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Top news items in major Nigerian media outlets

Xinhua, November 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Walter Samuel Onnoghen, from Cross River State, as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.

Onnoghen would take over from Justice Mahmud Mohammed, who has just proceeded on retirement leave, though his appointment would have to be confirmed by the Senate. (Vanguard)

-- The Defence Headquarters has denied media reports that it was making efforts to enlist the services of South African mercenaries to fight Boko Haram.

In a statement on Thursday, the acting director of Defense Information Rabe Abubakar, said the military had the capacity to fight and defeat Boko Haram and was not in need of mercenaries to prosecute the campaign. (The Punch) Endit