NEWS BYTE

*Sambisa: Four soldiers injured, 25 women, children rescued
*Impeachment: Police bar lawmakers from sitting in Niger
*Lagos not immune to harsh economic realities ─ Fashola
*Fraudsters dupe people with my name, says
el-Rufai
*Reps to reconsider PIB next week
*‘Public outcry forced ex-IG to restore Tambuwal’s aides’
*Jonathan marks five years in office with prayer
*Buhari pledges electoral reforms, good governance
*NEMA receives 3,000 Nigerians deported from Niger
*Minister cautions against reversal of power sector privatisation

*FG records N1.3tn revenue shortfall in three months
*Social media in ‘tears’ for Emmanuel Adebayor
*American fans sue Pacquiao over injury
*Blame governors over unpaid salaries – Okonjo-Iweala
*May 29: Enugu residents expectant on Ugwuanyi

*You cannot stampede Jonathan out of office, Presidency warns APC
*Lagos Gov: Some of my relations wanted Agbaje – Oba Akiolu
*We won’t fail Nigerians – Buhari
*Anger as fuel scarcity defies solution
*PDP in coma – Mark
*Enugu Govt spent N800m on medical equipment, drugs in 8yrs — Gov. Chime
*Talk less, plan more, Presidency tells APC
*Arrest any person soliciting for fund in my name — El- Rufai
*World Bank approves N15bn developmental projects for Edo State

*N13bn investment in poultry farming coming for Anambra
*Judge Detains American for Operating Phone in Court
*We are Ready to Testify at Electoral Tribunal, Says Mbu
*JAMB, UBEC Operations Shrouded in Secrecy, NANS Laments
*Senate Bill Seeks to End Desertification, Drought in Nigeria

*Police Arrest Teacher, Two Others for Kidnapping of Sexagenarian
*NAF Donates to Motherless Babies Home
*IG Restores Salaries of Officer after Radio Talk Show
*Albino Foundation Charges National Assembly to
Criminalise Stigmatisation of Albinism
*'Jang Has No Hand in Soldiers' Killing in Plateau'

*Why Nigerians Have High Expectations of Buhari, by
Anyaoku
*FG Charges Buhari Not to Reverse Privatisation of Power Sector
*Aliyu: I'm unconnected with Niger Assembly crisis
*I won't hand over on May 29, says Lamido
*Benue CJ restrains Suswam from appointing first class chiefs

*Police nab kidnappers in Lagos
*One injured as container falls on three vehicles
*How Pastor absconded with member's N10m
*Okada riders, hoodlums clash with police
*Brothers seek probe of magistrate's 'threat to life' claim
*Court jails American for 'pinging'

*Communities protest 'crazy' electricity bills
*Omeruo: Chelsea will decide my next move
*At FEC, ministers fail Jonathan's fifth anniversary aptitude test
*Lagos Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti
*Teacher arrested in Lagos for kidnapping
*Ex-speakers seek retirement benefits
*Acting Inspector-General of Police, solomon Arase

*65-year-old woman murdered by manservant in Enugu
*Sen. Ndume confirms rescue of 1000 women, children
from North East by military
*Police say normalcy returns to Lekki Phase 1 after protest by Okada riders
*Slash in salaries : NLC urges Kogi civil servants to remain calm.