Nigeria's police chief Hafiz Ringim 'forced to retire'
According to the AP news agency, a statement from the presidency said Mr Ringim had been placed on "terminal leave" pending his planned retirement in the coming months.
Mohammed Abubakar has been appointed as his replacement "as a first step towards the comprehensive reorganisation and repositioning of the Nigeria police force to make it more effective and capable of meeting emerging internal security challenges", AFP news agency quotes the statement as saying.
The statement said all six of Mr Ringim's deputies had also been approved for immediate retirement....