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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, October 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The Federal Government is working to revisit and revise the present tax and duty waiver regimes, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed.

This, according to him, is aimed at encouraging the growth of small businesses and attracting foreign investments. (Daily Trust)

-- Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the government's free National Home Grown School Feeding program would start in some states of the country this month.

The Federal Government had failed to commence the program at the beginning of the current academic session in September as promised. (The Punch)

-- The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami on Tuesday justified the arrest and detention of judges by operatives of the Department of State Service, saying "no one is or should be above the law." (Vanguard) Endit