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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, October 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said the aim of the Niger Delta Avengers who are attacking oil and gas installations in the region was to colonize the country economically. (The Punch)

-- The volume of bilateral trade between Nigeria and Germany has decreased by 50 percent from 5.4 billion Euros in 2014 to 2.9 billion Euros in 2015, German Foreign Affairs Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has said.

Steinmeier, who disclosed this on Monday at the end of a Bi-National Commission meeting between the German delegation and their Nigerian counterparts, expressed concern over the decrease. (Daily Trust)

-- The Chief Justice of Nigeria Mahmud Mohammed has condemned the arrest of judges by the Department of State Services, describing the development as deeply distressing. (The Guardian) Endit