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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, September 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented that the resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta region was orchestrated by those who looted Nigeria's wealth in order to frustrate his efforts at rebuilding the country.

He also regretted that the present socioeconomic crisis would have been avoided if the country had saved its oil revenue from 1999 to 2015 when oil prices stood at an average of 100 U.S. dollars per barrel. (Vanguard)

-- Flood has killed 29 people in 99 local government areas across 30 states this year, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency has disclosed. (The Guardian)

-- More than 60 percent Nigerian children suffer sexual, physical and other kinds of violence, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. (Daily Trust) Endit