TOP NEWS South Africa begins to gradually ease coronavirus lockdown South Africa begins to gradually loosen its strict coronavirus lockdown on Friday, allowing some industries to reopen after five weeks of restrictions that plunged its struggling economy deeper into turmoil. AFP
Akwa Ibom records new COVID-19 death, three more cases Inemesit Akpan-Nsoh (Uyo) and Julius Osahon (Yenagoa)
FG says coronavirus curable as infected health workers hit 113 Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, John Akubo, Anthony Otaru and Msugh Ityokura, Abuja
Isolate suspected cases instead of sending them to North, Zamfara tells Osun Tope Templer Olaiya (Lagos) and Joseph Wantu (Makurdi)
Bauchi governor orders treatment of COVID-19 patients with chloroquine, dectomax Rauf Oyewole (Bauchi) and Danjuma Michael (Katsina)
COVID-19 forces NLC, TUC to go online with May Day celebrations Collins Olayinka, Adamu Abuh (Abuja),Lawrence Njoku (Enugu), Femi Adekoya,Wole Oyebade, Hellen Oji, Gloria Nwafor (Lagos) and Charles Ogugbuaja (Owerri)