy concerns

JAMB makes interim remittance of N7bn for 2020, promises additional

Coming in from the cold

Fellow Nigerians and governors they do not deserve

The gullibility of the era of coronavirus

This is your time of healing

Covid-19: Tackle situation in Kano now before it worsens ' Journalists tell FG

JAMB makes interim remittance of N7bn for 2020

Foetus dumped in sewage in Osogbo

Kidnappers free twin children abducted in Ibadan

Gunmen abduct monarch in Nasarawa, demand N50m

Kano Mystery Deaths: Residents bury corpses with bare hands ' Galadima

 *THE NATION*

How StanCharts $50m donation will be distributed

Cleric urges Muslims to invest Umrah money in palliatives

The case against high interest rates in time of contagion

Ecobank posts $90million profit in Q1

CRC Credit Bureau gets director

Obaseki renews attack on Oshiomhole

Osun arrests 27 illegal miners

Why APC Unity Forum is unsettled

Ighalo regrets non-scoring debut

Lagos to discharged patients: self-isolate for 14 days

English FA Cup slated for Aug 8

Dont open schools, religious centres, Mufti cautions govt

Fayemi names governing board for Amotekun

Promoters fine tune Joshua-Fury fight

PDP, APC trade blame over palliative distribution

Bamgbose-led Ogun PDP exco has come to stay

Oyedele: I will make difference as governor

EFCC: Covid-19 cant stop anti-graft war

How Ondo can develop, by Adetula

Firm unveils loan package

Experts advise govt to protect naira from depreciation

FirstBank USSD platform serves 9.5m

Fidelity Bank reassures stakeholders at AGM

CBN, Bankers Committee halt mass sack in banks

How CBN can boost production and investment, by Tinubu

Strategies for road traffic crash reduction

Toyota unveils COVID-19 ambulance

Porsche restarts manufacturing today

FMBN chief: You can own a home with 0% equity

 *THISDAY*

Wapic Insurance Offers Health Workers 15% Premium Rebates

Transcorp CEO Commits to Improved Performance

Interswitch Group, Employees Raise N305m Response Fund

FG Urged to Prioritise Dangote Refinery

FG Urged Deepen Economic Diversification

Ecobank Pledges Improved Customer Satisfaction

Expert Urges States to Float Pandemic Bonds

CAFEi Harps on Cashless Policy

Work-from-Home Survey Launched

ALAT Marks Third Anniversary

Total Health Trust Provides Covid-19 Relief Materials

Group Rolls Out Palliative to Lagos Community

Bent Over by a Burden of Debts

Again, Acute Water Scarcity Hits Katsina

Italian Govt Gives All-clear for Serie A Clubs to Resume Training...

Ndidi, Iheanacho, Others May Complete Premier League Season in Australia

Victor Osimhen: Is Anfield

Influx of Foreign-born Players into Super Eagles: A Blessing or Curse

 *THE SUN*

Ondo guber: Aspirants mount pressure on Aregbesola to ensure Tinubu's support

What governors must do to survive crash in oil price 'Oshiomhole

Confusion in APC as Abia North endorses Buhari's appointee rejected by party

COVID-19 fund raising: Ikeme to auction last Super Eagles shirt

C'River PDP crisis deepens as Court orders status quo maintained

NFF's austerity measure must start with Rohr's exit 'Ndubuoke

Lyon, Rennes slug it out for Moses Simon

NFF, CAF, Everton celebrate Iwobi on his birthday

Okoye sets Olympics, 2022 Afrobasket finish targets

Athletes commend Dare over relief fund payment

Saudi Arabia offers 400m for Joshua, Tyson fight

Liverpool should be awarded Premier League title, ex-manager Houllier says

COVID-19: Nigeria's economy in dire straits 'Say experts

Rising public debts: Nigerian becoming slave to foreign creditors

Buhari appoints Thomas Commissioner for Insurance

TUC cautions employers against unlawful employee' disengagments

Agric: Skepticism over enforcement ofNational Fertiliser Quality Control Act 2019

Fidelity Bank grosses N6.6bn in Q1 profits, reassures stakeholders

COVID 19: BEDC donates food items to franchise states

Use COVID-19 to crash interest rates, Tinubu charges CBN

Sylva, Kyari and changing face of Nigeria's oil, gas industry

CBN, Bankers Committee suspend planned lay-offs in banks

COVID-19: Ebonyi's cases hit 5, Gov Umahi calls for calm

COVID-19 has exposed Nigeria's poor leadership 'Okogie

FMC Abeokuta confirms death of pregnant woman

World Press Freedom Day: Let's guarantee the rights and safety of journalists ' Goodluck Jonathan Foundation

Imo workers lament 3 months unpaid salaries

Nasarawa gov shuts House of Assembly as lawmaker dies of COVID-19

Make no mistakes, recent Kano deaths have COVID-19 links, Task force tells residents

Enugu cases soar as 4 test positive

Sanwo-Olu delays resumption of civil servants, as lockdown directive expires

COVID-19: South- South medical infrastructure takes off in Bayelsa

How to pull Nigeria from the brink

My church is bigger than yours

Lord, give me my own Abba Kyari

Lockdown pregnancies, intimate terrorism and economic woes

Hameed Ali: Customs' redemptive transformations

Africa should prepare for post-coronavirus new world order

P&G supports Nigerian govt with over N90m worth of humanitarian package

The stimulus package for small businesses

COVID-19: UPTH CMD's claims and facts on ground

Politicised strike of Enugu Parklane resident doctors

 *GUARDIAN*

Cross River PDP sues Secondus, others as ward suspends state chairman

COVID-19 Relief response 'Unites' political opponents in Kogi

Olujimi faults Fayose's loyalists as ward executives

PDP accuses Buhari of 'abandoning' Nigerians over COVID-19

Police extortion was our biggest challenge during five weeks of lockdown, Nigerians lament

