NEWS BYTE

*Traditional ruler denies link to violence in Igbokoda

*ITF boss debunks report on relocation of headquarters

*New wave of consolidation may swallow Spanish banks

*JPMorgan reaches $388 million settlement in mortgage securities case

*Bureaucrats derail Indonesia's infrastructure devt plan

*Jigawa supports Dangote's integrated rice project

*Buhari urged to unveil policy on oil theft

*Fayose laments Obasanjo's attacks on
Jonathan, South South

*Oil and gas trainers hold confab in Lagos

*WHO, UNAIDS plan to end AIDS with new testing guidelines

*Police arrest 14 suspects in Benue State killings

*New Army Chief launches fresh operation to tackle insurgency

*Rotary Club gives loan to 30 women in FCT

*Imo community decries invasion by alleged cult members

*Benue youths eject 12 suspected cult members from community

*Pharmacists' council seals off erring drug outlets

*IS bans private internet access in Syria bastion: activists

*Dasuki's father condemns invasion of his personal Sokoto home by DSS

*Ebonyi begins traders' relocation to International Market in September

*Labour accuses Okorocha of breaching payment pact

*Edo APC, PDP differ over calls for Orbih's removal

*IOCs' divestments, non-passage of PIB threaten Nigeria's oil reserves

*Rivers ready to host more matches, says Wike

*Presidency approves All Africa Games funds

*FIFA decides election date amid bribes crisis

*PENGASSAN faults El-Rufai's call for NNPC's disbandment

*Pensioners demand inclusion of arrears in 2015 budget

*Kogi Needs a Visionary Leader, Says Yahaya Bello

*Jonathan's Ex-ADC: I Wasn't Arrested By EFCC

*CSO: Buhari's Stand on Halliburton Good Omen for Anti-corruption War in Nigeria

*Umeh Laments Igbo Marginalisation in Nigeria Charles

*DSS Siege on Dasuki's House Lawful, Says Activist

*Bailout: Buhari Didn't Breach Constitution, Says Ekiti NBA Chair

*Military Alone Cannot Defeat Boko Haram - Biden Tells Buhari

*Buhari Gets US Backing in Renewed Effort to Fight Terrorism

*Buhari Leaves Blair's House to Meet Obama, Joe Biden

*Free Train Service Has Come to Stay---Osun Govt

*Stop Attacking Jonathan, Fayose Tells Obasanjo

*NASS Crises: Gbajabiamila Group Writes Oyegun, Says Dogara's Letter Flawed

*Nigeria Will Save $50 Billion Annually if Local Agric Production is Protected

*Decline in US's Shale, Crude Oil Output May Boost Global Demand

*States, Discos' Selective Choices Fuel Inadequate Power Supply

*Dickson to Set up Committee on Brass Oil and Gas Free Zone

*Buhari Seeks Obama's Help to Recover '$150bn Nigerian Loot

*EFCC Probes Marketers, PEF Officials over Fraudulent Claims on Bridging Funds

*President Obama Again Leaves Nigeria off his Africa Trip Itinerary

*APC, PDP Set to Clash over Choice of Fayose As NGF Deputy Chair

*Eight Killed in Police Checkpoint Bomb Blast in Damaturu

*HRW Urges Obama to Press for Repeal of Same-sex Prohibition Act in Nigeria

*Tambuwal Makes It a Criminal Offence to Deprive Children of Education

*Nasarawa: Fear of Further Violence Drives Villagers away from Homes

*Buhari Has an Agenda, Change is Not One of them, Says Nwosu

*Ondo workers set for strike over non-payment of salaries

*Army raises the alarm over use of COAS' name for extortion

*El-Rufai happy over hitch-free Sallah in Kaduna

*Buhari has clear agenda for Nigeria, says Obama

*Ex-minister, 2,000 others defect to APC in Kogi

*NASS crisis: Gbajabiamila group rejects zoning

*Umahi laments Elechi's mismanagement of funds

*Bird flu spreading across W'Africa, spillover feared, UN warns

*Battle for soul of Kogi commences

*Buhari's govt has hit the ground running 'Mohammed

*APC-USA, Canada welcome Buhari to Washington

*My political destiny not tied to Jonathan -Ikiogha

*Senate impunity, threat to Buhari govt, democracy 'Jibrin

*FG to pay N400bn subsidy claims to marketers

*Open Sky Policy: U.S airlines' decry Gulf carriers' dominance

*Ambode commits to badminton

*Buhari meets Obama, to appoint ministers September

*No secrecy in NASS budgets, salaries ' Mark

*EBOLA: AU describes outbreak as most complex in disease's history

Army chief in Maiduguri; changes code to Operation Lafiya Dole

*Lufthansa sacks 13 Nigerian Amnesty pilots

*Boy, 3, dies in well; 4-yr-old brother stopped from rescue attempt

*Foremost poet, Niyi Ogundare rues quality of Nigerian graduates

*Investors earn N233bn in first half 2015

*Nigerians spent N1.7trn on petrol in 2014

*Fossil fuel'll remain dominant till 2040 'ExxonMobil

*Jigawa govt backs Dangote's rice farm project

*Kano Pillars sacks Coach Emordi over poor performance

*FIFA to press for tougher checks after scandal

*2face, Wizkid, Flavour, Olamide, Basketmouth, other stars who failed to win @ MAMA 2015

*P-square , Phyno make triumphant entry after MAMA awards

*Bridge Clinic is 'IVF Service Provider of the Year

*Unilever oral health programme targets 10m school children

*President not slow, says Oyegun

*Election tribunal: Rivers APC alleges gang-up by INEC, judges to frustrate petitions

*Group accuses PDP chieftain of sycophancy to attract Buhari's attention

*Reps principal officers: APC group backs Gbajabiamila

*N/Assembly crisis: Group urges APC to suspend Saraki, Dogora

*I did not receive Wike in my office ' CJN

*Forget Senegal 2016 ticket, Le Roy tells Nigeria

*FIFA to elect new president Feb 26

*Nigeria seals N4.5trn trade pact with UK

*Cuban flag is raised over Havana's embassy in Washington for the first time in 54 years

*Buhari, Biden share notes on terror war

*Boko Haram: Konduga residents to return home in one week ' COAS assures

*First Bank faces money laundering charge

*Army chief blows hot, says terrorists'll not derail peace in North-East again

*Buhari's visit'll improve economy, relations with US 'Adefuye

*Bayelsa community shut down Shell facility over power outage

*Appointments: Buhari unfair to South East 'Rep

*US advises Buhari to engage technocrats

*I'll appoint ministers in September ' Buhari

*We'll help Nigeria overcome challenges 'Obama

*Refusal to educate your child in Sokoto, now criminal offence 'Tambuwal