1st May, 2020 News Headlines

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Suspected COVID-19 patient held sneaking out of Anambra  Ex-Beauty Queen Helen Prest-Ajayi is bereaved  Osun, Kaduna turn back passenger buses  COVID-19: APC chieftain urges Lagosians to cooperate with govt  Police arrest 594 in Niger  Katsina slashes budget by 30 per cent  Fayemi names man who insisted on sons test after trip as COVID-19 Ambassador  Royal family reaffirms ownership of Iganmu land  CMD for Igbinedion Hospital  No dispute over Moremi  Kaduna community seeks el-Rufais support for road network  New projects excite Rivers residents  Firm supports Fed Govts COVID effort with N1b  Pathetic plight of OAUTHs unpaid employees  Electricity chiefs stress safety at seminar  Kashamu sues for peace, says Were ready for reconciliation in Ogun PDP  Omisande breaks into Bollywood  Anita Joseph, husband address fans on COVID-19  Instagram comedian gets N5m SUV birthday gift  Harrysong seeks more investment in education  Adey-Kosh: Im a weird, amazing wife  Mr. Eazi gives 10,000 lockdown meals  Davido pens heart warming message to celebrate Chioma on her birthday  No agreement yet on free electricity  Coronavirus will bring significant changes to businesses  #VANGUARD  Lagos Govt issues fresh guidelines for public transport operations  COVID-19: FG on top of situation in Kano, says PTF  COVID-19: Stallion begins rice, fish distribution in Abuja hospitals  COVID-19: Transporters ask FG to set up N20bn intervention fund for sector  COVID-19: Health advocate thumps up tricycle owners on regulations  COVID-19: Kano overtakes FCT with total confirmed cases, records 80 in 24 hours  May Day: Don't worsen matters with post-COVID sacks, NUPENG tells employers  NCDC not aware of Control of Infectious Diseases Bill ' Ihekweazu  Dead' coronavirus particles may cause recovered patients to test positive  Buhari extends tenure of NDDC interim management committee  Taiwan's intelligence chief says North Korea's Kim Jong Un is 'sick  COVID-19: Reps maintain stand on 2 months free electricity to Nigerians ' SPOKESMAN  AfDB approves '12.33 for Abidjan-Lagos Highway  May Day under lockdown  We are ready for genuine reconciliation ' Kashamu  May Day: FG assures workers of job security  COVID-19: Lagos issues fresh guidelines for public transport operations  Twitter records loss despite user surge in pandemic  Legendary drummer and afrobeat co-founder Tony Allen dies  Bollywood mourns another star as Rishi Kapoor dies at 67  Eminem confronts intruder in his living room  Look not upon me, because I am Black  Kano conundrum: Why it matters  68-year-old woman dies of COVID-19 in Akwa Ibom  PZ Cussons Foundation supports hand washing against COVID-19  25-year-old dies of COVID-19 in Lagos  #THISDAY  Shareholders Commend Access Bank on Performance, Dividend Payout  CBN Extends Deadline for Microfinance Banks Recapitalisation  Access Bank Cautions Customers against Fraud  9.5m Nigerians Use Our USSD Banking Service, Says FirstBank  Union Bank Posts Double-digit Growth in Q1 Earnings, Profit before Tax  FG May Declare Aviation Agencies Staff Redundant  FG Urged to Stimulate Export to Avoid FX Scarcity  Recovered Funds Should Be Invested in Aviation Sector  Kwara Reverses Aviation College Staff Leave-without-pay Directive  African Airlines Traffic Falls by 43%  Polaris Bank, Strong in Performance Indicators  Assessing High Labour Mobility in Aviation Sector  Port Concessionaires Donate N700m to Support FGs COVID-19 Fight  Mixta Africa Supports Lagos Community  Chi Limited Supports FG, States  Airbus Releases Q1 2020 Results  Cranfield University to Train Students on new Forms of Energy  FCMB (UK), Seso Global Partner on Nigerian Real Estate Opportunity Webinar Series  Wike Decries FGs Neglect of Rivers in Fight against Pandemic  Should Nigerians Abroad be Allowed to Vote  Thirty Days of Blessings and Simple Hopes in a Rare Year  Solidarity is the Word of the Moment  COVID: 19: and Virtual May Day  CAFs May 5 Deadline Leaves Nigerian Officials with Four Options  Osimhens Lille Miss out of UEFA Champions League, PSG Retain Title  Serie A Set to Follow Ligue 1 with Cancelation of Season  La Liga Plans Rapid Return to Training  George Foreman Advises against Tyson Come-back Bid at 53  #PUNCH  Joe Biden launches VP search committee  How to pull Nigeria from the brink  Straight-talking doctors and WHO are what we need  Electrocuted man not our employee BEDC  Infected health workers rise from 40 to 113 in one week  UPDATED: Kano