250 young tailors volunteer to give out one million face masks

Trump says US to have coronavirus vaccine by end of year

Niger labour minister dies aged 55

Trump aides say business-loan plan working, 'pause' comes next

Wilder told to let Joshua fight Fury, take on winner in 2021

Drogba' a fall patriotism, compassion could not halt

Poor technology, inadequate facilities stunting Nigeria's football development, says Shorunmu

TB Joshua helped us win U-20 World Cup, says Ghana's Awako

Stan Okoye targets Olympics, 2022 Afrobasket glory

Brownhill Foundation gives palliatives to communities amid lockdown

Netherlands coach Koeman hospitalised with heart problem

Stanbic IBTC supports Lagos to improve workforce

Underwriters refund policyholders' motor premium over lockdown

CIIN lauds government over efforts in curbing COVID-19 spread

FG commends insurance industry on N11bn free cover for health workers

Insurers pay policyholders N1.7b as fire outbreak claims hit N2.7 billion

Cost optimisation, others lift Zenth Bank Q1, 2020 profits

Bank's support against COVID-19 spread will boost governments efforts

Anticipated bailout, others lift market indices by 1.87 per cent

The lockdown and family bonding

COVID-19 response: Medium and long term recommendations

Let's talk witchcraft

Group laments lack of blueprint to end gas flaring

Labour, NMA vow to resist pay cuts in Kogi

How to generate N15tr from oil despite slump

UN-Habitat unveils $33.3m plan for vulnerable communities in Nigeria, others

Last resort for Nigeria's economic diversification is agriculture

Unhealthy development

COVID-19 solution and official indifference

Eat well to boost your immune system, Nigerians urged

Akewugbagold's two-year-old twins released

Engineers invent ventilators, others for COVID-19 fight

 *DAILY TIMES*

Buhari confirms Thomas as substantive NAICOM boss

Enormous evidence virus came from China lab- Pompeo

Access Bank restructures salaries, operations

The Haymarket Square Riot Its Effect Today

Lockdown: Wike leads Rivers security council on monitoring tour

Lagos Assembly Deputy Majority Leader, assures state remains resolute on COVID-19 war

Lagos PDP chairman, Doherty queries Gbajabiamilas interest in COVID-19 vaccination bill

Presidency assures Lagos, FG will continue Home-Grown Feeding Programme despite school closure

Covid-19/Ramadan: Lagos lawmaker, Abiru reaches Muslim faithful with special packages

COVID 19: Lagos council Enforcement Team seals up hotel, make arrest over violation.

Daily Times Newspaper, Monday, May 04, 2020

CBN, Bankers cttee shelve workers lay-off

COVID-19: Matawalle appoints consortium to fumigate Zamfara

Oronsaye report: Over 100 MDAs to go as Buhari orders implementation

COVID-19: Kwara imposes curfew, bars inter-LG travels

FG medical team links Kano strange deaths to COVID-19

2020 UTME: JAMB returns N7bn to FG

Imo workers cry out over unpaid 3 month salaries

COVID-19: Nasarawa evacuates 788 almajiris to states of origin

Poor welfare package: Ogun resident Doctors begin warning strike

Scottish FA vice-president fears total disaster of cancelling next season

Netherlands coach Koeman hospitalised with heart problem

Stanbic IBTC tops in gender balance with 43% female directors

Osinbajo optimistic of Nigerias economy emerging stronger post-COVID-19

COVID-19: NAMA boss cautions staff on safety guidelines

COVID-19: Fund research institutes to solve economy challenges, ULC tells FG

COVID-19: Global Smartphone sales dip by 56m in Q1 2020

Tinubu wants CBN to review high interest rate policy

Why Nigeria must diversify economy from oil-Expert

Davido to give out N1.4 million in 14 days

WurlD Announces Forthcoming EP Afrosoul, Set for Release on May 15th

Police confirm detaining video director, Clarence Peters over vixen death

Enemy of the state

COVID 19: Back to Land Scheme as Elixir for President Buharis Food Security Agenda

 *DALY TRUST*

Need for Executive Order to decongest correctional centres

Oronsaye Report: Lawyers, lawmakers set template for implementation

Why Ayade will not respond to Wike's 'Buhari boy' comment ' Commissioner

Disquiet trails Reps' Quarantine bill as Senate considers own version tomorrow

IMF should issue special drawing rights as grants to Africa

This roaming army will kill us someday!

