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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, October 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights of leading Nigerian media outlets on Saturday.

-- The Federal Government's National Prosecution Coordination Committee is meeting over the draft charges already drawn against three among the seven judges arrested by the Department of State Services early this month.

Barring any unplanned situation, the charges are likely to be filed next week after the meeting of the committee members, a credible source who is familiar with the ongoing process confirmed to PUNCH on Saturday. (The Punch)

-- Indications emerged Friday night that the former Director of Media and Publicity of the President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organization, Femi Fani-Kayode, who was re-arrested on Friday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission after he stepped out of a court room at Federal High Court Lagos, where he is standing trial, would be flown to Abuja for fresh interrogation.

He would face fresh charges over new evidence that he collected huge cash directly from the embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election.(Vanguard) Endit