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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, September 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Strong indications emerged on Saturday that the leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly might have agreed to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to address a joint session of the federal lawmakers whenever he returned to the country. (The Punch)

-- As opposition gathers against proposals by some in the business and political class for government to sell some national assets to shore up its foreign reserves, as well as have funds to retool the economy against the present downward plunge, the Federal Government has denied that its fiscal stimulus plan entails selling off major critical assets.

Rather, the government, according to Minister of Budget and National Planning Udoma Udo Udoma, plans to source immediate funds to reflate the economy and implement capital projects in the 2016 budget. (The Guardian) Endit