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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, December 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday present the 2017 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly.

The document will be the second one to be presented by the president after his inauguration in May 2015. (The Punch)

-- The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it will fund the 2017 budget with recovered loot and renewed oil licenses, even as it targets huge revenue generation in the coming year. (Vanguard)

-- Nigeria is hoping to localize Internet traffic in the country by as much as 50 percent by 2020 through the Internet Exchange Points Nigeria currently has.

The rate of growth of Internet traffic is a useful indicator of the health of the entire Internet ecosystem, as well as in measuring the development of the digital economy. (The Guardian) Endit