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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, May 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The Federal Government has set machinery in motion to uncover those behind the recent bombings of oil installations in the Niger Delta apart from the express directive to the military to halt the return of militancy in the region. (The Punch)

-- With the signing of the 2016 budget, Nigerians will now begin to feel the impact of the change agenda, the mantra upon which the All Progressives Congress government rode to power, Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed has said. (The Guardian)

-- The Federal Civil Service Commission recruited 4, 916 workers in the last three years without following due process.

An analysis of official documents revealed that over 90 percent of the recruitment, which favored the southern part of the country was done from 2013 to 2015. (Daily Trust) Endit