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Top news items of major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, June 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- As banks begin to settle into the dynamics of the flexible foreign exchange regime, which will take effect from Monday, the Central Bank of Nigeria is set to name the lead players in the foreign exchange market Friday.

The lead players would be known as Foreign Exchange Primary Dealers, FXPD. (Vanguard)

-- President Muhammadu Buhari will not return to Nigeria from London, where he is spending his 10-day medical vacation, until Sunday.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this to State House correspondents on Thursday shortly before the commencement of a meeting of the National Economic Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. (The Punch)

-- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested a former Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko Inde, over allegations of financial crimes, Daily Trust has gathered.

A top EFCC source told Daily Trust that Inde arrived at the Abuja; Wuse II Headquarters of the Commission at about 10 a.m. (local time) on Thursday and was still being grilled by EFCC detectives as at press time. (Daily Trust) Endit