Virtual May Day

COVID-19: Private schools in Kaduna operating secretly ' govt

Jarman Kano, Prof Isa Hashim dies

Emir of Rano dies at 74

As coronavirus cases rise: Patients Face Difficulties Accessing Healthcare in Kano

Pompeo says 'enormous evidence' COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab

Iran to reopen many mosques as lockdown eases

Russia registers more than 10,000 new coronavirus infections in 1 day

FUTA researchers recommend 'Cocoa-Zobo-Ginger' beverage to boost immunity against COVID-19

COVID-19 death toll rises to 28 in Lagos

All Aboard: Steering Nigeria's COVID-19 action train

CBN, Bankers' Committee urge banks to halt workers' sack

Unilever supports COVID-19 fight with food, hygiene

COVID-19: FG will prioritize mining to reposition economy ' Minister

MTNN, Nestle & Tier 1 banks' stocks boost market value

Buhari appoints Thomas as NAICOM boss, NDIC board members

NSE Digital Closing Gong has shown that the world is changing ' Sterling Bank CEO

Opeyori confident COVID-19 won't abort his Tokyo Olympics ambition

Okoye: D'Tigers talented enough for podium finish at Tokyo Olympics

Roma joins Serie A clubs returning to training

De Bruyne eyes swift return to action
Badminton federation to

*DAILY INDEPENDENT*

Plateau: Family Of Kidnap Victim Call For Justice Against 6 Suspects In Police Net

Why I'm Opposed To Akeredolu's Re-Election Bid 'Oyedele

COVID-19: How Has Boss Mustapha-Led PTF Fared

CEPEJ Lauds Okowa for Presenting Participatory Citizens Budget

COVID-19: Relaxing Lockdown Not Best Solution- Etek Notions

Edo PDP Charges Journalists To Be Fearless, Objective

The Controlled Easing Of COVID-19 Lockdown

Averting Further Mysterious Deaths In Kano

Anxiety Greets FG's Push To Reopen Economy

FIRS' Advance Tax Request Inimical To Ease Of Doing Business

ADNOC Restarts Ruwais Oil Refinery

Virgin Media, O2 In Talks Over Tie-up

Hiscox Sued Over Lockdown Insurance

Oil Price Drop, Naira Devaluation May Stall Banks' Post-COVID-19 Recovery

Shareholders Commend Access Bank's 2019 Performance

COVID-19: Givefood.ng Donates 10,000 Meals

FCMB Shareholders Approve N2.77bn Dividend

Simba Group Donates Food Items In Kebbi

Wang Ki-chun Arrested Over Alleged Sexual Assault

COVID-19: 3 Persons At FC Cologne Test Positive, Club Announces

COVID-19 Lockdown And Crime Resurgence In Ekiti

Taskforce Seals Bakery For Violating Face Mask Order In Delta

Armenia Reopens Bars Despite Increase In Coronavirus Cases

Japan's Abe Looks To Extend State Of Emergency Until May 31

Coronavirus Restrictions Curb Smuggling In Lebanon

UNICEF Promotes Vaccination Campaigns In Middle East

Police Kill 18 Extremists In Sinai Raid

5 Sudanese Arrested Along Israel Border

Ivory Coast's Gon Coulibaly Flies To France For Medical Checks

Gunfire Exchanged Across DMZ

Mosques, Schools To Reopen In Iran

Plague Upon Plague Hits Yemen

 *TRIBUNE*

Nigeria records 170 new coronavirus cases, total now 2,558

COVID 19: Tolaram Group supports FG with N1b

Why investors, customers renewed interest in GTBank, Zenith Bank

With the Okada ban, we are focusing on logistics 'Opay MD

Awo: The man who saw tomorrow

External reserves drop by 15.43% to $33.44bn in 4 months

Access Bank alerts customers as fraud rises during COVID-19 crisis

Marketing during crises

Seplat recorded $33.1m gross profit in Q1:2020

Q1'2020: MTN Nigeria PAT increase by 5.6% to N51.1bn

Transcorp assures shareholders of improved dividend

Stanbic IBTC tops banks with gender balance in executive positions

 *BLUEPRINT*

High interest rate, foreign loans: Tinubu canvasses way out

Why we suspended banks from sacking workers ' CBN

Breaking: Ronaldo trapped

Breaking: Popular European coach lands in hospital

APC accuses Atiku of serving under a short-sighted, failed govt

Ondo govt distribution of palliatives partial ' PDP

COVID-19: Don urges FG, states to provide more palliatives to people

Ex-governors speak on Goni's demise

Why PDP suspended C'River state chairman

ActionAid, others raise concern over palliatives for smallholder farmers

Post COVID-19: AFAN calls for stakeholders synergy on food sufficiency

World Press Day: Lawan celebrates Nigerian journalists

Group hails Buhari on sack of NEMA DG

Breaking: Covid-19 cases decline in Lagos, Kano; shoot up in Ogun, Bauchi as Nigeria records over 2500

COVID 19: Ebonyi LG rejects natives' corpses

Breaking: At last, PTF reveals real cause of strange deaths in Kano

Breaking: Coronavirus status of Buhari's aides, PTF members, others who attended Abba Kyari's burial revealed

I'll stop at nothing to ensure Dickson secures senatorial ticket ' Wilson

Lockdown violations: FCTA turns back 22 travelers, seals up church indefinitely, as pastor escapes arrest

Covid-19 relief package: Obaseki shuts out Journalists

Fear grips residents, politicians, others as Coronavirus kills lawmaker in Nasarawa, assembly complex shut

Rescind lockdown easing decision; Reps' PDP Caucus tells Buhari

Covid-19: Osun records 2 new cases

Covid-19: Emejuru defends Bill Gates, tells Buhari how to distribute palliative to poor Nigerians

