Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets
Xinhua, April 5, 2016 Adjust font size:
The following are news highlights in major Nigerian media outlets on Tuesday.
-- The Senate President, Bukola Saraki's family and a former governor of Delta State James Ibori, were among some prominent Africans named in a newly discovered secret offshore assets scam released by a German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.
The German newspaper on Monday released the Panama Papers, the biggest leak in the history of data journalism, publishing online 11.5 million documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which showed how world leaders, celebrities, athletes, FIFA officials and criminals hid money using anonymous shell corporations across the world. (The Punch)
-- An estimated 9 billion U.S. dollars would be required for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure in six North-East states of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe, the office of the Vice President said on Monday.
Of the amount, over 6 billion dollars is immediately needed to commence the recovery of the North-East region. (The Vanguard)
-- Officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will meet with Sports Minister Solomon Dalung in Abuja Tuesday to discuss the NFF's plans for a foreign coach. (The Guardian) Endit