Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

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

-- The appointment of a new Inspector-General of Police by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday has set the stage for early retirement of at least 30 superior officers.

President Buhari bypassed no fewer than 30 deputies and assistant inspectors-general of police to name Idris Kpotum Ibrahim - an Assistant Inspector - as the new police boss. (Daily Trust)

--The three members of the House of Representatives accused of improper conduct, attempted rape and soliciting for prostitutes in Ohio, the United States of America, on Tuesday told the leadership of the House to convoke a public investigative hearing on the allegations against them.

This is as one of the accused lawmaker, Mark Gbillah, denied any culpability in the allegation, saying he had never cheated on his wife since he got married. (Vanguard)

-- The Peoples Democratic Party Governors' Forum and the party's caucus in the House of Representatives on Tuesday seemed to have woken up to the realities of the threat facing the party and urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Attorney General of the Federation and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to order to desist forthwith in their persecution of Senate President Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu and the Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose. (The Guardian) Endit