records 118 COVID-19 cases in two days  El-Zakzaky, wife ask court to quash charges against them  425 Katsina inmates regain freedom  Atiku faults more foreign loans, large presidential fleet  Abuja cemeteries pose no threats to people FCT  Yobe confirms COVID-19 index case  COVID-19: 12 health workers among positive cases in Sokoto  INEC to review resumption, pending polls next week  Before reopening the economy  INEC asks tribunal to dismiss Melayes petition  FG uploads e-learning, education rooms across states  COVID-19: Nigerian science at the margins  N50bn COVID-19 fund: CBN begins disbursement, 3,256 on list  Industrialists supporting us against COVID-19, says Edo  Freight forwarders shut Apapa port over demurrage waivers  Screen vehicles conveying agric produce thoroughly FG  States using COVID-19 to make money, northern elders allege  NERC develops framework to address TCN, Discos conflicts  MTN, others plan $4.8bn investment in Nigeria  National Assembly, Atiku, others hail Nigerians on Workers Day  $3.4bn support: IMF to conduct due diligence on CBN  Well focus on macroeconomic stability after COVID-19 FG  COVID-19: Infected health workers rise from 40 to 113 in one week  #DAILY #TRUST  2020 Workers' Day in tears  Fate of Borno PDP factions hang on S/Court ruling  PRP asks FG to ensure safety, well-being of workers  5G and NASS vaccination conspiracy theory  COVID-19: Employers and workers in Nigeria  Govs ban on almajiri: Cheap, quick but unbalanced action  COVID-19: Why NCDC's communication crisis must improve  ABU's new Vice Chancellor, Bala, takes over  Wanner, Ayca, McEwan emerge 2020 Goethe medalists  Man allegedly rapes, strangles teenager  3 pastors arrested in Ekiti for alleged public disturbance  Fayemi appoints retired FRSC official COVID-19 ambassador for rejecting son who breached lockdown  Coronavirus: Sanwo-Olu reduces bus capacity to 60%, stops use of AC in BRT  Imam sacked for defying ban on public gatherings  FCT minister condoles with Adamawa gov. over mother's death  Palliatives distribution: FCTA to reward best area council  COVID -19: Aduda gives palliatives, hand sanitizers to residents  May Day: FCT workers want payment of minimum wage arrears  Biden fields committee to help pick running mate  China says it has no interest in meddling in U.S. election  Coronavirus cases in Russia surge past 100,000  113 healthcare workers test positive for COVID-19 already ' FG  Edo nursing mother declared wanted after testing positive for Covid-19  Akwa Ibom records second Covid-19 death, 3 new cases  Former Man Utd star Cole starts kidney research fund  Doctors mobilise to provide protective gear, as shortage rankles groups  COVID-19: The wicked state, Kano and the age of citizen action  CBN extends MFBs' recapitalization deadline to 2021-2022  #THE #SUN  INEC may review Edo, Ondo guber timetable next week  COVID-19: Pains, gains of lockdown  Edo APC governorship aspirants' meeting deadlocked  Ekiti PDP rejects swearing in of factional ward excos  Kogi West: Dino Melaye's petition lacks merit ' INEC tells tribunal  INEC may review Edo, Ondo guber timetable next week  Cross River PDP inaugurates new ward exco  Group condemns media attack against Senator Oduah  Cross River PDP inaugurates new ward exco  Plateau PDP's purported swear-in of ward exco 'll split party ahead 2023-Useni  COVID-19: Nigerian athletes get relief funds  Diogu eyes retirement after 2021 Afrobasket  NFF consults FG on resumption of football ' Pinnick  Finishing Premier League season will be good for football ' Mourinho  CBN begins disbursement of N50bn COVID-19 loan  Lagos partners Stanbic IBTC for improved civil service  Glo reassures Nigerian workers of better days ahead  COVID-19: Indigenous oil producers, banks panic over N1.6trn loan  CBN commences disbursement of N50bn COVID-19 loan  Fayemi appoints man who rejected son in viral video ambassador  I don't want to be King over dead bodies ' Ooni of Ife  12 Sokoto health workers test positive for COVID-19  Bauchi authorises use of chloroquine for treatment  Yobe confirms index case  Hospital owner, mortuary attendant arraigned over missing corpse in Ondo  Zulum inaugurates committee to probe first case  We're ready for genuine reconciliation ' Kashamu  COVID-19: FG moves to provide palliative for media industries  #GUARDIAN  Man rapes teenage wife to death 20 days after marriage  How family of six died in their sleep in Enugu, only son in coma  Trump says evidence ties China lab to virus, threatens tariffs  One Canadian dead, five