Newspaper Headlines

*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR FRIDAY 29TH MAY 2020*

*THE NATION*

Rivers council chair dies

NDDC headquarters shut over directors death

How to beat COVID-19, by Buhari

Nigeria yet to receive Trumps ventilators, says minister

NNPC plans $10 crude production cost

Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano airports to reopen in few days

Governors, AGF to discuss Executive Order 10

School dormitories to be used as isolation/treatment centres

School dormitories to be used as isolation/treatment centres

Buhari, Obasanjo, AfDB board back Adesina

Buhari, Obasanjo, AfDB board back Adesina

NAFDAC, others get Madagascars drug for review

Fed Govt: many Nigerians dying of common ailments

Lagos approves increase in passenger carriage for BRT buses

Sanwo-Olu assures Lagosians of affordable housing

Alleged exam malpractices: Govt withdraws charges against Adeleke

Lets tell this story properly

We want direct primary in Ondo APC, says Olanusi

Ize-Iyamu yet to meet conditions for granting waiver

DJ Cuppy becomes Apple Musics first Africa radio show host

Who is afraid of E-Money

Kenny Chukwumas validation

Sapphire Scent boss Wale Janas headache

Olu Kosokos large heart

Tolani Otedola is taking over

Ewa Cole releases debut EP Queen Of African Solk

Rising musician hopes to be bigger than Wizkid, Davido

Jamila seeks a duet with Asa

*VANGUARD*

Buhari's five-years in the saddle (1)

Buhari auctioning Nigeria with foreign loans ' PDP

APC candidate for Edo guber election can't emerge in Abuja ' Obaseki's aide

PDP behind our crisis' 'Osun APC

Buhari's Order 10 will usher in era of justice devoid of considerations ' Kano NBA Chair

Edo 2020: LGA APC chairmen fault waiver for Ize-Iyamu

Imo PDP executives, members join APC

Court orders fresh PDP congresses in Nasarawa

FACTSHEET: Buhari's achievements and all you need to know

Defectors are inconsequential, worthless ' Imo PDP

My first term in office was very rough, second will be eventful ' Ortom

CBN plans driving agribusiness through 50bn credit facility, interest rate cut

Group faults removal of Mohammed as TCN MD

Transport fare rises despite drop in petrol price in April

SEC de-registers 84 inactive stockbrokers, outlines Uduk's scorecard

CBN cuts MPR to 12.5% to stimulate economic growth

50 unsold cargoes of Nigeria's oil await buyers

COVID-19: Rivers Government cuts 2020 budget by nearly half

Does the minister work for a Chinese company

The orphans of coronavirus

COVID-19: We've yet to receive promised ventilators from US ' Minister

World Menstrual Hygiene Day: Reactions to story on painful menstruation

*THISDAY*

Seplat Chairman Assures shareholders of Sustainable Growth

Q1: Dangote Cement Records N249bn Revenue, N88bn Profit

COVID-19: NIMASA Classifies Dockworkers, Seafarers Essential Workers

Cargo Operation as Revenue Earner for Domestic Airlines

Rising to Gas Supply Challenge in COVID-19 Era

Joels: Nigeria Requires Comprehensive Tax Reform

Okunowo: Lots of Nigerians Financially Excluded

Nigeria Lacks Technical Competence to Benefit from Cabotage Act

Unease as Commercial Flights Slowly Restarts

Shanghai Offer Ighalo Option on How to Remain with Man Utd...

Ize-Iyamu: Indirect Primary Will Fuel COVID-19 in Edo

Premier League Clubs Agree to Restart June 17

NACCIMA Appoints Nuka AfCTA Cttee Scribe

PDP Raises the Alarm over Buharis Fresh $5.5bn Loan Request

The Virus and Post-virus Hit to All Airlines

An Omowulabi Governor at 60

Sports Minister Tasks Edo 2020 Covid-19 Committee

Reappraising Ugwuanyis Five-year Stewardship Amid COVID-19

Premier League Clubs Vote to Resume Contact Training

Nigerias Democracy Beyond Its Crown Year

Fine Jurist, Gentleman and a Good Man

Biafra, Messiahs Versus Transactionalists

Ighalo Close to Man Utd Extension, Says Agent

*PUNCH*

APC demands shift of CRiver LG poll

Anniversary without cymbals

Experts advise FG on school feeding strategies

FG updates Buhari aides list after PUNCH report

NCDC cries out as rapid test kits black market rises

Buhari writes National Assembly, seeks $5.5bn fresh loan

FG can withhold allocations of states flouting legislature, judiciary autonomy AGF

