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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, February 20, 2017 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights of leading Nigerian media outlets on Monday.

-- The presidency has promised to get President Muhammadu Buhari who is on indefinite vacation in London to speak to Nigerians to douse welling controversies and disquiet in the country over his health status and well-being.

Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, the nation's capital, while also dismissing fears of a division in the nation's seat of power regarding the performance of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, who has held sway since Buhari went on medical vacation last month. (Vanguard)

-- A former head of Nigeria's national oil corporation has asked a Federal High Court in the northern city of Kano to set aside the order of forfeiture granted by the Nigerian government on the 9.8 million U.S. dollars recovered from his house in the northwestern state of Kaduna. (Daily Trust) Endit