ABUJA—THE Senate yesterday received the 2016 budget proposal for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and 36 other agencies from President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration and subsequent passage.

Those who had laid low waiting to read Governor Mimiko’s direction before proceeding with their governorship plans have now begun to show up irrespective of the recent speculation of an anointed candidate.

WHEN the ear hears a rhythm effortlessly, the music connects to the brain smoothly. Could this be why consumer electronic device makers Band and Olufsen designed this ear phone which laps to the ear and sends music to the brain wirelessly?

Osogbo—Osun State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has instituted a stay of execution at the Court of Appeal of the June 3 judgment, which allowed Muslim female students to wear hijab in public schools.

There appears to be total dearth of electronic and technical engineering skills among youths in Nigeria and the rest of the African continent.

Enyimba have earned no point in the group stage of the 2016 CAF Champions League after playing two games but goalkeeper, Moses Ocheje has insisted that the Elephants can still make it out of the group stage.

MTN Group Ltd. fell in Johannesburg trading as Africa’s largest mobile-phone company said it expects to report a first-half year loss after agreeing to pay a record fine in Nigeria.

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has condemned increasing abandonment of children as beggars (Almajiris) by parents especially in the North under the guise of searching for Islamic knowledge and declared that his administration will no longer tolerate the act.

The Police in Kano on Tuesday vowed to arrest those behind the murder of a newly-wed bride (name withheld) in Sha’iskawa village of Danbatta Local Gover‎nment Area of the state.

An Indian company Thursday said it had sent 6,000 green tea bags to White House hopeful Donald Trump, believing they would help him to become “smarter” and cleanse his soul.

Pop diva Lady Gaga and actor Taylor Kinney have called off their engagement, reports said Tuesday, more than a year after she thought she had found the right match.

The statement called on the PURC face reality and provide a timetable for the current power challenges the country is facing.

Osogbo—Former Deputy Governor of Osun state, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has described the decision of the Federal Government to revisit the killing of the former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice late Chief Bola Ige and Chief Aminasoari Dokubo as good and a welcome development.

At least 17 soldiers were killed in central Mali on Tuesday in an attack on their base claimed by gunmen from the Peul ethnic group

Microsoft said Tuesday it posted a profit of $3.1 billion in the just-ended quarter, swinging back into the black a year after hefty charges from writing off mobile phone assets.