NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES, TODAY WEDNESDAY APRIL 29, 2020.

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES, TODAY WEDNESDAY APRIL 29, 2020.


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THE NATION
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■Relaxation of lockdown not end of COVID-19, says govt - https://thenationonlineng.net/
relaxation-of-lockdown-not-end-of-covid-19-says-govt/

■NCDC targets two million people for COVID-19 test in three months - https://thenationonlinen
g.net/ncdc-targets-two-million-people-for-covid-19-test-in-three-months/

■Senate approves Buhari’s N850b loan request -
https://thenationonlineng.net/senate-approves-
buharis-n850b-loan-request/

■Chinese medics test negative, says minister -
https://thenationonlineng.net/chinese-medics-t
est-negative-says-minister/

■Fayemi slashes self, deputy governor’s salary by 50% - https://thenationonlineng.net/fayemi-slashes-self-deputy-governors-salary-by-50/

■IMF approves $3.4billion emergency loan to Nigeria - https://thenationonlineng.net/imf-approves-3-4billion-emergency-loan-to-nigeria/

■Reps to probe Chinese nationals in Nigeria -
https://thenationonlineng.net/reps-to-probe-ch
inese-nationals-in-nigeria/

■Presidency orders access for vehicles conveying food - https://thenationonlineng.net/
presidency-orders-access-for-vehicles-conveying-food/

■No date yet for school resumption - https://
thenationonlineng.net/no-date-yet-for-school-resumption/

■House of Reps seek N36b special fund for states - https://thenationonlineng.net/house-of-reps-seek-n36b-special-fund-for-states/

■Girl, 11, donates to virus fund - https://
thenationonlineng.net/girl-11-donates-to-virus-fund/

■Fed Govt declares May 1 as public holiday -
https://thenationonlineng.net/fed-govt-declares-may-1-as-public-holiday/

■NAFDAC faults minister over rice distributed in Oyo - https://thenationonlineng.net/nafdac-faults-minister-over-rice-distributed-in-oyo/

■U.S. promises to donate ventilators to Fed Govt - https://thenationonlineng.net/u-s-promises-to-donate-ventilators-to-fed-govt/

■COVID-19: One billion may become infected globally, says report - https://thenationonlinen
g.net/covid-19-one-billion-may-become-infected-globally-says-report/


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PUNCH
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■COVID-19: Ex-OAU VC recommends herbal medicine

■Kano records 38 new COVID-19 cases as tests increase

■Sokoto confirms death of three COVID-19 patients

■Lagos COVID-19 cases rise to 844 with 80 new infections

■US COVID-19 death toll exceeds 58,300

■COVID-19: Nine die in Peru prison riot

■Google’s Alphabet sees $6.8bn profit in Q1 despite pandemic

■COVID-19: Nigeria records no recovery in 24 hours

■COVID-19: IMF approves $3.4bn emergency loan for Nigeria

■Umahi begs journalists, says feud not intentional

■Oil rebounds above $14 per barrel

■Court awards N5m against Atiku, Saraki over billboard photo

■NLC calls workers to resist salary cut

■COVID-19: Trump signs Executive Order to avert meat shortage

■Gunmen kill driver, kidnap friend in Ondo

■COVID-19: China’s lawmakers meet in May

■Rivers kerosene explosion kills mother, two children

■Reps seek deportation of illegal Chinese immigrants

■Lagos fuel station fire started from underground tank –NNPC

■No date yet for schools resumption – Education minister

■Police rescue newborn baby in Ekiti

■Buhari’s team lands in Kano as five more personalities die

■FG seeks Jonathan, Diezani’s foreign accounts’ details

■Policemen assault Ondo nurse, motorcyclist at checkpoint

■UPDATED: Nigeria records 195 new COVID-19 cases, total now 1532


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THISDAY
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■Business Leaders, NMA Differ on Relaxation of Lockdown

■Analysts Ask FG to Prepare for Another Lockdown to Avert Disaster

■P&ID: FG Seeks Banks’ Statements to Overturn Case

■Breaking: Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Surge by 195 to 1,532

■For the First Time, Academy Awards Will Allow Streamed Films to Participate in 2021