Buhari orders military crackdown as Sokoto bandits kill 70

18 groups jostle to monitor $311m Abacha loot spending

COVID-19: Buhari seeks debt cancellation for Africa

Police restructure, IG redeploys 11 CPs

Ogun restricts lockdown to weekends

NDDC shuts office, orders isolation as director dies of COVID-19

Anambra waste agency sacks 8,000 workers

LG APC chairmen fault Ize-Iyamu as consensus aspirant

If they do you wrong, do them right

Lagos BRT increases fares by 50%

Ex-PDP chair, former exco members defect to Imo APC

Police vow to stop IPOB candle procession

Police remove Adelekes name from exam malpractices charges

Gunmen kidnap Nasarawa CAN chair

Unresolved mystery surrounding deaths of Kanos high and mighty

Scrap security vote, NLC tells governors

Identify your childrens gift, Abati tells parents

Price crash: NNPC targets $10 oil production cost

Niger extends lockdown

FG, Obasanjo fault US over Adesinas fresh probe

Shanghai to extend Ighalos United loan deal

*DAILY TRUST*

APC Manifesto: Questions over Buhari's key campaign promises

Reforms in oil & gas dangling, await Buhari's pledge on PIB

Cost of governance surges in 5 years

Efforts at curtailing insecurity in Niger state

Ogun gov suspends projects commissioning, opts for low-key celebration

State of residence yet to replace state of origin

Yobe: One year on, Buni march moves on

Three years to make history

FG records success in Social Investment Programme

Sanwo-Olu repairs 354 roads in 1 year

Moonsighting controversies in Nigeria: Way forward

EU court annuls Commission ban on British telecoms takeover

FG, Obasanjo express support for Adesina, AfDB President

Broadband penetration at 39%, but long road ahead

Ekiti govt denies non-compliance with court order on installation of monarch

Bello: An emerging political phenomenon

NCDC confirms 182 new cases of COVID-19, total active cases hit 6,064

Nigeria taking part in sports for the fun of it ' Onigbinde

Ogun deploys waste management strategy to battle COVID-19

7 police killed in Afghan attack as Taliban resumes fighting

Pledge on judicial reforms yet to be implemented

Buhari approves funding for 25,000MW Siemens power project

FG to provide sanitary wear for one million girls

New born baby dumped in Abuja suburb

Kwara, AbdulRazaq and things less talked about

Hard work helped me return to Super Eagles ' Azeez

Score yourself on your three cardinal promises ' PDP tasks Buhari

Mr. President: What would the Buhari legacy be

*THE SUN*

South East governors must stop Almajirai migration to zone 'Uwazurike

As FG considers re-opening 5 airports

Ighalo to stay at Man U till Jan

Fresh loans: Nigeria now on auction 'PDP

Abia declares COVID-19 positive man wanted

CBN cuts MPR to 12.5%, advises on how to avoid recession

Iwobi: Osimhen can succeed Ighalo in Eagles

Akeredolu gives N47.6m loan to primary school teachers

Razak flays Oyegun's clamour for automatic tickets for Obaseki, Akeredolu

Northern govs and Almajirai migration to South

Gives palliatives to NYSC members in Ondo

Equities drifts south as investors lose N29bn

Ndidi: I was scared of Kante's record

INEC has powers to de-register political parties 'Court

Family asks court to set aside judgment over Ikosi land dispute

Their children. Our children

CACOVID donates hospital equipment, PPE to Nasarawa, Gombe isolation centres

Redknapp laughs off Eagles job offer

C'River LG poll: No face mask, no voting, declares Covid-19 task force

Kaduna targets capturing 70% poor households in social register

Your trade dress as your brand identity

Post-COVID-19: NIRSAL launches scheme to assist farmers

Gov. Diri's 100 days in office

Imo APC receives defecting PDP, ward chairmen, others

Reappraising Ugwuanyi's five-year stewardship amid Covid-19

Obasanjo writes to 13 former African leaders over Adesina

Lille targets Mexican as Osimhen's replacement

On Abike Dabiri's tales by moonlight

*GUARDIAN*

Prevail on APC NWC to conduct indirect guber primary in Edo, Buhari urged

Ogun engages kids with virtual children's day celebration

Car crash claims seven lives in Kwara

Rivers Police arrest 17 sea pirates

My wife always wanted to live in Nigeria, says Redknapp

ATCON tasks FG on economic digitisation as telcos activate 1.9m new subscribers

Veterans rate Ndidi as future national team leader

How Vskit is bridging gap between brands, consumers

MFBs' survival requires thinking, environment study post-COVID-19

Is President Buhari re-beginning May 29, 2015

Buhari's fifth year: Lingering hopes and barriers

Unhealthy development

Richard Akinjide, a lawyer who thought outside the box - Part 2

Nigeria: ln the next 36 months

Banji Akintoye: Beyond Yoruba triumphalism as UNPO member

Fathers as sexual predators

NDDC: The illegal IMC challenges National Assembly oversight powers

Ekiti State government denies disobeying court order against monarch's installation