Covid-19: Lagos issues guidelines for reopening of markets

COVID-19: Sule directs Nasarawa lawmakers to go on isolation

Bauchi residents lament over havoc cause by Triacta's rock blasts

Covid-19: Nasarawa returns 788 Almajiri children to five states

Tears flow as Rano Emir, Tafida Abubakar Ila buried in Kano

NSIP monitoring team writes Buhari over unpaid 3 months stipend

Gov Matawalle approves N470m food subsidy loan for Zamfara civil servants

 *SAHARA REPORTERS*

Do Not Attack Our Officers Enforcing Lockdown, IGP Tells Citizens, Condemn Assault On Oyo Policeman

BREAKING: Zamfara Emir Dies Of COVID-19 In Isolation Centre

BREAKING: Nasarawa Assembly Member Dies Of COVID-19

Lockdown: Drama As Pastor, Ministers Scale Fence To Evade Arrest In Abuja Church

Residents Of Ogun, Oyo Working In Lagos Demand Consideration Over Curfew, Employers Express Worry Ahead Of Lockdown Easing

Don't Come To Work, Governor Sanwo-Olu Tells Lagos Civil Servants

CBN, Bankers' Committee Reach Agreement To Halt Employees Sack

BREAKING: Mysterious Deaths Recorded In Kano Caused By Coronavirus, Says Presidential Task Force Committee

Six COVID-19 Patients Discharged In Kwara

JUST IN: Adamawa Government Arrests COVID-19 Patient Who Escaped From Gombe

Lagos Fishermen Embrace Tourism To Boost Revenue As Climate Change Leaves 'Fishless' Waters Across City

BREAKING: Buhari's Aides, Other Attendees At Abba Kyari's Burial Test Negative For COVID-19

Despite Owing Staff Several Months Salaries, Ifeanyi Ubah Spends Millions On Palliatives To Kickstart Gubernatorial Ambition

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Borno Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, Tricks Health Officials, Flees To Abuja To Avoid COVID-19 Test Despite Close Contact With Dead Victims

Lagos Speaker, Obasa, Gives Thugs N50m To Burn Down SaharaReporters' Civic Media Lab, Targets TVC Journalist, HEDA For Criticizing Him

Despite Court Order In 2017, DSS Yet To Release ABU Student Arrested In 2014

Arresting Citizens For "Insulting" President Is Unconstitutional And Will Be Challenged By Tope Akinyode

Creeping Tyranny In The Land Of Promise By Emmanuel Umohinyang

Before Abba Kyari Rests In Peace! By Ozodinukwe Okenwa

COVID-19: Apostle Suleman And Five Thousand Dollar Healing Challenge By Leo Igwe

You Cannot Call Them Unpatriotic By Evans Ufeli Esq

Can Buhari Salvage The Jobs' By Seun Awogbenle

The Politicised Strike Of Enugu Parklane Resident Doctors By Simon Ugwuenyi

Nigerian Lady Trafficked To Oman For Domestic Work Cries Out For Help After Being Enslaved, Sexually Harassed By Boss

I Spoke Out Of Anger After Bandits Killed My Family, Rustled 15 Cows '70-year-old Man Arrested For Insulting President Buhari

Abba Kyari: Mamman Daura's Unwashed Clothe By Hassan Mukhtar

COVID-19: Group Condemns Mass Retrenchment Of Workers, Deduction Of Salaries

BudgIT Advises Nigerian Government As Country Scores Low In Global Budget Survey

Another 14 Almajiri Kids Repatriated From Kano Test Positive For COVID-19 In Kaduna

Female COVID-19 Patient Escapes From Isolation Centre In Taraba

Another 14 Almajiri Kids Repatriated From Kano Test Positive For COVID-19 In Kaduna

BREAKING: Nigeria Records 220 New Coronavirus Cases

BREAKING: Nigeria Records 220 New Coronavirus Cases

COVID-19: Borno Confirms 11 Deaths, 69 Infections

EXCLUSIVE: Pregnant Access Bank Cashier Collapses In Lagos After Receiving Sack Letter

Insult As Treason And Other Nigerian Idi Amin Dada Stories By Festus Adedayo

My Fiancee Broke Into Tears, Sacked Access Bank Cashier Billed To Wed In June Says

Ganduje Relaxes Lockdown For Few Days Despite High Number Of Coronavirus Cases

JUST IN: Emir Of Rano Emirate In Kano, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar, Dies

BREAKING: Kano Government Relaxes Lockdown, Announces Free Days

BREAKING: Lagos Discharges 22 More COVID-19 Patients, Records Four Deaths

Open Letter To Fayemi: How Negligence, Lack Of PPE, Oxygen Killed My Mum At EKSUTH By John Oluwadero

Why We Laid Of 46 Staff On Labour Day 'Ex-Vice President, Atiku's Firm

Don't Legitimise Fraud In NDDC, Group Tells President Buhari

Fellow Class Of 2020, I Beat The Virus, Do You Wanna Have It' By Israel Ayegba Ebije

WHO To Commence Clinical Trial Of COVID-19 Vaccines In Nigeria

I Infected Four Persons With Coronavirus, Says Governor El-Rufai

A Long Ride By Sesugh Akume

BREAKING: Osun Records New COVID-19 Death, Discharges Four Patients

Six Almajiris Deported From Kano Test Positive For COVID-19 In Bauchi

Kano Records Three More COVID-19 Deaths

JUST IN: Nigeria Records 238 New Coronavirus Cases

JUST IN: Nigeria Records 238 New Coronavirus Cases

JUST IN: Nigeria Records 238 New Coronavirus Cases

COVID-19: Numbers Don't Lie ' Nigerian Government Owes The People An Explanation

COVID-19: Numbers Don't Lie ' Nigerian Government Owes The People An Explanation

30-year-old Kano Driver Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Niger State

