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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, May 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The Federal Government has met with a select group of militants from the restive Niger Delta as a result of the ongoing attacks on oil pipelines in the region. (The Punch)

-- The Federal Government has reiterated its promise that the country's economy will soon improve.

The Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed at a meeting with other ministers and members of the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON) in Abuja on Thursday assured that over eight million Nigerians would benefit directly, and millions more indirectly, from the government's social intervention fund. (Daily Trust)

-- Federal government on Thursday said the proposed establishment of a national carrier was to enhance competition in the nation's aviation sector. The Minister of State, Aviation Hadi Sirika disclosed this in Abuja while receiving the leaders of Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN, led by its President, Benjamin Okewu. (Vanguard)

-- Chief Of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai on Thursday admitted that the suspected Fulani herdsmen believed to be responsible for brutish attacks on some communities in the country may have affiliation with the Book Haram terrorists. (The Guardian) Endit