*NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES FOR MONDAY 16TH MARCH 2020*

*THE NATION*


Community women protest influx of herders

Only farmers will benefit from loan

UnemploymentCreative sector to the rescue

Imo PDP chieftain, supporters join APC

Edo to sanitise transport sector

COVID-19: Enugu awaits result of suspected victim

My legacies cant be erased

Any solution to crude oil theft

APC governors hold pro-Oshiomhole meeting in Abuja

Insurance covers Coronavirus as reinsurers move to stop it

UNICEF hails Osuns return to 6-3-3-4 education system

Towards containing Covid-19 spread

APCll come out stronger under Oshiomhole

IYC, others urge Niger Delta governors to diversify economy

APC crisis may breed a third force

Babalakin: A case of intellectual honesty

Senate constitution review panel to receive memoranda, says Omo-Agege

Aziegbemie leads Edo PDP

Osinbajo: Nigerias workforce worlds ninth largest

Hyundai appoints Jeong as Middle East and Africa VP

Overtaking hazards

Honda to restart production in China

Dana Motors unveils Made-in-Nigeria Kia, DFM

Agusto & Co. assigns A-(f) rating to Cordros Fund

Unity Bank unveils USSD in Nigerian languages

Polaris Bank marks World Kidney Day

Sterling seeks end to police-youth violence

IWD: Rosabon gives grants to female entrepreneurs


*VANGUARD*


Kaduna Magistrate Defies High Court, Insists on Odinkalu's Trial

Herdsmen attacks: House Minority leader urges FG to sack service chiefs

Derivation: Okowa doubts funds declared by NNPC

School children among 15 killed in Lagos explosion

$27b loan: FG should desist from reckless borrowings 'PANDEF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, Middle Belt

COVID-19: Enugu govt announces suspected fresh case

Bethlehem Girls' College administrator dies while rescuing students in Lagos explosion