30-year-old Kano Driver Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Niger State

BREAKING: Policemen Enforcing Curfew In Ondo Cause Vehicular Accident, Injured Driver Rushed To Hospital

Amnesty International Calls On Nigerian Government To Provide Personal Protective Equipment For Health Care Workers

BREAKING: Policemen Enforcing Curfew In Ondo Cause Vehicular Accident, Injured Driver Rushed To Hospital

Amnesty International Calls On Nigerian Government To Provide Personal Protective Equipment For Health Care Workers

Northern Governors Agree To Deport More Almajiris, Set Curfew For Inter-state Trucks Movement

Northern Governors Agree To Deport More Almajiris, Set Curfew For Inter-state Trucks Movement

Northern Governors Agree To Deport More Almajiris, Set Curfew For Inter-state Trucks Movement

COVID-19: Afenifere Backs Osun State's Move To Deport Northern Youths

COVID-19: Afenifere Backs Osun State's Move To Deport Northern Youths

COVID-19: Afenifere Backs Osun State's Move To Deport Northern Youths

Wole Soyinka: Abating The Arrows Of The Envious And Ignorant By Remi Oyeyemi

Court Strikes Out N1.2bn 'Debt' Suit Against CBN, Four Banks

Femi Gbajabiamila: Speaker Of Federal House Of Repression Or Of Representatives' By Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi

Commercial Motorcycle Rider Rapes Pregnant Woman In Ondo

Summarising The Main Issues (Immediate And Medium Term) In COVID-19 Pandemic And Response By Jaye Gaskia

BREAKING: AIT Founder, Daughter-in-law, Six Family Members Test Positive For COVID-19

Enemy Of The State By Femi Adesina

FCT Administration Admits Sharing 'Dirty' Rice To Residents, Asks For Its Return

COVID-19: Panic As Ghana Records 60 Per Cent Increase In Cases After Lifting Lockdown

BREAKING: Nigeria's Ex-Vice President, Atiku, Sacks 46 Staff On May Day

COVID-19: Nigeria Maintains Slow Progress In Testing As Clinical Trial Of Potential Cure Stalls

May Day! May Day! By Dele Farotimi

Edo Government Attacks Oshiomhole, Says APC Chairman Has No Regards For Buhari, Lacks Empathy For Nigerians

One COVID-19 Patient Discharged In Abia

COVID-19: Lack Of PPEs Have Compelled Us To Ask Pregnant Patients To Provide Us With Item, Nurses, Midwives Say

Police Arrest 70-year-old Man, Two Others For Insulting Buhari, Katsina Governor On Social Media

Police Orderly Attached To Ondo Judge Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Ex-Speaker Of Nigeria's House Of Representatives, Ghali Na'abba, Well And Alive In London

COVID-19: Soludo's Voodoo Ideas By SKC Ogbonnia

Activist Arrested For 'Insulting Prophet Muhammad' On Facebook Held Incommunicado In Kano, Denied Access To Lawyer

Some State Governors Politicising COVID-19 To Make Money From FG, Others 'Northern Elders Forum

OpinionDrive Launches First Online Coronavirus Survivor's Experience Survey

Nigerian Leaders Must Seek Home-grown Solutions To Fight COVID-19 'Ooni Of Ife

FCT Administration Demolishes Houses In Abuja Despite Lockdown

BREAKING: Nigeria Records 204 New Coronavirus Cases

Osun Extends Lockdown Till Sunday, Curfew To Commence On Monday

COVID-19: Ondo NLC Demands Palliatives For Civil Servants

Akwa Ibom Records One COVID-19 Death

BREAKING: Many Killed As Building Collapses In Imo

Kano Governor, Ganduje, Asks Buhari To Relax Lockdown Over Ramadan

BREAKING: Fela's Ex-drummer, Tony Allen, Dies In France

Unlocking The Economy And Plight Of Private School Owners By Olabisi Deji-Folutile

 *POLITICS*

17 Chinese, 10 Nigerians arrested for illegal mining in Osun - PM News

170 new Coronavirus cases hit Nigeria, total figures now 2,558 - PM News

17th birthday: Leah Sharibus parents accuse FG of deceiving Nigerians - Punch

18 Southern Kaduna communities raided by bandits SOKAPU - Punch

2020 UTME: JAMB returns N7bn to FG - Daily Times

23 Nasarawa Assembly members quarantined as member dies - Punch

26-year-old Delta barber arrested for defiling toddler - Punch

27 police officers assaulted during enforcement duties - Punch

5 Sudanese Arrested Along Israel Border - Daily Independent

6 cards charging 0% interest until 2022 - CNN

80% of Kano coronavirus samples positive Buharis panel - Punch

A 'travel bubble' between Australia and New Zealand could be a model for the future - CNN

A 'travel bubble' between New Zealand and Australia could be a model for the future - CNN

Abiodun orders corporate organizations to decontaminate premises - PM News

Access Bank restructures salaries, operations - Daily Times

ActionAid, others raise concern over palliatives for smallholder farmers - Blueprint

Akewugbagold's two-year-old twins released - Guardian

Ali Modu Sheriff debunks report of fleeing to Abuja to avoid COVID-19 test - Vanguard

Ali Modu Sheriff not running from Covid-19 test, report malicious ' Aide - Vanguard

Aliko Dangote Foundation engages 54gene Laboratory to conduct 1,000 COVID-19 test per day in KanoAPO Group - Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa - APO Africa Newsroom

