Off the wire
• China, U.S. ready for climate change cooperation  • Tokyo governor vows to stay in position, restore public faith despite improper funds use  • South China Sea issue should be resolved through negotiations by parties directly concerned: Cambodian deputy PM  • 1st LD: 5 Jordanian intelligence personnel killed in terror attack  • Spotlight: Chinese outbound investment should be feared or embraced?  • FIVE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL KILLED IN TERRORIST ATTACK IN JORDAN: PETRA  • 1st LD-Writethru: President Xi urges China, U.S. to manage differences, deepen trust  • China trains UN peacekeeping officers  • Chinese Muslims observe Ramadan  • China publishes online porn cases  
You are here: 　 Home

Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, June 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday begin a 10-day vacation to attend to an ear infection that has forced him to shelve some local and foreign trips lately.

According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the president is currently battling with what he called "a persistent ear infection". (The Punch)

-- Soldiers, Sunday morning, swooped on oil-rich Ogulagha, an Ijaw kingdom in Burutu local government area of Delta State, arresting six persons, including a chief, in connection with the bombing of Forcados 48 Export Line belonging to Shell Nigeria Petroleum Company, last Thursday, by the Niger Delta Avengers. (Vanguard)

-- President Muhammadu Buhari says he is always disturbed that people seek to make brisk profits by hiking food prices as soon as the month of Ramadan starts.

President Buhari said this in his Ramadan message to Nigerian Muslims through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.(Daily Trust) Endit