Killings, kidnappings, banditry hold sway amid COVID-19 pandemic

Family demands justice for driver allegedly killed with charmed ring

Sekibo tasks SMEs on new models, partnerships for competitiveness

A year after, sports offer promise

Reps worried about mystery deaths in Rivers

Abiodun plans low-key celebration for one year in office, birthday

Apple Music names Cuppy its first radio show host in Africa

Profit-taking takes toll on NSE as index loses N29 billion

Tokyo 2020 teams still open to eligible Nigerians

*DAILY TIMES*

UN hails Nigerias contributions to global peace, security

Why do your trucks kill more people in a month than Covid 19'-FFK questions activities of Aliko Dangote

FG withdraws charges against Sen Adeleke over alleged exam malpractices

Stakeholders urge Enugu assembly to review urban, regional planning law

Just In: NASS passes revised 2020 Appropriation Bill

NCDC confirms 182 new cases of COVID-19, total active cases now 6064

NCDC confirms 182 new cases of COVID-19, total active cases now 6064

Coronavirus is like your wife, Indonesian minister under fire for comparing virus to women

Breaking: Serie A to resume on June 20

Nasarawa requires over N40 billion to pay its pensioners Gov. Sule

Sokoto, other attacks: Buhari directs fierce military operations

Trump to sign executive order after threatening to Shutter Social Media

Exit of TCN MD threatens $1.66bn transmission projects-Group

Sokoto, other attacks: Buhari directs fierce military operations

Fans react as premier league set to resume June 17

Covid-19: Stranded Nigerians in abroad who test positive wont be brought home-FG

Wike warns owner of demolished hotel to quit plans of blackmailing NCDC

AMCON stabilises aviation sector with N50bn in 8 years

President Trumps says justice will be served, calls for expedite in George Floyds death investigation

EPL to kick start June 17 with Man City vs Arsenal as first matches

MRS Oil Nigeria declares N1.7bn loss in one year

15 persons confirmed dead in Bauchi boat mishap

MRS Oil Nigeria declares N1.7bn loss in one year

I hate racist John Boyega puts career on the line for the culture

Special Olympics postponed

Buhari joins World leaders in virtual UN devt financing summit

MayD begged me to sign him last year Jude Okoye (video)

We are yet to receive ventilators Trump promised Lai Mohammed reveals

*DAILY INDEPENDENT*

Infertility: Expert Advocates Medical Intervention For Menstrual Challenges

South Korea Restores Coronavirus Lockdown Order

CP Inaugurates State Community Policing Committee In Nasarawa

SEC Cancels 84 Inactive Market Operators

Malta, Libya To Boost Bilateral Ties

Oil Prices Drop As U.S. Stock Build Douses Demand Recovery Hopes

Develop Homegrown Solutions, Prioritise SMEs Devt To Rebuild Africa, Experts Say At UBA Conversations

FG Dissolves Governing Councils Of UNIPORT, Maritime University

Germany To Seek EU Sanctions On Russia

Develop Homegrown Solutions, Prioritise SMEs Devt To Rebuild Africa, Experts Say At UBA Conversations

FG Notorious For Making False Promises, Claims ' Onovo

Poland Cuts Interest Rates To Almost Zero

When COVID-19 Re-Orders Our World: The African Perspective

Thailand To Shorten COVID-19 Night Curfew

Poland Cuts Interest Rates To Almost Zero

Conor McGregor Accepts Call Out From Anderson Silva

Africa's COVID-19 Cases Hits 123,000' WHO

Ndume Urges Buhari To Assent To Peace Corps Bill

EasyJet Extends 2-Week Rally To 73%

EasyJet Extends 2-Week Rally To 73%

Diri Douye, The Journey Thus Far

Hong Kong No Longer Getting Special Treatment From US ' Mike Pompeo

Roach Ready To Take On England

Court Convicts 24 Motorists In Imo For Violating COVID-19 Guidelines

Revised 2020 Budget: Buhari Seeks Senate Approval For $5.513bn External Loans

GSK To Produce Billion Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster

Cricket Australia Announces 2020-2021 Games Schedule

COVID-19: NHIS Donates PPE To Police

*TRIBUNE*

1xBet App for Android Body

COVID-19: Nigeria records 182 new cases, total rises to 8,915

COVID-19: We're yet to receive promised ventilators from US ' Minister

How singing, making beats with desks earned me my stage name 'DopeChild

Alao Akala present as Oyo APC begins reconciliation of aggrieved members

Covid-19 and the increasing job losses

21 years of civil rule: Gains, pains and prospects

We did not ask Adesina to step down for probe ' AfDB shareholders

Sokoto bandit attacks: Buhari orders 'fierce' military operation

Ortom: Counting gains of five years

Living with your inner critic

FG allocates N46.2 bn for three-month special public works

Reps pass N10.510trn revised Appropriation bill through second reading

JUST IN: English Premiership resumes on June 17

Malapropisms on COVID-19

PHOTOS: 72 hours after passing out parade, two corps members to wed at 5.00 a.m. on Saturday