All Aboard'! Steering Nigeria's COVID-19 Action Train - Vanguard

Allegation against Gov Ishaku: Taraba group cautions against malicious reportage - Vanguard

Amotekun: Hunters express readiness to fight crime - Punch

Analysis: The future of Hajj operation within coronavirus pandemic - PM News

Anambra begins community search for COVID-19 patients - Punch

APC accuses Atiku of serving under a short-sighted, failed govt - Blueprint

Armenia Reopens Bars Despite Increase In Coronavirus Cases - Daily Independent

Bamgbose-led Ogun PDP exco has come to stay - The Nation

Bauchi residents lament over havoc cause by Triacta's rock blasts - Blueprint

Brazil surpasses 100,000 coronavirus cases - CNN

Breaking: At last, PTF reveals real cause of strange deaths in Kano - Blueprint

BREAKING: Buhari's Aides, Other Attendees At Abba Kyari's Burial Test Negative For COVID-19 - Sahara Reporters

Breaking: Coronavirus status of Buhari's aides, PTF members, others who attended Abba Kyari's burial revealed - Blueprint

Breaking: Covid-19 cases decline in Lagos, Kano; shoot up in Ogun, Bauchi as Nigeria records over 2500 - Blueprint

BREAKING: Mysterious Deaths Recorded In Kano Caused By Coronavirus, Says Presidential Task Force Committee - Sahara Reporters

BREAKING: Nasarawa Assembly Member Dies Of COVID-19 - Sahara Reporters

Breaking: Popular European coach lands in hospital - Blueprint

Breaking: Ronaldo trapped - Blueprint

BREAKING: Zamfara Emir Dies Of COVID-19 In Isolation Centre - Sahara Reporters

Buhari confirms Thomas as substantive NAICOM boss - Daily Times

C'River PDP crisis deepens as Court orders status quo maintained - The Sun

CBN, Bankers cttee shelve workers lay-off - Daily Times

CBN, Bankers' Committee Reach Agreement To Halt Employees Sack - Sahara Reporters

CDHR protests southern DPOs redeployment to North - Punch

CEPEJ Lauds Okowa for Presenting Participatory Citizens Budget - Daily Independent

Cleric urges Muslims to invest Umrah money in palliatives - The Nation

CNN follows contact tracers as they try to contain Covid-19 - CNN

Confusion as Italy prepares to ease lockdown - Punch

Confusion in APC as Abia North endorses Buhari's appointee rejected by party - The Sun

Convert seized buildings to isolation centres, SERAP tells FG - Punch

Coronanomics should now take centre stage - Vanguard

Coronavirus - Gabon: UNICEF Gabon COVID-19 Situation ReportAPO Group - Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa - APO Africa Newsroom

Coronavirus - Kenya: Case Management Training conducted for healthcare workersAPO Group - Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa - APO Africa Newsroom

Coronavirus - Kenya: Fight against COVID-19 intensified through targeted testing and other measuresAPO Group - Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa - APO Africa Newsroom

Coronavirus - Libya: Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Stephanie Williams' message on World Press Freedom DayAPO Group - Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa - APO Africa Newsroom

Coronavirus - Malawi: COVID-19 Daily Information Update (3rd May 2020)APO Group - Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa - APO Africa Newsroom

Coronavirus cases top 3.5 million worldwide - PM News

Coronavirus lockdown: The routes back to normal life - BBC

Coronavirus pandemic: Updates from around the world - CNN

Coronavirus Restrictions Curb Smuggling In Lebanon - Daily Independent

Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 3 May 2020, 6 pm EATAPO Group - Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa - APO Africa Newsroom

Coronavirus: Air passengers told to wear face masks - BBC

Coronavirus: Disease meets deforestation at heart of Brazil's Amazon - BBC

Coronavirus: Ghana's dancing pallbearers become Covid-19 meme - BBC

Coronavirus: Greece and Croatia acted fast, now need to save summer - BBC

Coronavirus: High-schoolers take their proms online - BBC

Coronavirus: Naples feels the cost of Italy's lockdown - BBC

Coronavirus: New lows for deaths in France, Spain and Italy - BBC

Coronavirus: The seven types of people who start and spread viral misinformation - BBC

Coronavirus: Which African countries are ahead on testing - BBC

Coronavirus: World must 'pull together' to find and fund vaccine - BBC

COVID 19: Ebonyi LG rejects natives' corpses - Blueprint

COVID 19: Lagos council Enforcement Team seals up hotel, make arrest over violation. - Daily Times

COVID-19 has exposed Nigeria's poor leadership 'Okogie - The Sun

COVID-19 linked with deaths in Kano - PM News

Covid-19 relief package: Obaseki shuts out Journalists - Blueprint

COVID-19 Relief response 'Unites' political opponents in Kogi - Guardian

COVID-19 solution and official indifference - Guardian

Covid-19/Ramadan: Lagos lawmaker, Abiru reaches Muslim faithful with special packages - Daily Times

Covid-19: Adopt new strategy, technology for palliative distribution ' Emejuru tells govts - Peoples Daily

Covid-19: Adopt new strategy, technology for palliative distribution ' Emejuru tells govts - Peoples Daily

COVID-19: Attendees at Abba Kyari's burial test negative - Vanguard

COVID-19: CBN, Bankers' committee suspend retrenchment of banks' staff - Vanguard

