Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets
Xinhua, March 21, 2016 Adjust font size:
The following are highlights of major Nigerian media outlets on Monday.
-- Borno State lost 20,000 citizens and suffered property damage worth 5.9 billion U.S. dollars in the hands of Boko Haram insurgents in the last seven years, according to a Preliminary Validation by World Bank. (Daily Trust)
-- The violence, which characterized Saturday's rerun polls for some federal and state legislative seats in Rivers State continued on Sunday, as the results were being collated. (Vanguard)
-- Scientists have warned that humans should brace for the emergence of a new virus that could be deadlier than Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) or Zika. (The Guardian) Endit