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Nigeria's president appoints new defence chiefs - presidency


    ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new defence chiefs and filled the post of National Security Adviser, a presidency spokesman said on Monday.

    Hours earlier, Buhari sacked his previous top defence staff.

    The change of defence chiefs was widely anticipated because Buhari, a former general who was inaugurated on May 29, has made crushing militant Islamist group Boko Haram his top priority.

    (Reporting by Felix Onuha; Writing by Alexis Akwagyiram; Editing by Hugh Lawson)