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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, May 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The leadership of the Nigeria Labor Congress on Tuesday walked out of the meeting held with the representatives of the Federal Government, vowing to go ahead with its scheduled nationwide strike on Wednesday.

The representatives of the Trade Union Congress, who also attended the meeting, however, said the TUC would not join in the strike. (The Punch)

-- The proposed grazing reserves to curb the incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmers may not be ready till 2018, according to the Guardian's investigation. (The Guardian)

-- Electricity generation into the national grid dropped to 1400 megawatts as at Tuesday, the management of the System Operation/Market Operation of the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. (Daily Trust) Endit