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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, March 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are highlights of leading Nigerian media outlets on Saturday.

-- The Nigerian Army on Friday said troops of 7 Division Garrison in Borno State averted suicide attacks by two females in Umurari village on the outskirts of Maiduguri. (Daily Trust)

-- Unless a miracle happens in the city of Alexandria on Tuesday, Nigeria will miss another African Nations Cup championship after failing to qualify for the 2015 edition of the competition hosted by Equatorial Guinea.

The Super Eagles were expected to beat Egypt on Friday in Kaduna to resuscitate their chances of qualifying for Gabon 2017, but the Nigerians could only hold the Pharaohs to a 1-1 draw. (The Guardian)

-- A suspected female suicide bomber who was intercepted in northern Cameroon on Friday before she could blow herself up claimed to be one of the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Chibok, North-East Nigeria in April 2014, military and local government sources said. (The Punch) Endit