missing after navy helicopter crash  D'Tigers team captain, Diogu eyes retirement  Cristiano Ronaldo has three or four tricks  World Cup 2022 ambassador tests positive for virus  FMBN mulls up to one year loan moratorium  NITDA launchesfree virtual learning academy to bridge capacity gap  Time running out on financial lifelines for air travel reboot  Signs of global reopening push oil price up  Equities sustain rising profile as ASI increases further by 0.67 per cent  Priority for Nigerian workers' rights  Those who want university lecturers to die  Clearing agents embark on warning strike over non-compliance with demurrage waiver  Muslims urged to pray against pandemic, comply with government directives  IGP team arrests court officials for allegedly extorting from motorists over face masks  Governors task health workers on oath to save lives  Food for thought  Isoko youths urge Buhari to disband NDDC's interim committee  Action plan for job creation during COVID-19 in Nigeria  Army arrests fake colonel, major, others in Lagos  NUJ gets palliative from Kwara government  Yobe okays N17b for 3,600 housing units  #DAILY #TIMES  PSG awarded Ligue 1 title as French football season declared over  Lockdown forced Sex workers to suspend activities- Coordinator  Covid-19: Russian Prime Minister test positive  COVID-19: Citizens groan as Gov. Lalong extends lockdown  FG to revive creative industry post COVID-19  COVID-19 lockdown: Why we are introducing new directives in Plateau, by Gov Lalong  COVID-19: Lagos council boss hails weeklong Sanwo-Olu free daily meal  CNPP demands conduct of council polls in Cross River amidst coronavirus pandemic  Deportation of Almajiris by northern govs unconstitutional, abuse of fundamental rights, says CSO  Niger Delta youths protest alleged plot to reinstate Dokubo to Amnesty Programme  Germany to extend social restrictions until May 10, official says  Just In: Nigerian Catholic priest develops drug for Covid-19 cure  Daily Times Newspaper, Friday, May 01, 2020  May Day: No job losses arising from COVID-19 FG  Buhari tasks Armed Forces on counter insurgency operations  Lagos issues fresh guidelines for public transport operations  Workers Day: TUC calls for rebuilding of economy to avoid recession  COVID-19: Benue repatriates destitute to own states  COVID-19: Zulum raises cttee to probe Bornos index case  COVID-19: FG beefs up response to Kano  Obaseki extends dusk-to-dawn curfew for another 14 days  INEC meets May 7 to adopt guidelines for resumption of activities  Lyon reserve right to appeal no European qualification  COVID-19: FG begins payment of N50,000 relief money to athletes  Breaking: PSG named 2019-20 Ligue 1 champions, Season declared over  Arsenal struggling to tie down Bukayo Saka  Psychiatrist says football ghost games would have great benefits  Recapitalisation: CBN extends deadline for MfBs to April 2022  #DAILY #INDEPENDENT  Internet Fraudster Bags 6 Months Jail Term For Impersonation  COVID-19: NYSC Members Donate Allowance, Other Items To Anambra  Operation Checkmate: Army Parades 13 Suspects For Alleged Impersonation In Lagos  Rivers State University Resumes Online Lectures Monday' Registrar  No Record Of COVID-19 In Our Correctional Facilities' Aregbesola  FG Approves Partial Resumption For Senior Public Servants  Buhari Engages Yobe Governor, Tasks Security Agencies On Counter Operations  COVID-19: INEC Meets March 7 To Adopt Guidelines For Resumption  COVID-19: Aisha Buhari Donates Food Items To Widows, Vulnerable Women  Egyptian President Condoles With Buhari Over Kyari's Death  Lockdown: National Task Team Warns Against Restriction Of Agric Products  NASS Actions Against COVID-19 Yielding No Results' Yiaga Africa  Chief Richard Akinjide (SAN): Exit Of A Legal And Political Colossus  Stakeholders Advocate Policy Intervention To Cushion Oil Industry Exposure To Bank Debt  3,256 Benefit From CBN N50bn COVID-19 Credit Facility 'NIRSAL  COVID-19: FG, States Should Increase Health Sector Investments, Funding 'Ex-Minister  British Airways To Axe 12,000 Jobs  Amazon To Impose Unpaid Leave Restrictions For Workers  B&Q Reopens All Its UK Stores  Oasis, Warehouse Group To Cease Trading  ECB Intensifies Crisis Response With New Loans  McDonald's Takes Financial Hit Due To Lockdown Order  Dangote, CACOVID Donations Reflect Commitment To Business Sustainability' LCCI  FG To Revive Creative Industry Post COVID-19  Rohr Accepts NFF Conditions Over New Contract  Diogu To Retire After 2021 Afrobasket  NFF Consulting With FG On Resumption Of