NEWS BYTE

*Unpaid Salaries: Buhari okays N804.7b lifeline for states
*Jonathan's selective pardon for Diya, others
*Fuel scarcity: C-River, Delta govs inaugurate Fynefield's N3bn depot
*Cosby admits drugging woman for sex
*Rivers Poll: INEC frustrating our effort to inspect election materials ' APC
*BVN enrolment hits 15million mark
*UN commences screening of Boko Haram
victims for skills acquisition

*Reduction of NASS budget 'll save money for Nigeria ' Rep Egoh
*APC Crisis: Oyegun's exit isn't a solution ' Sen Alimikhena
*I 've promised my children we won't fight in the House again ' Rep Agbonayinma
*FG earns N14trn from crude export ' NNPC
*Keshi is unprotected ' Coaches' Association
*Plateau killings: Rising voices of discord among farmers, herdsmen, JTF

*Buhari approves N713.7b for states to pay workers
*How we robbed banks in Lekki, Ikorodu, by suspects
*51 Boko Haram blast victims buried in Jos
*Police quiz Ekweremadu, National Assembly Clerk for alleged forgery
*Fayose instigated my arrest, says Iyaloja
*Panel chairmans absence stalls Ladojas suit

*Bailout for statesBeyond Buharis N400b intervention
*El-Rufai abolishes state/local govt joint account
*Parties disagree on INECs refusal to allow inspection of Rivers election materials
*Osuns politics of the belly
*APC, PDP battle for Lugard House
*Deputy governors as spare tyres

*Female Suicide Bomber Blows Herself Up Near Kano Mosque
*Police Denies Inviting Ekweremadu, Says Investigation is Ongoing
*Jos Blasts: Unclaimed Corpses Litter Plateau Hospitals
*Igbos'll Defend Ekweremadu, Says Ohanaeze
*NAFDAC Seals Lagos Mall for Stocking, Selling Counterfeit Products
*Suspected Militants Abduct Pupil in Calabar

*Sacked Delta Workers Protest, Demand Reinstatement
*Survivor: We Were First Driven Out of the Mosque with Gunshots Before the Bomb Went Off
*United States Condemns Boko Haram's Recent Attacks
*Women Groups Defend Appointment of Zakari As INEC Boss
*OAU Workers Protest over Unpaid Allowances
*Maiduguri Closed for Army Day Celebration

*El-Rufai Announces Autonomy for Local Councils, Swears-in Sole Administrators
*CAN Asks FG to Relocate Boko Haram Suspects from Ekwulobia Prison as Group Sues FG
*PDP Vows to Resist Intimidation at Governorship Election Tribunals
*Women's Groups Defend Appointment of Zakari as INEC Boss
*Edo Speaker Eulogises Imansuangbon for Dumping PDP for APC
*Edo Judicial Workers Call off Strike
*PDP Flays APC over Comments on Residency Card

*Lalong Reverses Self, Sacks Council Chairmen
*Ikpeazu to Fight Ghosts to Slash High Recurrent Expenditure
*Buhari approves N400billion for unpaid worker’s salaries
*Tanko Yakassai blasts Buhari, APC over plots to remove Ekweremadu
*Former INEC chairman, Jega resumes as lecturer in Bayero University

*Kidnappers release former Bayelsa Speaker’s wife with N18,000, bag of fish
*Jos massacre: I’m heartbroken, Boko Haram insurgents don’t respect God – Atiku
*Police, NASS Clerk meet over alleged standing rules alteration