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The sacking of vice chancellors of some federal universities as well as the release of Boko Haram suspects were a number of the leading stories in Nigerian Naija newspapers of Sunday.The State reported the sacking of 13 vice chancellors, pointing out the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and the 12 Federal Universities established by the Jonathan administration now have new vice chancellors after the latest news in Naija sudden removal of the incumbents by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Guardian said the Nigerian army on Saturday released 275 Boko Haram defendants that were arrested and detained by the military latest Naija news for today alleged terrorism and insurgency actions in Borno State.
This Day said six months subsequent to the government bailed out 19 of the 27 states that were enmeshed in fiscal crisis, states are seeking another bailout.
Nigerian Army Tanks Tribune said police detectives in Enugu on Saturday uncovered an item supposed to be an exploded ordinance ((UXO) near the Enugu State House of Assembly Complex and the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Hostel in Ogui all in Enugu metropolis.
The Daily Independent reported that Nigerian and Cameroonian forces have killed freed more than three dozen hostages during a raid and guessed Boko Haram terrorists to battle the insurgency in several West African countries, a military spokesman said Saturday.
The Dangote Group, Naija news on line Saturday launched 20,000 hectare rice creation scheme, aimed at making the country self sufficient in rice production and food safe by the year 2018, the Leadership paper reported.