COVID-19: Don urges FG, states to provide more palliatives to people - Blueprint

COVID-19: Ebonyi's cases hit 5, Gov Umahi calls for calm - The Sun

Covid-19: Emejuru defends Bill Gates, tells Buhari how to distribute palliative to poor Nigerians - Blueprint

COVID-19: FMC Abeokuta shuts unit after pregnant patient dies - Punch

COVID-19: How Has Boss Mustapha-Led PTF Fared - Daily Independent

COVID-19: Kano in trouble, says Ganduje - Punch

COVID-19: Kogi doctors reject salary cut - Punch

COVID-19: Kwara imposes curfew, bars inter-LG travels - Daily Times

Covid-19: Lagos issues guidelines for reopening of markets - Blueprint

COVID-19: Matawalle appoints consortium to fumigate Zamfara - Daily Times

COVID-19: Nasarawa evacuates 788 almajiris to states of origin - Daily Times

Covid-19: Nasarawa returns 788 Almajiri children to five states - Blueprint

Covid-19: Osun records 2 new cases - Blueprint

COVID-19: Relaxing Lockdown Not Best Solution- Etek Notions - Daily Independent

COVID-19: Searching for local remedy - Punch

COVID-19: South- South medical infrastructure takes off in Bayelsa - The Sun

 *SPORTS*

30 years of dreaming: Liverpool's agonizing wait for English football's biggest prize - CNN

A lot of players want to come here' - Inter Miami address James Rodriguez links - Goal

A lot of players want to come here' - Inter Miami address James Rodriguez links - Yahoo

African Legends Cup of Nations: Aubameyang vs McCarthy - Goal

Algeria Football Federation to pay Alcaraz '1.5m compensation - Goal

Athletes commend Dare over relief fund payment - The Sun

Australia's Labuschagne 'very disappointed' at missing County Cricket - Yahoo

Badminton federation to build players, coaches, umpires database - Daily Trust

Barcelona Legend Koeman Undergoes Heart Procedure - Complete Sports

Billie Jean King's advice to record-chasing Serena... - CNN

Breaking: Popular European coach lands in hospital - Blueprint

Brownhill Foundation gives palliatives to communities amid lockdown - Guardian

Cole tips Man Utd to challenge for Premier League title in next few seasons - Goal

Cole tips Man Utd to challenge for Premier League title in next few seasons - Yahoo

Coronavirus: Cologne plan quarantine-like training camp, Verstraete backtracks over comments - Yahoo

Coronavirus: Liverpool being denied Premier League title would be 'cruel', says Lloris - Yahoo

Coronavirus: NHL players would need to follow quarantine measures ' Canada PM Trudeau - Yahoo

Coronavirus: Spadafora reaffirms May 18 date for Serie A clubs to resume team training - Yahoo

COVID-19 fund raising: Ikeme to auction last Super Eagles shirt - The Sun

COVID-19: 3 Persons At FC Cologne Test Positive, Club Announces - Daily Independent

De Bruyne eyes swift return to action - Daily Trust

Dejan Lovren Opens Up on 'Psychological' Battle of Coronavirus Lockdown - FTBpro

Drogba' a fall patriotism, compassion could not halt - Guardian

El Shaarawy admits he was close to Roma return - Goal

El Shaarawy admits he was close to Roma return - Yahoo

El Shaarawy confirms January interest from Roma - Yahoo

Ferguson taught us all to be like a robot' - Evra opens up on winning at Man Utd - Goal

Ferguson taught us all to be like a robot' - Evra opens up on winning at Man Utd - Yahoo

Formula 1 and other esports: Stoffel Vandoorne makes history. Sort of - BBC

Game of Thrones' star sets dead lift record of 1,104 pounds - CNN

German interior minister backs Bundesliga restart - Daily Trust

I cried after Champions League loss to Bayern Mourinho - Punch

I miss football but I try not to be selfish' - Jose Mourinho on how he is keeping busy during life under lockdown - Goal

Indian Football - Dempo SC all-time XI - Goal

Influx of Foreign-born Players into Super Eagles: A Blessing or Curse - Thisday

Italian Govt Gives All-clear for Serie A Clubs to Resume Training... - Thisday

Junior Sambia's coronavirus hospitalisation 'made us very, very afraid' - Montpellier president Nicollin - Goal

Kansas City Chiefs sign undrafted Michigan QB Patterson - Yahoo

Kitson apologises for Sterling abuse comments as he bids to be PFA chief - Goal

Liverpool should be awarded Premier League title, ex-manager Houllier says - The Sun

Lloris: It would be cruel to deny Liverpool the title - Goal

Lloris: It would be cruel to deny Liverpool the title - Yahoo

Lyon, Rennes slug it out for Moses Simon - The Sun

Marco Materazzi Reveals Comment That Led to Infamous Zinedine Zidane Heabutt - FTBpro

Marco Materazzi Reveals Comment That Led to Infamous Zinedine Zidane Heabutt - FTBpro

Ndidi, Iheanacho, Others May Complete Premier League Season in Australia - Thisday

Netherlands coach Koeman hospitalised with heart problem - Guardian

Netherlands coach Koeman hospitalised with heart problem - Daily Times

Netherlands coach Koeman undergoes heart surgery - Punch

Newcastle star Shelvey could easily play for Barcelona - Ritchie - Goal

Newcastle star Shelvey could easily play for Barcelona - Ritchie - Yahoo

NFF's austerity measure must start with Rohr's exit 'Ndubuoke - The Sun

NFF, CAF, Everton celebrate Iwobi on his birthday - The Sun

No way for now' - Sports minister says Serie A is nowhere near restart - Goal

Okoye sets Olympics, 2022 Afrobasket finish targets - The Sun

Okoye: D'Tigers talented enough for podium finish at Tokyo Olympics - Daily Trust

