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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, December 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The National Assembly on Thursday approved President Muhammadu Buhari's request to present the 2017 budget on Wednesday, December 14. (Daily Trust)

-- The Nigerian government on Thursday declared that it had premonitions that the female national team, the Super Falcons, would not win the 2016 Africa Women Nations Cup hence it failed to work out the funds for the team's bonuses and other allowances.

Minister for Information Lai Mohammed on Wednesday shocked Nigerians when he said the government had no money to offset the outstanding emoluments owed the ladies, who recently won the African Women Nation's Cup trophy by defeating the host Cameroon in the final. (The Guardian)

-- Security has been beefed up in Rivers State, especially Port Harcourt, ahead of the legislative rerun in the state.

Confirming the influx of security operatives into the state, police spokesman Nnamdi Omoni explained that the policemen were in Rivers to ensure that nothing went wrong during Saturday's election. (The Punch) Endit