Khouzai Najib Hatoum was found dead in his car on Saturday after receiving two gunshots in the neck, the state-run National News Agency reported.

“The body of Hatoum was discovered in his gray Kia Picanto on the Falougha-Metn road that leads to (the Mountain region of) Hammana,” the NNA detailed.

Caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour confirmed the death of a Lebanese citizen in Nigeria on Saturday, the state-run National News agency reported.

“Adel Jamil Bejjani was beaten to death by unidentified men during a robbery operation,” he told NNA.

Fighters loyal to Hizbullah were killed on Saturday in battles near the Lebanese border around al-Qusayr, according to activists.

The Local Coordination Committees in Syria reported that six members of Hizbullah were killed in battles in Reef al-Qusayr in Homs.

Sheikh Abbas Zgheib, who has been tasked by the Higher Islamic Shiite Council to follow up the case of the abducted Lebanese pilgrims, called on Saturday on Iran to exert efforts to free the nine men.

“We briefed the Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon (Ghazanfar Roknabadi) on our endeavors and urged him to call on his country to resolve the case,” Zgheib told reporters after talks with the Iranian diplomat.

The Lebanese army said Saturday that it has arrested two people for check scam and fraud, and raided a depot in the Shouf district with three stolen vehicles in it.

After receiving several complaints of scam operations, a military intelligence patrol arrested Issam Saadallah Daher, a Lebanese, and Syrian Omar Abbas on April 23 and 25, an army communique said.

Internal Security Forces deployed heavily on Saturday in the Beddawi region in the northern city of Tripoli to quell building violations in the area.

According to state-run National News Agency, the ISF units entered the area at 11:00 a.m. accompanied by army armored personnel carriers and ISF foot patrols.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov hoped on Saturday that the unanimity on Tammam Salam's nomination would allow the premier-designate to quickly form the new government, warning against the prolongation of Syria's conflict and its repercussions on Lebanon.

“We hope that the unanimity on his nomination would reflect on the cabinet formation process and allow Salam to quickly form it,” Bogdanov told reporters in al-Msaitbeh after holding talks with the prime minister-designate.

The resignation of Prime Minister Najib Miqati has caused a vacuum in the military council that is headed by army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji, As Safir daily reported on Saturday.

The newspaper said that the five-member council will lose its decision-making authorities starting May 2 after two of its members Maj. Gen. Michel Mnayyer and Nicolas Mezher retire.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea criticized the demands of some political factions to acquire specific portfolios in the upcoming cabinet under claims that they aim to facilitate the mission of the PM-designate Tammam Salam in lining up the government, al-Joumhouria daily said on Saturday.

“I can't understand how some political groups, blocs or persons would insist on acquiring specific portfolios, in light of the arduous living, economic and security conditions we are facing, and claim to be facilitating the mission of the PM-designate,” said the LF leader.

Speaker Nabih Berri and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat have discussed the division of districts in a hybrid electoral law to avoid a clash in parliament at a session scheduled to be held on May 15, reports said Saturday.

Caretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour, who is loyal to Jumblat, told As Safir daily that the meeting that was held in Ain el-Tineh “focused on ideas” linked to the hybrid proposal that combines the winner-takes-all and proportional representation systems.