Opeyori confident COVID-19 won't abort his Tokyo Olympics ambition - Daily Trust

Overpriced Sane is not an 'absolute top player', says former Bayern boss Heynckes - Goal

Overpriced Sane is not an 'absolute top player', says former Bayern boss Heynckes - Yahoo

Pole vaulting in the backyard - CNN

Poor technology, inadequate facilities stunting Nigeria's football development, says Shorunmu - Guardian

Ranking Mauricio Pochettino's First 10 Signings for Tottenham - FTBpro

Richard Bevan says LMA has not had contact with EFL for three weeks - Yahoo

Roma joins Serie A clubs returning to training - Daily Trust

Sane not yet a top player and '100m price tag unjustified ' Heynckes - Yahoo

Saudi Arabia offers 400m for Joshua, Tyson fight - The Sun

Scottish FA vice-president fears total disaster of cancelling next season - Daily Times

Serie A: Too early to talk about league restart, says Italian sports minister - BBC

Stan Okoye targets Olympics, 2022 Afrobasket glory - Guardian

TB Joshua helped us win U-20 World Cup, says Ghana's Awako - Guardian

They play for each other' - Ajibade hails Super Falcons' maturity - Goal

Thiago would like to end career at Bayern, hails Coutinho - Yahoo

Tottenham defender Japhet Tanganga hoping to make his case for England call-up - Yahoo

Transfer news and rumours LIVE: Conte wants Pogba at Inter - Goal

Transfer rumours: Rakitic, Pogba, Ndombele, Pedro, Mkhitaryan, Bakayoko - BBC

Verstraete backtracks on criticism as Koln plan quarantine-like training camp - Goal

Verstraete backtracks on criticism as Koln plan quarantine-like training camp - Yahoo

Victor Moses' Inter Milan approved for training return - Goal

Victor Osimhen: Is Anfield - Thisday

Wang Ki-chun Arrested Over Alleged Sexual Assault - Daily Independent

What is Force Majeure' The legal term trending in the news amid the Coronavirus pandemic! - Goal

What is Force Majeure' The legal term trending in the news amid the Coronavirus pandemic! - Yahoo

Wilder told to let Joshua fight Fury, take on winner in 2021 - Guardian

PREMIUM TIMES

Coronavirus: Attendees exposed at Abba Kyari’s funeral test negative – Official https://t.co/DEFNUCvES2

Pregnant woman dies from coronavirus https://t.co/mrhj73v2kM

COVID-19: Journalist spends seven days in SSS custody for ‘castigating’ Akwa Ibom commissioner https://t.co/WrpwtLOvJT

Dancer Kodak’s Death: Police arrest, interrogate Clarence Peters https://t.co/V0EOjgZTX0

Coronavirus: Attendees exposed at Abba Kyari’s funeral test negative – Official https://t.co/DEFNUCvES2

Group demands framework for fuel subsidy removal, oil licensing round https://t.co/k3eh8TbXma

COVID-19: Nine pastors arrested in Bayelsa for holding church service https://t.co/TguklYtyhq

Coronavirus: CBN orders banks not to lay off workers https://t.co/90rRrvag5P

Borno residents’ attitude to COVID-19 reminds how Boko Haram started – Deputy Governor https://t.co/SAMdfd0gwK

Wife, son of dead coronavirus patient test positive – Official https://t.co/5Z4JMY1wvW

Police arrest 2,310 violators of lockdown in Lagos – Official https://t.co/ubpdyMo3hY

Coronavirus: Three patients die, 22 recover in Lagos Saturday https://t.co/j11WuZ9FA5

COVID-19: FUTA researchers recommend cocoa-zobo-ginger beverage as immune system booster https://t.co/IKb9L5iHw0

Amotekun: Ekiti constitutes board as Ondo screens candidates https://t.co/nUl714fAXT

Coronavirus: Kaduna lawmaker writes National Assembly, wants commodity price increase checked https://t.co/vL3bWV4Tut

As Nigeria relaxes lockdown, country records more COVID-19 cases than ever https://t.co/LigZuGw22c

Nigerian actors, practitioners lament coronavirus impact on movie industry https://t.co/YwLKmKhcLx

COVID-19: NSCDC disowns self-proclaimed official, says he’s an impersonator https://t.co/WHY64Fj708

Lagos govt issues guidelines for reopening markets https://t.co/0ijqqhZ79d

COVID-19: Four reportedly killed, 16 injured as soldiers enforce lockdown in Taraba community https://t.co/DUK8OITXi4

Coronavirus: Kaduna to pay daily incentives to frontline health workers https://t.co/soyVaEUgbP

Lockdown: How countries can support smallholder farmers – FAO https://t.co/Ac1hHjAK3h

Kidnapped twin children of Islamic cleric Akewugbagold released https://t.co/FxQbAm1pSb

SPECIAL REPORT: How farmers/herders conflict made Nigerian community ban beef consumption https://t.co/lOhTYnI8Jj

How Ebonyi patients contracted coronavirus – Umahi https://t.co/FFRn
QXIgNB

NCDC announces donation of ambulances by IHS Nigeria towards fight against COVID-19 https://t.co/fIZpv2xokL

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