NEWS BYTE

THIS DAY
*Lagos Earmarks N19bn for 114 Inner-City Roads
*Bol Inaugurates Solar Power Plant for Osun Communities
*Real Estate Can Generate Millions of Jobs
*World Elderly Day: Over 1000 Retirees Receive Free Treatment
*FG Urged to Reduce Uncertainties in Business Environment
*Onigbinde: Budget Transparency Will Aid
FG's Anti-graft Campaign
*NNPC Assures of Adequate In-country Petrol Stock
*Death of 435 Policemen in 6 months
*Buhari: We Have to Make Tough Choices
*NYSC Unveils New Discharge Certificate
*EFCC Arraigns Professor for N56m Fraud
*Sponsor a Child from Family of Each Abducted Chibok School Girl, House Urges FG
*Confusion As Police, DSS Parade two Sets of Falae's Abductors
*Metuh Dismisses Claim of Law Suit Against Him By Lai Mohammed
*Tribunal Affirms Saraki's Election in Kwara
*Fashola to Oshiomhole: Complete Ongoing Projects, Shun New Ones
*Clear Cut Tariff Reform Will Promote Power Sector Investment
*Loom in Manufacturing Sector
*Abuja Disco Seeks Customers' Support for a 10-year Tariff Plan
*US Considers Visa Ban, Financial Sanctions against Alison-Madueke, Others
*Mayhem in Kogi as Soldiers Battle Insurgents, 16 Feared Dead
*How Gang Robbed Two Banks in FESTAC, Killed Nurse, Baby
*Osinbajo: I am Responsible for the Economy

TRIBUNE
*Police arrest masterminds of Abuja multiple bomb blasts
*Buhari's ministerial nominees best 'Maitama Sule
*Operation Burst returns to Oyo
*Court remands 3 over kidnapping, stealing
*NITDA to deploy high-tech electronic gadgets for credible polls
*Confront Boko Haram's sponsors, Bamidele urges Buhari
*Boko Haram kidnapped 45,000 people
*'Reps 'Seek crack team on rescue of Chibok girls
*Anambra teacher emerges Maltina Teacher of the Year
*Drama as Senate screens Ogbeh, Fayemi, Dambazzau, Udoma, 6 others
*Police foils another bomb attack in Abuja
*Death toll of Nigerians in hajj stampede climbs to 168
*3 injured, N50m goods destroyed as fire razes Onitsha electronic market
*Court remands 17 suspected killers of Lekki free trade zone boss in police custody
*74-year-old Briton found with bottles of wine to get 350 lashes in Saudi
*Nigeria is 5th world's exporter of footballers 'Report
*I want more Golden shoes after four ' Ronaldo
*Eaglets land in Chile for World Cup
*Lobi players protest non-payment of salaries
*Russian-made missile downed Malaysian plane 'Report
*3 killed in Palestinian 'Day of Rage' attacks
*Autopsy shows Thomas Sankara was riddled with bullets, lawyer says
*UK pulls out of 5.9m Saudi jail deal
*Clinton hounded by email scandal
*Price instability will affect Nigeria's export 'OPEC
*Crude oil revenue crashes by 67% 'Report

PM NEWS
*Patience Jonathan visits Alamieyeseigha's
family
*Edo 2016 Guber: group seeks credible successor for Oshiomhole
*FG receives final EU election report,
pledges free, fair electoral system
*Governors Forum pledges to support NNPC to stop pipeline vandalism
*Edo Assembly gives Oshiomhole nod to take N10bn loan
*Senior Civil Servants issue 21-day strike notice
*BRT Lane Violation: Soldiers beat up LASTMA officer
*10 fundamentalists killed in Kogi clash
*Gov. Dickson postpones campaign in honour of late Alamieyeseigha
*Kano declares Wednesday public holiday to mark Islamic new year
*Lagos Assembly holds second screening for Ambode's nominees
*Ambode to launch Domestic Violence Guidelines
*5 men docked for impregnating 13-year-old girl
*Senate screening: Lai Mohammed asked to take a bow
*Unilag staff arrested for registration fraud
*Nigeria needs to learn how Colombia survived insurgency, says Obasanjo
*Indian businessman faces criminal charge in Lagos
*Days of corruption gone, Customs boss vows
*Lamorde sues Daily Sun newspaper for N1billion
*We kidnapped Falae to get money to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir ' Suspect

GUARDIAN
*Sultan urges Gowon, Shagari, others to contribute to national issues
*NSE's All-share index slides by 0.6 per cent
*Indebted states can't blame crash in oil prices
*Expert urges youths to embrace agribusiness
*10 Islamic fundamentalists, one soldier killed in Okene
*France welcoming more immigrants but losing more citizens
*NNPC dispels fear of fuel scarcity, stocks 927,461,000 litres
*Osinbajo to head Nigeria's economic team
*Nigeria ranks as fifth highest exporter of football talents
*Eaglets beat Argentine Club 3-1, land in Santiago
*Experts identify new opportunities for telecoms operators
*Spectranet introduces Internet MiFi for premium customers
*Like Ukeje, Nollywood's Nse Ikpe-Etim stars in South African film

BBC
*US-Russia talks after Syria 'near miss
*ICC to investigate Russia-Georgia war
*Israel responds to Jerusalem attacks
*Trump to host Saturday Night Live
*US aunt loses 'aggressive hug' case
*Jamaican Marlon James wins Booker Prize
*Hanging murder teen 'failed by police
*Osborne urges Labour MPs to rebel
*JP Morgan profit misses expectations
*Intel profits hit by slowing demand
*Asian shares down on China data
*BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts dies
*Baby born on board long-haul flight
*Playboy goes non-nude
*Listeria warning over caramel apples
*Women sharing their miscarriage stories
*Online child sex abusers urged to get help
*More female-friendly online dating

CNN
*Why is Playboy giving up nudity?
*NBA star found unconscious in brothel
*Aunt' sues 8-year old over knock
*Clinton: Putin's a bully
*Close encounter for U.S. and Russian jets over Syria
*Democrats fighting for Obama's job
*Obama crashes a wedding
*Al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan destroyed, U.S. military says
*Palestinian youth: 'Now we will fight
*Guatemala landslide death toll rises
*Lost hunter survives 6 days without water by eating ants
*Gay Russians living in the shadows
*The health game-changers of the last 500 years
*Saudis plan to flog British man over wine
*Iranian lawmakers approve nuclear deal
*Swedish 'Bearded Villains' mistaken for ISIS cell
*Psychologists who designed CIA torture program sued
*Addis Ababa's 'crazy' housing problem
*Why are so many foreigners visiting Tanzania
*African Journalist wins CNN award
*Jennifer Lawrence: I'm over being 'likable
*Emilia Clarke is Esquire's 'Sexiest Woman Alive
*Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd lead AMA nominations
*Tracy Morgan returns to standup with New York show
*Khloe Kardashian tweets after Amy Schumer's weight jokes
*Chrissy Teigen and John Legend: 'We are pregnant
*Albania dream comes true -- with a little help from PM