■Relief for FG as IMF Approves $3.4bn Emergency Support for Nigeria

■NAICOM Mulls Shift in Recapitalisation Deadline

■Survey: More People View Nollywood Films on Africa Magic

■Salary Cut Will Be Resisted, NLC Warns FG, States

■Military Rescues 15 Kidnapped Victims, Uncovers 48 Illegal Refineries

■House Pushes for Repatriation of Illegal Chinese Immigrants

■IG Appoints New CPs for Adamawa, Imo, Plateau

■Four Persons Killed in Cult, Communal Clashes in Akwa Ibom, Benue

■FG Books Hotels for Returning Nigerians

■Okowa Relaxes Restrictions on Movement, Extends Ban on Large Gatherings


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DAILY TRUST
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■Lockdown enforcement: Security operatives lack protective gears, exposed to coronavirus

■COVID-19 fight now in your hands, FG tells Nigerians

■Reps to China: Safeguard lives of Nigerians, other Africans

■COVID-19 fight now in your hands, FG tells Nigerians

■NCDC declares 2020 Lassa fever emergency phase over

■Lockdown enforcement: Security operatives lack protective gears, exposed to coronavirus

■FG says Kano mass deaths not extra-ordinary

■Senate approves Buhari’s N850bn loan request

■Kaduna arrests cleric for keeping girls as almajirai

■When staying home is not staying safe

■2 months after, DSS still mum on Bayelsa deputy gov’s ‘forgery’ probe

■COVID-19: Reps divided over calls to provide N15bn to each state

■PDP tackles El-Rufai over 30-day lockdown extension

■German virus spread worsens as lockdown eases

■Ivory Coast King to order procession of naked women to ward off coronavirus

■DR Congo attacks kill 43—officials


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TRIBUNE
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■Nigeria Records 195 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 1,532

■COVID-19: NCDC To Test 2 Million People In Three Months

■COVID-19: First Set Of Nigerians Abroad To Be Evacuated On Monday ―…

■Nigeria records 195 new COVID-19 cases, total now 1,532

■COVID-19 pandemic: CUPP hails Buhari over total lockdown of Kano

■COVID-19: IMF approves $3.4bn emergency support for Nigeria

■Bauchi records 11 new cases of COVID-19

■COVID-19: FG sends 110 trailer loads of rice, other grains to Kano State

■JUST IN: US climbs one million coronavirus cases, death toll reaches 56,000


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INDEPENDENT
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■Lagos Engaging In Constructive Borrowing – Hamzat

■Assessing Buhari’s Post Lockdown Address

■World Athletics Unveils $500,000 Fund For Athletes

■Unilever Launches €500m Support For Vulnerable Suppliers

■Landlords Step Up Assistance For Retail Tenants

■Mysterious Deaths: Kano Commences Verbal Autopsy

■UNIZIK Discovers Drug For Coronavirus

■Covid-19: Nigeria’s Education Will Witness Revolution-…

■COVID-19: Schools In FCT Remain Closed Till Further Notice-…

■Paraguay Schools To Stay Closed Till December

■COVID-19: Social Distancing, Postponement Of Non-Essential…

■Yobe Denies Suspending Village Head For Speaking To Media

■COVID-19 Unites Buhari, Donald Trump,

■Reps Summon PTF Chair, Health Minister, NCDC Boss Over Kano…

■Coronavirus Cases In Poland Surpass 12,000

■COVID-19: 525 Recover In Cuba

■Brazilians Support Removal Of Bolsonaro

■Catholic Churches To Remain Closed In China


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THE NATION
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■Family hid first case from govt team, says governor

■Delta relaxes lockdown with face mask enforcement

■COVID-19, Rice palliative palaver!

■COVID-19: Nigeria must avert systemic collapse

■Lagos committed to reducing spread

■FIRS ill-timed directive

■Ministerial speculations over Kyaris successor

■Port worker tests positive

■Rivers sends 150 non-indigenes to home states

■Cross River factory gets orders from Lagos, Kano, Benue, others for masks

■Akeredolu okays incentives for health workers

■Fayemi slashes self, deputy governors salary by 50%

■Govt to probe abuse of Nigerians in China

■Ganduje backs Kano lockdown

■House of Reps seek N36b special fund forstates

■IMF approves $3.4billion emergency loan to Nigeria

■BEDC donates food items to franchise states


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