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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, September 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in major Nigerian media outlets on Monday.

-- Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun has said that she cannot predict when the nation will get out of the current economic recession. (The Punch)

-- The Nigerian Army has said an officer and three soldiers were killed in an explosion after running into an Improvised Explosive Device, and ambushed by Boko Haram militants in Borno state. (Daily Trust)

-- The leader of Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has released a new video disputing the military's claim that he was killed or wounded by Nigerian soldiers.

The 38-minute video posted on YouTube showed Shekau, flanked by two gun-wielding Boko Haram members, speaking on the group's activities. (Vanguard) Endit