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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, November 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday promised to ensure that the 2017 Budget is not padded like the 2016 budget.

He said he would never allow "rogue projects and figures" to be injected into the financial document again under his watch. (The Punch)

-- The current economic recession in the country occasioned by the fall in the prices of oil in the international market has dealt a devastating blow on Nigerians, following the depreciation of the naira against the dollar, among other economic challenges.

Nigerian families now grapple with astronomical prices of essential commodities in the country. Everybody is complaining. Families are particularly groaning under the high price of food items which have increased by 100 percent from last year. (Vanguard) Endit