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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, December 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The Presidency on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari would consider both sides of the matter in the case of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir Lawal who was on Wednesday recommended for sack by the Senate.

The Senate had at plenary called for the removal and prosecution of Lawal following his alleged complicity in the diversion of the North-East humanitarian funds. (The Punch)

-- The Senate on Thursday refused to confirm Ibrahim Magu as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission upon a security report by the Department of State Services, sparking a verbal backlash from supporters of Magu.

The 14-paragraph confidential report said that Magu has failed the integrity test and that if confirmed, he could eventually constitute a liability to the anti-corruption drive of the administration. (The Vanguard) Endit