Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

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

-- President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed palpable fears that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country, especially those in the North-East, were potential Boko Haram members, if not properly resettled.

According to the president, the two-million figure of the IDPs is scary and can culminate in another social crisis. (Vanguard)

-- President Muhammadu Buhari says the sophistication involved in the bombings of oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta indicates that those behind it are not ordinary Nigerians, but professionals.

Buhari stated this at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday, shortly after he was decorated as the grand patron of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering. (Daily Trust)

-- Nigeria's 100 million internet users will begin to pay more for data services as continuing economic slowdown slashes telecoms sector growth to an all-time low.

The Nigerian Communications Commission, the government agency that regulates telecommunication services, last month directed service providers to increase data subscription by almost 100 percent beginning from December 1. (The Guardian)

-- The nation's electricity woes have worsened as generation from its biggest power station Egbin plunged to a record low of 172 megawatts on Tuesday, down from 1,085 megwatts on March 15.

Eight of the nation's 26 power plants were idle on Tuesday, according to industry data.(The Punch) Endit