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Here are the major headlines for Thursday, April 30, 2020

The Nation

  • Stranded scholars in Russia to get allowances, says Fed Govt 
  • Trial drug in U.S. offers hope for patients 
  • I wear face mask to lead by example, says Ooni of Ife 
  • I could have died, says El-Rufai
  • Strong community transmission reason for increased cases, says minister 
  • I wear face mask to lead by example, says Ooni of Ife 
  • I could have died, says El-Rufai 
  • Strong community transmission reason for increased cases, says minister 
  • Offices, markets to open 9am to 3pm as governor bans Okada 
  • NCDC confirms 196 more cases as Lagos, Katsina discharge 55 patients 
  • Buhari won’t let Kano down, says Presidency 
  • Banks, firms, govt offices free to reopen for business
  • Bovi: Why I created my web series ‘Back to school’ 
  • Fed Govt to spend N46.4b on workers 
  • Davido to donate music video proceeds to COVID-19 research
  • ‘Buhari’s directive on lockdown understandable but risky’ 
  • Naira Marley halts exuberance to embrace Ramadan 
  • Adunni Ade damns social media critics to identify as a Muslim 
  • Osun cries out as Zamfara indigenes sneak into state 
  • Buhari, PDP mourn as Adamawa Governor Fintiri loses mum
  • Court refuses to revoke Maina’s bail 
  • World Bank: COVID-19 could push 49m people into extreme poverty 
  • Minister counters NAFDAC over rice distributed in Oyo 
  • PZ: soap vital to COVID-19 fight 
  • COVID-19: Looking inwards for a cure (2) 
  • Doctors recount challenges of accessing Personal Protection Equipment 
  • How Finance Act 2019 resolved ambiguities in tax laws 
  • Two jailed for stealing in Kaduna 
  • COVID-19 lockdown: Virtual meeting to the rescue
  • ‘No agreement yet on free electricity’ 
  • Seven doctors quarantined in Bauchi 
  • We’ve traced 262 contacts, actively following 212, says Abia govt 
  • Vilgilante man kills driver in Kwara over N5,000 bribe
  • NCDC’s N5b grant should go to research, others, says PDP 
  • ‘50 policemen didn’t attend Tinubu’s CSO’s burial’ 
  • NLNG restates commitment to fight against COVID-19 
  • Rainstorm destroys school, churches in Ondo 
  • Will execution of OPEC+ production cut lift oil price?
  • 1,046 arrested for breaching lockdown in Lagos, Kaduna 
  • Entrepreneur offers free research notes to students
  • Makinde: shortage of reagents delaying tests 
  • Coalition hails Sanwo-Olu for package to parties 
  • Fed Govt’s data-free sites to boost e-learning 
  • ‘Prepare for post-COVID-19 opportunities’ 
  • 135 prosecuted in Kano 
  • Parents reject request for third term fees
  • COVID-19: AOCOED alumni to produce facemasks
  • A message on genuine leadership! 
  • Let governance stop being about denials 
  • Kyari’s Lincoln’s height (II) 
  • Whither Nigeria’s power sector, post Covid-19? 
  • Covid-19 and crisis of the health sector 
  • The next Villa Chief 
  • Akinjide: Patriot, quintessential politician and legal luminary 
  • Face masks: terms, conditions and consequences

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Punch

  • IG deploys X-squad, monitoring unit in Lagos, Abuja, PH
  • Forensic audit: NDDC sends top officials on compulsory leave
  • Sanwo-Olu suspends okada, Lagos tests 1.5 million households
  • Buhari appoints dead Ebonyi ex-lawmaker board member
  • NITDA inaugurates virtual learning academy
  • 24 states get N43.4bn W’Bank grant for transparency
  • MTN revenue rises to N329.2bn
  • Nigeria cuts oil exports to meet OPEC deal
  • FG decontaminates two out of 123 aircraft
  • Lockdown: 65 arrested in Lagos hotel at birthday party
  • Electrocution: Police detain BEDC manager in Delta
  • Policemen enforcing interstate closure lament non-provision of PPE
  • Rivers court remands man for kidnapping, murder
  • Ondo community seeks help as rainstorm destroys buildings
  • US has high COVID-19 cases because we test more – Trump
  • Lockdown: 65 arrested in Lagos hotel at birthday party
  • Electrocution: Police detain BEDC manager in Delta
  • Policemen enforcing interstate closure lament non-provision of PPE
  • Rivers court remands man for kidnapping, murder
  • Ondo community seeks help as rainstorm destroys buildings
  • 17 nabbed over cult clashes in Akwa Ibom
  • Delta mob set suspected robber ablaze
  • New CP warns criminals off Abia
  • LAUTECH resident doctors demand insurance, PPEs
  • JOHESU seeks equal welfare for health workers
  • FG, states urged to support alternative medicine
  • Maradona pleads for ‘Hand of God’ to end pandemic
  • COVID-19: Northern youths sneaking into Osun, says govt
  • Footballers who tested positive for COVID-19
  • Edo NBA defends lockdown violators
  • Court awards N5m against Atiku, Saraki over billboard photo
  • We’ve spent N1bn on COVID-19 – Emmanuel
  • Reps seek deportation of illegal Chinese immigrants
  • APC, PDP clash over Osun Amotekun boss appointment
  • Yoruba gains membership of body for ‘marginalised’ people

(www.punchng.com)

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