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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, May 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The Federal Government is formulating key strategies to tackle incessant attacks on pipelines by militants in the Niger Delta, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. (Daily Trust)

-- The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed the management of the apex bank to adopt a flexible exchange rate policy in the inter-bank forex management structure.

The CBN governor Godwin Emefiele disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing journalists shortly after the two-day MPC meeting held at the apex bank's headquarters in Abuja. (The Punch)

-- The Federal Government will on Wednesday resume negotiation with the Ayuba Wabba-led faction of Nigeria Labor Congress following Sunday's suspension of its nationwide industrial action to force government to reverse the pump price of petrol. (Vanguard) Endit