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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, September 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The Federal Government has said that all the talks on the proposed sale of national assets are mere speculations.

Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed said this on Wednesday while fielding questions from journalists after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. (Daily Trust)

-- Nigeria loses 200 billion U.S. dollars yearly due to the non-passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, a policy brief by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has revealed.

The brief also alerted the nation to the fact that another 15 billion dollars is lost yearly in fresh investments to regulatory uncertainties. (The Guardian) Endit