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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, October 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday warned Niger Delta militants that they could not continue to hold Nigeria to ransom.

Buhari also said his administration was working hard to reposition Nigeria for prosperity, urging Nigerians not to be deterred by the current economic crisis, which, according to him, will not last. (Vanguard)

-- President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said Nigeria will be self-sufficient in the production of rice, millet, sorghum, maize, soybean by 2019.

Buhari stated this while addressing the nation on the occasion of Nigeria's 56th Independence Anniversary in Abuja. (Daily Trust)

-- About five tankers believed to be laden with petroleum products were destroyed in a fire outbreak on Saturday morning at the Ekpan Tankers' Park near the Warri oil refinery in Nigeria's Delta State.

A building near the scene of the incident was also engulfed in the process. (The Punch) Endit