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Top news items of major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, May 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he never expected that former President Goodluck Jonathan would concede defeat so easily after the March 2015 presidential election. (The Punch)

-- The federal government on Monday deployed an armada of five warships, 100 gunboats and fighter jets to the creeks of the Niger Delta, in response to continued bombing of oil and gas pipelines by Niger Delta Avengers. (Vanguard)

-- President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the National Assembly to quickly pass the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Bill 2016 and others currently before it.

The president made the call last night at a dinner he had with the National Assembly members at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. (Daily Trust) Endit