Coronavirus hits Italy hard, as town buries patients every 30 minutes

African countries take preventive measures against COVID -19

Land border should remain closed for 10 years ' Farmers tell FG

Covid19: Saving our economy from distress

APC CRISIS: Pro-Oshiomhole forces fight back

Instagram cracks down on coronavirus AR effects

Apple to close US retail stores and all others outside China

Timaya, Tekno, Mayorkun to thrill at Vanguard Awards

Igbos at higher risk of glaucoma blindness ' Govt Survey

Avoidable deaths in a nation without health insurance

Kidnapped night club owner regains freedom in Calabar

Suspected drunk driver kills two family members, injures four


*THISDAY*


Services Weaken as COVID-19 Hits Global Economy

Access Bank Unveils DiamondXtra Season 12

Polaris Bank Promotes SMEs

Airtel Crashes Data Tariff, Incentivises Customers

FirstBank Commits to Women Empowerment

Foundation Commemorates #MyFreedomDay

Building Resilience to External Shocks

Agribusiness Expo to Boost Export Potential of Local Farmers

Experts Call for Attitudinal Change among Nigerians

Wema Bank Supports Women-owned Businesses

COVID-19: Turkish Airlines Adopts Safety Measures

Heritage Bank, GEZAWA Seek to Boost Agric Sector

Air Peace Deploys Measures to Protect Passengers, Staff against Coronavirus

NASC Deploys Smart Cards to Tackle Seed Counterfeiting

Bello: With Coronavirus Disruptions, Economic Diversification Crucial

Investors Count Losses as Stock Market Sheds N1.8 Trillion

How Receivables Finance Can Close SME Gaps

Nnamani Hails Report on Broadband

Xpress Payments Appoints CEO

Polaris Marks World Kidney Day

Policy Makers Advocate Urgent Reforms to Boost Nutrition in Africa

Firms Partner to Facilitate Travelling

CRC Gets Recognition

Anambra Hails Offodiles Appointment as NIMASA Director

Tambuwal Cautions against Playing Politics with Monarchy, Religion, Security

In Kano, the Royal Baton Changes from One Brother to Another

Tinubu: Anti-Oshiomhole Forces Undermining Buhari

Will Kyari Address the Elephant in the Room


*PUNCH*


First Bank in merger talks with local, foreign banks

Buharis aide hails FG policy on agric

Zenith Bank limits intl withdrawal amount on card

Akpabio moves to check duplication of project in NDelta

Coronavirus: New York city closes public schools

UNICEF backs Osun education policy reversal

Annenih kinsman emerges Edo PDP new chair

Should our traditional institutions be privatised

Oil price and getting the economy back to work

The ugly spectacle of street begging

Immigration job: FG bars stammerers, applicants with bad teeth

Ifeanyi Ubah: Police charge lawyer with forgery

Page Financials pledges support for arts

Insurers assets to grow by 26.5% Report

AIICO promotes gender equality

IPPIS: Lecturers protest deductions, non-payment of sabbatical scholars

Aviation industry contributed 0.14% to GDP in 2019 NBS

Oil crash: Nigeria may lose $8.63bn in six months

Ebonyi teenager defiles five minors in one week

Visa-on-arrival issuance drops by 39.8%

Stock market finished week negative with 13.49% loss

Solid minerals earnings hit N69.47bn NEITI

Buhari celebrates late Awolowos secretary, Ofeimun, at 70

FMBN to construct 3,600 housing units nationwide

Kwara probes civil service to weed out ghost workers

Fayemi visits Alaafin over face-off with Ekiti monarchs

Polaris Bank promotes SMEs

Senate bill wants President, govs to submit budget in Sept


*DAILY TRUST*


Falling oil prices and Budget 2020

The tragedy in Kano

2019 polls: INEC, CSOs differ on US claims

Pressure mounts on Obasa to step down as speaker

We're still a dominant party in Katsina ' PDP

PDP wins Sokoto by-election

Edo APC crisis: PFN charges APC leaders on peace

Late lawmaker's brother wins by-election in Kwara

Anenih's kinsman emerges Edo PDP chair

Sanusi: Once upon an Emir

Bjrn Beckman (BB) Memorial: There was a productive North

No twist in President Buhari's popularity index

Gen. Buratai in the eyes of the people

Strike: Nigerians urge FG, ASUU to be considerate over IPPIS

Business woman alleges harassment as FCTA demolishes auto workshop

FCT minister urges truck owners to obey restriction order

My husband left home for 8 years, says divorce-seeking wife

Ondo police investigate death of cop, wife

Coronavirus: Vatican cancels Easter celebrations

Trailer kills 3 in Gwagwalada

Kidnapped pastor's kids, couple freed after N.7m ransom

Expert tasks FG on viral hepatitis, says 20m Nigerians at risk

Couple crushed to death in Ogun road crash

Coronavirus: Enugu records first case, as govt isolates suspect

Nigeria's restructuring not feasible ' Prof Ademiluyi

Court convicts janitor for terrorism

Electricity consumers, industrialists, others flay generator import ban bill

What are the symptoms of coronavirus


*THE SUN*


APC wins Jigawa, Niger, Kwara bye-elections

Imo PDP chieftain defects to APC

Oshiomhole has disappointed labour movement ' Esele

Is Oshiomhole APC's hero or villain

APC crisis: Buhari must intervene now -Tonye Princewill

Don't blame Oshiomhole for your problems, Odubu tells Obaseki

Makinde tasks Edo PDP on winning September guber poll

APC crisis: Tinubu rallies support for Buhari, Oshiomhole

APC crisis: Minister, others vow to rescue Oshiomhole

Take advantage of Edo situation and win guber election, Makinde urges PDP

Results of Match Day 24 fixtures in 2019/2020 NPFL

Para-Powerlifting board impeaches Uboh appoints Ishaku president

As IndustriAll Nigeria council harps on gender parity

Only 2 DisCos exceeded 50% metering of consumers in Q3, 2019 'NERC

NSE: COVID-19, weak oil prices trigger 26.2% sell-off in banking stocks

Indian women lauds Dangote's philanthropic gestures

Promassidor plans N25bn cereal market in Nigeria

Air Peace deploys measures to protect passengers, staff against coronavirus

