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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, April 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- As controversy continues to dog the budget transmitted by the National Assembly to the Presidency for assent, indications emerged, Sunday night, that President Muhammadu Buhari was still furious with the high level of distortions inflicted on his estimates by the lawmakers.

This came as the Senate, weekend, moved to pacify Southern senators over the controversy surrounding of the Calabar-Lagos rail project in the 2016 Appropriation Bill. (Vanguard)

-- Despite efforts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the independent marketers to ensure the availability of petrol, Nigerians have continued to experience the scarcity of the product . (The Guardian)

-- Some assistant and deputy directors are accusing the Federal Civil Service Commission of bias in the last promotion to the directorship position.

The commission promoted 104 assistants and deputies to directors' level in 24 ministries and agencies in October last year. (Daily Trust) Endit