Football 'Pinnick  COVID-19: Athletes Receive Relief Funds  #TRIBUNE  COVID-19: Osun govt extends lockdown by three days  COVID-19: Nigeria records 204 new cases, total now 1932  Buhari approves N6.2 billion fund for Niger Delta, extends tenure of NDDC mgt  Nigerian govt will replace $300 million Abacha loot fully if diverted, says US  Judging Matters: An entertaining and exciting takeoff  Access yourself  Stage or screen' Both are very important to me ' Babatunde Ojobaro a.k.a Broda Kata  Post COVID-19: Why Africa will be at the forefront of future hospitality investment  House of Reps' response packages on COVID-19  Scenic beauty of Kufena Hills  The national inter-state lockdown  Ondo State leadership and post-COVID-19 challenges  Helpless Kano  IBTCE Winnipeg 2020 postponed  Shareholders commend Access Bank's 2019 performance at AGM  #BLUE #PRINT  NWFL not sure of resumption date  Why I look older than my age ' Uzoho  Diogu eyes retirement after 2021 Afrobasket  Rohr accepts pay cut to remain S/Eagles gaffer  Breaking: At last, Trump reveals where, how Covid-19 originated  Kwara reversed college's leave directive  Don urges Rivers to retain radio/tv school learning  In Zaria, new ABU VC assumes duty  Breaking: Kano overtakes Abuja as Nigeria records 204 highest daily Covid-19 cases, 58 dead  After recording first Covid-19 death, Jigawa locks down state capital, 7 LGs  May Day: Kwara NLC urges workers not to lose guard  Pandemic spotlights need greater R&D investment  Workers to FG amidst COVID-19 trauma: Protect Nigerians from uncharitable employers  Why I authorised chloroquine, zithromax for COVID-19 ' Bala  Buhari extends tenure of NDDC interim management committee, okays N6.2bn for COVID-19 fight in Niger Delta  COVID-19: FG mulls palliatives for media industry  Benin monarch donates foodstuff, sanitizers to journalists  Abba Kyari: Egyptian President condoles with Buhari  Buhari condoles with Dr Sani Aliyu over father's death, mourns Governor Mohammed Goni  COVID-19: Governors, police, NURTW to halt inter states movement  FG orders senior workers to resume work  COVID-19: FG reveals 113 doctors test positive for Coronavirus, pursues vigorous probe of Kano deaths  Lockdown: Kaduna turns back 2 passenger-loaded lorries  Breaking: Many trapped, dead as building collapses in Imo  May Day: TUC wants price of foods, drugs reduced over covid-19  May Day: Gbajabiamila, Wase salute Nigerian workers, urge productivity  Ramadan: El-Rufai warns traders over hiking foodstuff prices, neighbourhood markets  Kaduna NUJ scribe loses mother  #SPORTS  "Messi is God," and 10 other La Liga quotes you must know - Goal  2022 World Cup ambassador, Khamis, tests positive for COVID-19 - Punch  Accident cost me 1996 Olympic gold medal ' Kennedy Boboye - Goal  Amanda Holden releases debut single in honour of NHS heroes who 'saved her life - Yahoo  Arsenal struggling to tie down Bukayo Saka - Daily Times  Astros' Verlander makes significant progress following groin surgery - Yahoo  Badminton star Jinkam explains switch from singles to doubles event - Daily Trust  Bhaichung Bhutia - Chuni Goswami was a true gentleman - Goal  Bhaichung Bhutia - Chuni Goswami was a true gentleman - Yahoo  Boris Johnson prepares plan for UK's lockdown exit after declaring nation 'past peak' of coronavirus - Yahoo  Breaking: PSG named 2019-20 Ligue 1 champions, Season declared over - Daily Times  CAFs May 5 Deadline Leaves Nigerian Officials with Four Options - Thisday  Coronavirus: Bettman says 2020-21 NHL season could start in December - Yahoo  Coronavirus: Broncos star Miller says he's been cleared of COVID-19 - Yahoo  Coronavirus: Broncos using Brady as inspiration ahead of NRL return - Yahoo  Coronavirus: RFL receiving 16m emergency loan from government - Yahoo  COVID-19: Athletes Receive Relief Funds - Daily Independent  COVID-19: FG begins payment of N50,000 relief money to athletes - Daily Times  COVID-19: Nigerian athletes get relief funds - The Sun  COVID-19: Nigerian Lady Professionals Wary Of 'No Action - Daily Independent  Cristiano Ronaldo has three or four tricks - Guardian  Cristiano Ronaldo inspires Dortmund sensation Haaland - Yahoo  D'Tigers team captain, Diogu eyes retirement - Guardian  Dayot Upamecano Poised to Disappoint Suitors & Pen New RB Leipzig Deal - FTBpro  Diogu eyes retirement after 2021 Afrobasket - Blueprint  Diogu eyes retirement after 2021 Afrobasket - The Sun  Diogu To Retire After 2021 Afrobasket - Daily Independent  Djokovic finds it tough to adjust to uncertainty - Daily Trust