AFDB funded agro-industrial zones take off in Abuja

International Women's Day: Why gender-balanced world is important

Coronavirus: Gombe calls for prayers againsts global challenges

Don't politicise monarchy, religion, security, Tambuwal warns

Batsari killings: Perpetrators animals, lack Qur'anic education -Masari

Man remanded for raping 5 minors in Ebonyi

Truck crushes 2 to death in Anambra

Fake drug dealers hijack Onitsha market leadership

Construction of 6-kilometre Omor/Umuerum road begins in Anambra

Akanu Ibiam poly matriculates 5,977 students


*GUARDIAN*


Niger Delta states deserve more than 13% derivation, says Okowa

Terrorists kill three, destroy property in Borno

APC wins Kwara Assembly by-election

Religious leaders charged to be family planning advocates

Italy hit by 368 new coronavirus deaths, hospitals in crisis

MBF advocates civilian JTF in Benue to counter killer herders

Tokyo Olympic flame left flickering as virulent ill wind gathers pace

Japanese prime minister hopeful of hosting Olympics 'without a hitch

Adara indigenes mourn CAN scribe

Deprived of football, players try to fill the 'big void

Alakija harps on importance of literacy, preaches routine reading

Why we disagree with Federal Government on IPPIS, by Sokoto ASUU

Fayemi visits Alaafin over Ekiti traditional council controversy

Nigeria's economy, CBN's prognosis and COVID-19

ARIAN to increase insurance uptake with new executives

Insurers task governments on gender equality to achieve 1.25% economic growth

Why 33 insurers may not meet December recapitalisation deadline

A chief justice and a parable

The smoke screen

Painful postponement of UNILAG convocation

Redeeming university honorary awards: FUOYE's example

Turning the tides against infectious diseases: The microbial pathologist's nexus

Enugu case still undergoing medical test, minister declares

No record of $5b Abacha loot, expenditure, government tells SERAP

Nigerian equities market records worst weekly losses

How to lower stroke, anxiety disorders risk

Nigeria earns N400b from solid minerals in 12 years

Railway plans hourly train service for Abuja-Kaduna route


*DAILY TIMES*


Fear of epidemic looms as refuse take-over Owerri

APC chieftain kicks as party suspends Lokpobiri, Aganaba, 12 others

Kebbis first lady hails FG on cancer control chain

APGA chieftain accuses Ohuabunwa of pushing to declare jailed Senator Kalus seat vacant

2023: Shehu Sani warns Sanusi against going into politics

PDP ward congresses: Edo, Katsina hold congress despite court injunctions

Just in: 2023 final boost for Igbo presidency Ezeife

Tinubu speaks on Oshiomholes problem in APC

APCs Fagen Gawo wins Jigawa bye-election

Data crucial to addressing kidney treatment Minister

NBA referee Kirkland tests negative for coronavirus: report

GTBank reports 32.8% increase in USSD transaction to N3.55trn in 2019

Explosion kills 17 in Lagos community

Taiwans Tai wins All England Championship title

FBH Holdings reacts to acquisition of Heritage Bank, Polaris bank

APC crisis: Tinubu backs Oshiomhole

Solid minerals sector raked in N69.47bn in 2018 NEITI

Football can wait: Italy coach Mancini ready to play Euros in 2021

Investors profit-taking in Banks shares, others down equities market by N1.85trn

FG to launch Integrated Medical Outreach Programme

Inflation rate to increase to 12.37% in February- Analysts

Vertonghens family held at knifepoint during home invasion

COVID-19: Airports deserted as cargo importation nosedives by 70%

Army intensifies onslaught against bandits, kidnappers

Fury wont lose world title over doping allegation says WBC chief

Enugu records suspected case of coronavirus, suspect isolated

Reduce data tariffs, improve quality of service, ATCIS charges NCC

Players treated like guinea pigs over coronavirus: Rooney


*DAILY INDEPENDENT*


Oshiomhole: Travails Of APC's National Chairman

Encourage Local Vehicle Manufacturing, Okoli Urges Fed. Government

Has The Senate Finally Found Its Groove

Okowa: A Leader And His Many Firsts

PenCom Recovers N17.05bn From 655 Employers In Eight Years

Public Uproar Against The Social Media Bill

Pakistan Arrests Owner Of Largest Media Group On Graft Charges

Semenya Switches To 200m In Tokyo Olympics Bid

Few Disgruntled Elements Can't Remove Oshiomhole From Office 'Balogun

ATC, Pilots Identify Funds, Bureaucracies As Impediments To Safety Projects

Coronavirus Scare Slows Down Abia Projects

SMEs: Hike In Electricity Tariffs And The Impeding Concerns

WCRD: Danbatta Spotlights Centrality Of Consumers To Telecoms Industry

Health Care Worker In Massachusetts Tests Positive To Virus

African Nations Cup Qualifiers Postponed Over Coronavirus

Getting Human Capital Development Back On Track In Gombe

Investors See Hope Despite Equities Market Shedding N1.8trn

APC, Oshiomhole Crisis: Tinubu's Full Statement

Nigeria's Flamingos Beat Guinea In 2020 U-17 W/Cup Qualifier

FG To Launch National Broadband Plan 2020-2025

Cheap Fares Lures Travelers To Fly Despite Pandemic

Imo Road Contractors Speed Up Jobs To Avert Cancellation Of Contracts' Agreements

Man Shot Dead In Moscow

5,000 Shekel Fines For Violating Isolation Orders

South Asian Leaders Calls For Cooperation Over Coronavirus

Access Bank Targets 100 Million Customers By 2022, Unveils DiamondXtra Season12

Hungary Confirms First Death From Coronavirus

Heritage Bank Emerges Lead Settlement Bank To GCMX


*TRIBUNE*


Lagos explosion: Sanwo-Olu charges residents to make safety their priority

Buhari commiserates with Yahaya Bello on mother's death

Buhari commiserates with Yahaya Bello on mother's death

Covid-19/oil war: Global recession sets in ' Experts

FACT CHECK: Does gargling salt water, vinegar or warm water kill coronavirus

We are not a hospital,' Ronaldo's hotel refutes reports of being a paid-up coronavirus infirmary

