By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Swami Kesavananda Bharati was a senior Hindu monk who became an unlikely icon of constitutional law and a provocateur for judicial independence. Better known by the honorific, “His Holiness”, Kesavananda was by 1970 the senior pontiff of a Hindu Monastery in Edneer, Kasaragod District ofContinue Reading
By Yinusa Ishola Ado-Ekiti: The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti, Gov. Biodun Oyebanji, has emerged winner with 319,224 votes. Oyebanji defeated his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Wole Oluyede, who scored 40,543 vote Mrs AdenikeContinue Reading
By Xinhua writers Zheng Bofei and Wang Xiaopeng BEIJING: (Xinhua) /Flowerbudnews: — For eight weeks, approximately 180 overweight teenagers in Shanghai experienced a new kind of fitness intervention — one that was far more exciting than the usual “run more, eat less” prescription. Instead of pounding the pavement, theyContinue Reading
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has again extended the tenure of the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi. The Eagle Online recalls that President Tinubu had extended the tenure of Adeniyi, which was due to end on August 31, 2025. In a statement late onContinue Reading
The National Industrial Court in Abuja has fixed Oct. 21 for hearing of a suit filed by 70 disengaged staff of Premium Pension Limited (PPL) against the company. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the affected ex-workers are challenging their disengagement and the alleged failure of theContinue Reading
The Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted and sentenced a 37-year-old man, Zakaria Garba, to death by hanging over his involvement in the 2014 Nyanya Motor Park bomb explosions that killed no fewer than 70 persons while several others sustained varying degree of injuries. Justice James Omotsoho, inContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Dr Umaru Kwairanga, Group Chairman, Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), has called on young Nigerians to embrace long-term investment culture and innovation as key drivers of national development. Kwairanga made the call on Thursday at the 2026 Investment Society Colloquium held at the University of Lagos (UNILAG),Continue Reading
By Joshua Oladipo Osogbo: The Osun Government has assured tourists and stakeholders attending the 2026 Osun-Osogbo Festival of adequate security. The Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Abiodun Ojo, gave the assurance on Friday in Osogbo during a stakeholders’ engagement meeting held as part of preparations for the annualContinue Reading
The High Court of Justice of Kaduna State has dismissed a suit filed against a company, Datum Construction Nigeria Ltd, seeking to stop its quarrying activities at a quarry site in Kujama, Kaduna State over allegations of farmland degradation. Justice Edward Andow, in a judgement, held that the suitContinue Reading
