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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, May 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in major Nigerian media outlets on Thursday.

-- Business and other activities in Lagos, the nation's economic hub, and the capital city of Abuja on Wednesday, went unhindered as residents shunned the strike declared by a faction of Nigeria Labour Congress to protest the 145 naira hike in pump price of petrol. (The Vanguard)

-- Amina Ali Nkeki, one of the missing girls abducted by the fighters of the Boko Haram Islamic sect from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014, has been found, the Nigerian Army has said. (The Punch)

-- President Muhammadu Buhari says corruption was largely responsible for the inability of the Nigerian military to quickly defeat Boko Haram. (Daily Trust) Endit