Good morning! Here is today’s news summary from Nigeria newspapers: 1. The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that about 39 of its missing soldiers who were attacked last week by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Borno, have now returned to base. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, stated this while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri. He said, however, that some of the missing soldiers are yet to return to base. 2. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Dr Yemi Kale as the Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). His reappointment is for another term of five years after having stayed in office since 2011. 3. Nigeria’s naira, on Wednesday went down against the dollar, in what is said to be its weakest level on the black market in more than a week as it stood at 460 to the dollar after the channeling of dollars to retail currency outlets failed to ease...
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