Two days after gov's visit, bandits kill 74 in Sokoto villages

Power to the wheels (transmission/gearbox)

Ogun makes history with virtual Children's Day celebration

COVID-19: Abia records three new cases, total rises to 10

George Floyd: Minneapolis police officer involved had history of complaints

NECA lauds CBN for lowering lending rate

Why MPC reduced benchmark interest rate ' Analysts

Stanbic IBTC Holdings celebrates 1st digital graduate trainees

*BLUE PRINT*

Four Lessons from Ramadan and COVID-19

Tambuwal to meet Buhari over incessant Sokoto killings

Covid-19: Labour kicks against retrenchment, salary deductions

Bayelsa elders seek remedy for toxic waste pollution

Why I want fresh $5.513bn external loans -Buhari

May 29: Buahri's corruption fight stands him out ' NOGASA boss

Breaking: Kebbi discharges last Covid-19 patients

Volleyball league will hold this year -Nimrod

Dare tasks Edo 2020 Sports Festival committee

Rohr contract extension good news for Nigeria Football ' Ogu

Ighalo to remain at Man U till Jan

Abacha's Loot: 17 organisations bid for project monitoring, implementation

One year anniversary: Kwara PDP scores AbdulRazaq low

Updated: Buhari wants approval for fresh $5.513bn external loans

Why these Lagos 8th assembly members cannot be easily forgotten

Nigeria Police Force gets 5 new zonal commands, new department

FG to use hotels, schools to isolate COVID-19 patients ' PTF

Loans: Nigeria is now on the auction market ' PDP

Sokoto attacks: Buhari commiserates with victims, directs fierce military operations

Five years in the saddle, Buhari didn't disappoint Nigerians ' Adesina

*SPORTS*

2021 Africa Cup of Nations set to be postponed - Daily Times

5 Things You Perhaps Didn't Know About Marc-Andr ter Stegen - Complete Sports

70 facts about Argentina legend Diego Maradona - Goal

70 facts about Argentina legend Diego Maradona - Goal

Achraf Hakimi aiming to play for Real Madrid, says agent - Yahoo

Adi Donates 2000 Bags Of Rice As Covid-19 Palliative In Benue - Complete Sports

AGF Aarhus v Randers: Virtual Zoom grandstand allows fans to watch Danish Superliga - BBC

Akwa Ibom sports journalist regains freedom - Punch

Aouar is a 'fundamental' part of Lyon - Juninho responds to Juventus interest - Goal

Aouar is a 'fundamental' part of Lyon - Juninho responds to Juventus interest - Goal

Austrian Bundesliga leaders LASK docked 12 points after training scandal - Goal

Austrian Bundesliga leaders LASK docked 12 points after training scandal - Goal

Balotelli's 'mind no longer' with Brescia, says club president - Daily Trust

Banyana midfielder Jane resumes AC Milan training as Serie A set to return in July - Goal

Banyana midfielder Jane resumes AC Milan training as Serie A set to return in July - Goal

Boston Marathon cancelled for 2020 because of coronavirus pandemic - BBC

Breaking: Gareth Taylor named new Man City Women head coach - Daily Times

Breaking: Serie A to resume on June 20 - Daily Times

Brescia owner Cellino blasts 'crazy' decision to resume Serie A season - Goal

Brescia owner Cellino blasts 'crazy' decision to resume Serie A season - Goal

Brescia owner Cellino blasts 'crazy' decision to resume Serie A season - Yahoo

Cardinals' Hopkins: I'm the best wide receiver in the NFL - Yahoo

Conor McGregor Accepts Call Out From Anderson Silva - Daily Independent

Coronavirus: 'A little bit dangerous' ' Melb City's Susaeta wary of proposed A-League schedule - Yahoo

Coronavirus: Aulas calls for July restart as Lyon label Ligue 1 cancellation 'hasty - Yahoo

Coronavirus: Serie A return 'a victory for Italian football' ' Lazio president Lotito - Yahoo

Cricket Australia Announces 2020-2021 Games Schedule - Daily Independent

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill wins BBC Sport vote for best British women's sporting moment - BBC

*Jummah Mubarak*☪🕋☪