SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 22/05/2020

Punch
Kano youth who abducted, impregnated Ese Oruru jailed 26 years

337,589 to benefit from home feeding in Lagos – Minister

Nigeria records 339 new COVID-19 cases, total now 7,016

13 COVID-19 patients recover in Lagos

UK contributes £20m to Africa’s anti-COVID-19 fund

SIM card: Trader gives DSS 24 hours to pay N10m

Forgery: Police invite lawyer for demanding minister’s probe


Nigerians evading tax on foreign properties risk prosecution –FG

Inflation hit two-year high at 12.34% in April –NBS

Governors to partner PTF for full reopening of economy

FG begins sale of N150bn Sukuk bond

Military quarantines Boko Haram suspects, bandits, gives masks

Military to counsel soldiers who cursed Buratai in viral video

Soldiers, policemen exchange blows over Ebonyi traffic violation

Contractors continue agric ministry picketing over N17bn debt

N10tn spent on fuel subsidy in 15 years – Marketers

Stop acting like Obaseki’s mouthpiece, Oshiomhole’s loyalists tell Oyegun

Imo PDP publicity secretary resigns, joins APC

APC adopts direct primaries for Edo gov poll candidate

LASG rounds up 80 street urchins, set for evacuation

COVID-19 scare: Kaduna correctional centre rejects convict

Edo ex-commissioner collapses after police harassment

Churches, mosques reopen in Benue, civil servants resume June

Bayelsa relaxes ban on burials

Delta lifts ban on religious activities

Ban on public gathering subsists – Oyo

(www.punchng.com)




The Nation
It’s no scam to feed school kids at home, says Fed Govt

Hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis, others account for 70% COVID -19 deaths-FG

COVID-19: Nigerians stockpiling chloroquine, PTF raises alarm

Fed Govt declares May 25, 26 public holidays

Fed Govt overrules governors on worship centres opening

Fed Govt working on stimulus for local carriers

Police grill CAC pastors over leadership crisis

Federation Account lost N125 billion revenue in Q1

Lawan distributes palliatives to constituents

Customs intercepts N1.2b cannabis on Lagos waters

NIS intercepts 19 illegal returnees  

NAF inaugurates accommodation for personnel

NAPPSA implores NAFDAC, Fed Govt to resist non-evidence-based therapy  

Lagos cuts 2020 Budget by 21% to N920.5 billion

120 Lekki homeowners face eviction over land dispute

Lagos postpones colleges’ tests

FCTA arrests 84 travellers in trucks

My men need PPE, says Ondo CP

Five arrested for kidnapping in Niger

Katsina records 13 deaths, as 51 are discharged

Ogun hotelier found dead in car trunk

With N1000 bribe, I “smuggled” foreign rice from Benin Republic to Nigeria despite govt’s restrictions

JNI, others back Sultan’s pray-at-home directive

(www.thenationonlineng.net)




Vanguard
Coronavirus infections surpass 5 million worldwide

NIGERIA’S COVID-19 CASES EXCEED 7,000

COVID-19: We ‘ll dispatch experts to re-engage Kogi Govt — FG

COVID-19: FG appeals to traders, transporters not to hike prices

COVID-19: Economy’ll go into recession — FG

Sealed Kano Rice Factory: Court fixes May 27 to hear IGP’s fresh motion

Nigerian bags 6-month jail term for fleecing American of $1200

CIBN FORMER PRESIDENT ADVOCATES ETHICAL LEADERSHIP IN BANKS

Second term ticket deal was reached with Obaseki, Akeredolu — Odigie-Oyegun

Cross River Govt suspends doctor, shuts down hospital over death of aide

Police arrest killers of Kajuru peasants

Zamfara LG Chairman, Vice-chair, impeached

Lagos CP orders arrest of DPO over alleged killing of policeman

Teenage wife kills husband over sex, says she didn’t know sex is marital obligation

COVID-19: 40 infected Kano medical personnel discharged from isolation centre

Lagos spent about N800M on 16,000 COVID-19 tests so far – Commissioner claims

(www.vanguardngr.com)


Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will. - Vernon Howard

### Good morning Pen PushersSOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 22/05/2020

Punch
Kano youth who abducted, impregnated Ese Oruru jailed 26 years

337,589 to benefit from home feeding in Lagos – Minister

Nigeria records 339 new COVID-19 cases, total now 7,016

13 COVID-19 patients recover in Lagos

UK contributes £20m to Africa’s anti-COVID-19 fund

SIM card: Trader gives DSS 24 hours to pay N10m

Forgery: Police invite lawyer for demanding minister’s probe

Nigerians evading tax on foreign properties risk prosecution –FG

Inflation hit two-year high at 12.34% in April –NBS

Governors to partner PTF for full reopening of economy

FG begins sale of N150bn Sukuk bond

Military quarantines Boko Haram suspects, bandits, gives masks

Military to counsel soldiers who cursed Buratai in viral video

Soldiers, policemen exchange blows over Ebonyi traffic violation

Contractors continue agric ministry picketing over N17bn debt

N10tn spent on fuel subsidy in 15 years – Marketers

Stop acting like Obaseki’s mouthpiece, Oshiomhole’s loyalists tell Oyegun

Imo PDP publicity secretary resigns, joins APC

APC adopts direct primaries for Edo gov poll candidate

LASG rounds up 80 street urchins, set for evacuation

COVID-19 scare: Kaduna correctional centre rejects convict

Edo ex-commissioner collapses after police harassment

Churches, mosques reopen in Benue, civil servants resume June

Bayelsa relaxes ban on burials

Delta lifts ban on religious activities

Ban on public gathering subsists – Oyo

(www.punchng.com)




The Nation
It’s no scam to feed school kids at home, says Fed Govt

Hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis, others account for 70% COVID -19 deaths-FG

COVID-19: Nigerians stockpiling chloroquine, PTF raises alarm

Fed Govt declares May 25, 26 public holidays

Fed Govt overrules governors on worship centres opening

Fed Govt working on stimulus for local carriers

Police grill CAC pastors over leadership crisis

Federation Account lost N125 billion revenue in Q1

Lawan distributes palliatives to constituents

Customs intercepts N1.2b cannabis on Lagos waters

NIS intercepts 19 illegal returnees  

NAF inaugurates accommodation for personnel

NAPPSA implores NAFDAC, Fed Govt to resist non-evidence-based therapy  

Lagos cuts 2020 Budget by 21% to N920.5 billion

120 Lekki homeowners face eviction over land dispute

Lagos postpones colleges’ tests

FCTA arrests 84 travellers in trucks

My men need PPE, says Ondo CP

Five arrested for kidnapping in Niger

Katsina records 13 deaths, as 51 are discharged

Ogun hotelier found dead in car trunk

With N1000 bribe, I “smuggled” foreign rice from Benin Republic to Nigeria despite govt’s restrictions

JNI, others back Sultan’s pray-at-home directive

(www.thenationonlineng.net)




Vanguard
Coronavirus infections surpass 5 million worldwide

NIGERIA’S COVID-19 CASES EXCEED 7,000

COVID-19: We ‘ll dispatch experts to re-engage Kogi Govt — FG

COVID-19: FG appeals to traders, transporters not to hike prices

COVID-19: Economy’ll go into recession — FG

Sealed Kano Rice Factory: Court fixes May 27 to hear IGP’s fresh motion

Nigerian bags 6-month jail term for fleecing American of $1200

CIBN FORMER PRESIDENT ADVOCATES ETHICAL LEADERSHIP IN BANKS

Second term ticket deal was reached with Obaseki, Akeredolu — Odigie-Oyegun

Cross River Govt suspends doctor, shuts down hospital over death of aide

Police arrest killers of Kajuru peasants

Zamfara LG Chairman, Vice-chair, impeached

Lagos CP orders arrest of DPO over alleged killing of policeman

Teenage wife kills husband over sex, says she didn’t know sex is marital obligation

COVID-19: 40 infected Kano medical personnel discharged from isolation centre

Lagos spent about N800M on 16,000 COVID-19 tests so far – Commissioner claims

(www.vanguardngr.com)


Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will. - Vernon Howard

### Good morning Pen Pushers