SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 08/06/2020

Punch
Global COVID-19 death toll passes 400,000

Crisis looms as COVID-19 cases outnumber bed-spaces in states

NNPC, others planning N21bn hospitals in 12 states – Mamora

Scores dead as military hits bandits in Zamfara

Security agencies still screening Appeal Court acting president – Presidency

Fraudster fleeces Nigerians on Facebook with ponmo scheme

Atheist spends 40 days in custody for blaspheming Prophet Mohammed

Contributory pension assets rose by N359bn in four months


Gencos oppose reversing privatisation, allege N1tn debt

Marketers can’t fix petrol price, says FG

JAMB directs candidates to print 2020 results slips

NOUN conducts virtual matriculation for students

Job losses loom in beverage companies as production drops

Northern CAN knocks Miyetti Allah, cattle breeders deny ‘rule-forever’ comment

Dad’ll run for 2023 presidency, says Atiku’s son

Assembly plans to clear Obasa of fraud allegations –Source

Orthodox churches shut doors to Kwara worshippers

Ondo arrests escaped Imo COVID-19 patient

Fake army captains beat up policeman in Ekiti

Ondo varsity lecturer slumps, dies

I can’t open church, endanger people’s lives –Bakare

Govts can’t lock the world down forever – Adeboye

Lagos discharges 31 COVID-19 patients

(www.punchng.com)




The Nation
Lawan: we passed Buhari’s $5.5b loan request to save 20m jobs

Decision on National Assembly Clerk likely Monday

CACOVID lifts Oyo with N250m medical equipment

N50m CBN grant for herbal medicine research, production

Partial compliance with rules as churches reopen in FCT, Osun, Kwara, Imo

Virtual courts: Lagos takes Fed Govt, National Assembly to Supreme Court

FG reveals identities of convicted rapists

Ekweremadu visits freed Kalu

JAMB to fix admission cut-off marks June 16

ICAO issues new guidelines to restart air transport

Banks yet to fully comply with Fed Govt’s advisory on operations

Nigeria has 4,159MW of unused electricity, say GenCos

NGE urges Fed Govt to save media from collapse

North’s CAN to Miyetti Allah: stop ‘provocative’ statements

I never said Nigeria belongs to Fulani – Miyetti Allah President

I’ll be fair to all, says Oba Oniru

Ooni loses grandmother at 103

PDP aspirants refuse to step down for Ondo deputy governor

Abuja residents troop to church as worship centres reopen

Kaduna remains under lockdown, says govt

COVID-19: Worshipping God through television deficient-Kaigama

Pray for end of COVID-19 before July, says Adeboye

Adekunle Gold, Simi welcome baby girl

(www.thenationonlineng.net)




Vanguard
COVID-19 in Nigeria: 12,486 confirmed cases, 3,959 discharged, 354 fatalities recorded so far

Israel approves equipment to boost Nigeria’s war against COVID-19

Saudi coronavirus cases top 100,000 with new spike ahead of the hajj

More than 120 schools in Israel closed as over 347 pupils, staff catch virus

AFGHAN SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES TO REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL SEPTEMBER

COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: Senegal eases curfew following protests

SENATE CHARGES NDIC TO RAISE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES IN BANKS

I didn’t instruct any agency to probe Minister of Niger Delta Affairs — Omo-Agege

Appeal Court President: Nobody can stampede Buhari — Presidency

IPOB using Christianity to wage war against Nigerian State – Presidency

PPPRA backtracks, says cap remains, marketers can’t fix fuel price

One year in office: Border closure has reduced crime rate — FG

Power debacle: Reversal of privatisation not solution – GENCOs tell Senate

COVID-19: FISH FARMERS CALL ON FG TO SUBSIDIZE FISH FEED FROM N15,000 TO N10,000

AGRIBUSINESS: SANTUSCOM AGRO HUB LAUNCHES OGOJA RICE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

IPPIS: ASUU accuses government of accessing members’ BVN details illegally

Allegations of corruption: EFCC, not Lagos Assembly, should probe Obasa — HEDA

SERAP asks Court of Appeal to order release of asset declarations of Buhari, Osinbajo, others

Umahi directs army, police to take over warring Ebonyi communities

(www.vanguardngr.com)


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