Why Nigeria's 'begging bowl' federalism can't work 'Olajide

Oshiomhole: What shall tomorrow bring

How to seize 2020

Are you really a C.E.O

Leadership lessons from Emir Sanusi's dethronement

Review of Jocko Willink's Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual

Why advertising must make conscious efforts at telling the Nigerian story 'Expert

Lagos to regulate vegetable, fruits, others' sales

When FCCPC led Eko Electricity consumers' protest against proposed tariff hike

Zenith Bank capitalisation shed N249.60bn in 5 days

Australian scientists claim to have developed vaccine for coronavirus but not ready to let go

PAN Nigeria reshuffles management team


*BLUE PRINT*


2020 Women's and Men's African Volleyball Club Championship postponed

NPFL: Kwara United pip Wikki, Plateau extend lead

Stop making reckless claim about Makinde ' PDP cautions APC, Alao

Ondo FA compliant in providing medical facilities, others- Akingboju

20th NSF: Dare declares Edo 2020 'ready' for coronavirus

Pogba sets up coronavirus fundraiser

Ighalo 'to take 6m pay cut' for Man Utd permanent deal

Checking fake, substandard seeds through Codex

AFAN leadership crisis: I remain the president ' Kabir

Oxfam calls for improve agric productivity

Adamawa to benefit from next trench of APPEALS project ' Nanono

Don't play politics with security, religion, monarchy, Tambuwal urges leaders

Nigerian youth, force for positive change ' Oramah

Health workers threaten strike over unsettled disputes

Anambra South: AGF to dock PDP candidate, others over forgery

NCFRMI provides relief materials to 42,000 Katsina IDPs

Kogi: Fanwo commiserates with Bello over mother's demise

Buhari salutes renowned poet Odia Ofeimun at 70

UNIMAID suspends first semester exams, ASUU joins strike

Border drill: Task force repatriates 160 illegal immigrants

Gwamna foundation empowers 100 Gombe women

Rescue us from herdsmen killings, Middle Belt begs Buhari

FRSC warns drivers against using earpiece

Jigawa releases N39m for NYSC camp renovation

Lagos seeks partners on planned piggery processing plant

NAF takes out ISWAP logistics facilities in Borno

FCE provost threatens expulsion of suspected cultists

Man 'disappears' in Imo over land tussle


*SPORTS*


90min's Definitive A to Z of Atltico Madrid - FTBpro

A-League and Australian football news LIVE: Toivonen hits out at Australian government - Goal

A-League to continue despite coronavirus with Wellington Phoenix set to relocate to Australia - Goal

adidas and FIFA Mobile combine to create new smart sole for an interactive experience - Goal

African Nations Cup Qualifiers Postponed Over Coronavirus - Daily Independent

Arsenal manager tests positive for coronavirus - The Cable

Atalanta in quarantine after Valencia coronavirus cases - Punch

Brahim Diaz & Riqui Puig Reignite El Clasico Rivalry Quarantine Style - With Toilet Roll - FTBpro

CAF postpones 2021 AFCON qualifiers indefinitely over coronavirus - The Cable

Casillas isn't prepared to be Spanish FA president - New Telegraph

Chinese club demands 15m from Man United for Ighalo - New Telegraph

Confed Cup loss: Horoya used werepe on Enyimba, alleges Osho - Punch

Coronavirus outbreaks sees CBF suspend Brazilian football indefinitely - Goal

Coronavirus: Premier League, EFL suspended until April 4 - The Cable

Coronavirus: PSL calls urgent Exco meeting and press conference to plot way forward - Goal

Coronavirus: Rooney says footballers treated like 'guinea pigs - Daily Trust

Deprived of football, players try to fill the 'big void - Guardian

Edo 2020: Plateaus 345-man contingent targets big win - Punch

English Premiership rugby set to halt matches over coronavirus: reports - Daily Times

Ex-international, Dominic Iorfa mourns Mrs. Maureen Ipevnor - Daily Trust

Falode promises cash rewards for Best Media Officer monthly - New Telegraph

Flamingoes'll beat Ghana for U-17 World Cup ticket - New Telegraph

Football can wait: Italy coach Mancini ready to play Euros in 2021 - Daily Times

Fury wont lose world title over doping allegation says WBC chief - Daily Times

How Coronavirus Has Shut Down Global Sport - Thisday

How Your Favourite Premier League Players From 2010 Are Doing in the Still-Not-Cancelled Super Lig - FTBpro

Hudson-Odoi, Chelsea winger, tests positive for coronavirus - The Cable

I wont ask NFF for contract renewal Rohr - Punch














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