The President, Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen with immediate effect and appoints Ibrahim Tanko Muhammed as acting CJN.

The Nigeria Police has reacted to a viral message being circulated on the social media that a faction of Boko Haram Sect are planning to carry out coordinated attacks on the Federal Capital Territory before, during and after the general elections.