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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, November 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in leading Nigerian media outlets on Wednesday.

-- The Senate on Tuesday unanimously threw out President Muhammadu Buhari's request for external loan of 29.96 billion U.S. dollars to execute key infrastructural projects across the country between 2016 and 2018 as the letter conveying it was not accompanied by a borrowing plan. (Vanguard)

-- Stakeholders from the Niger Delta under the aegis of the Pan Niger Delta Forum on Tuesday attributed the renewed militancy in the region to what they called alienation and lack of meaningful development of the region.

They said they had consulted widely and had come up with 16 points that could help the Federal Government achieve its "quick wins initiative." (The Punch) Endit