Newspaper Headlines

SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES, 26/06/2020

Punch

Ajimobi loses COVID-19 battle at 70, Buhari, others mourn

Nigeria record 594 new COVID-19 cases, total now 22,614

Nigeria faces worst recession in 40 years – World Bank

PayTV: Reps grill NBC boss over high tariffs

Hushpuppi defrauded 1,926,400 persons, made N168bn – Dubai police

Judge knocks EFCC over unreliable evidence, frees OAU ex-VC, bursar

Nigeria’s exports to China, India, others hit N1.87tn

No division in ECOWAS over single currency – Onyeama

Post-coronavirus plan’ll save, create 5m jobs –FG

Highway development, management will generate N160bn, says FG

FG stops vehicle purchase, less important capital spending

We lose N30bn monthly to theft, vandalism, others –Discos

Insurance industry records N490bn premium

Customs generate N573bn in five months

COVID-19 stopped 74.2% of businesses from operating – NECA

BBC, MTN collaborate on news distribution

Glo offers cashback to subscribers

Air Peace flies 25 empty aircraft, Dana tests new plane

COVID-19: FIFA approves $1.5bn relief fund

Oshiomhole-backed NWC dares Buhari, says NEC meeting illegal

APC writes INEC, sets July 20 for Ondo primary

Anambra, Enugu, Kwara fail to access N66.8bn UBE fund

Scores abducted along Kaduna-Abuja highway

Violate wedding guidelines, pay N10m fine – Rivers

Ebonyi to fight COVID-19 with N20.7bn

20 Bayelsa doctors infected by COVID-19 – Resident Doctors

Stop funding police from Federation Account, Rivers tells court

Police quiz D’Banj over rape allegation

(www.punchng.com)

The Nation

World Bank to Nigerians: brace for worst recession 

N2.3trn stimulus package: Osinbajo to supervise implementation of NESP 

Nigerians in Ghana are safe, says deputy head of mission

FG evacuates 167 Nigerians from South Africa – Onyeama

Fed Govt to announce date for flight resumption next week 

FG recovers N250m diverted from NDDC

Face shields not sufficient to protect against virus, says NCDC

States to begin COVID-19 testing next week   

COVID-19: NYSC says no plan to reopen orientation camps  

FG to open bid for management of 10 Federal highways

NFF to get N600m from FIFA 

Airstrikes destroy bandits’ camps in Zamfara forest

Online clearance processes designed to curb corruption, says NAFDAC  

Obaseki is PDP candidate as Imansuangbon steps down 

Ajimobi was a statesman – Makinde

Wike okays fourth flyover in Rivers 

Improper face masks wearing to attract N10,000 fine in Anambra 

COVID-19: we’re managing 300 cases as home care – Ogun Govt

Most Nigerian singers demean women, says Cool FM’s Mannie  

Nollywood veteran, Ogun Majek, dies

Australia, New Zealand to host 2023 FIFA Women’s WC

(www.thenationonlineng.net)

Vanguard

COVID-19: This is the right time to lockdown — PTF Chairman

COVID-19: PTF urges hospitals to accept patients with other ailments

Embassy Attack: Ghana in breach Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations — Ambassador Ode 

FG calls for calm as Ghanian govt moves to rebuild structure

Troops uncovers camp of armed herders on Benue/Nasarawa border

Israel extends entry ban for tourists, foreigners until Aug 1

US CAN DEPORT ASYLUM SEEKERS BEFORE SEEING JUDGE ― SUPREME COURT 

EFCC seals property allegedly belonging to Theodore Orji

Customs seizes over N400m worth of contraband in Imo 

Transport owners call for lifting of inter-state travel

120 COMPETE FOR MR, MISS NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL 

15 political parties to participate in Edo guber election – REC

Anambra PDP sacks three exco members

AJIMOBI: WE’VE LOST A STAR, SAYS FAYEMI 

Cross River has no recorded COVID-19 case – Commissioner

Nasarawa spends over N500m in fighting COVID-19

Imo pension: 8 persons earn N330 million annually — Govt

ANAMBRA SETS UP MOBILE COURTS AGAINST ABUSE OF FACE MASKS 

C’RIVER 3,800 HECTARES COCOA PLANTATION TO EMPLOY 5,000 WORKERS 

Over 40 suspected rapists arrested in Katsina in three months

(www.vanguardngr.com)

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