CommentaryFeatured 140 years after the Berlin West Africa Conference BarandbenchNovember 24, 20240 By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu & Chepkorir Sambu Described by one scholar on its centenary as “perhaps the greatest historical movement… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Emmanuel Obioma Ogwuegbu: The Last of a few good men? BarandbenchNovember 17, 2024November 17, 20240 By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Phillip Adenekan Adekunle Ademola had everything it takes for an excellent career at the highest levels… Read More
Commentary Obaseki, Okpebholo, and the bootlickers’ game in Edo, by Sufuyan Ojeifo BarandbenchNovember 14, 2024November 14, 20240 The tribes have gathered in Edo state, evidently in festivity, over the inauguration of a new government that is being… Read More
Commentary What Trump’s comeback may mean for Africa, by Farooq Kperogi BarandbenchNovember 11, 20240 A few weeks ago, I spoke at a symposium in my university here in Georgia on the implications of the… Read More
CommentaryFeatured The brouhaha about the trial of minor, by Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN BarandbenchNovember 10, 20240 Was it right to try minors for waving the national flags of other countries? Was this an act that constitutes… Read More
CommentaryFeatured How two Josephs gave Nigeria a crisis of jumpy judges, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchNovember 10, 2024November 10, 20240 The unraveling of the regime of General Yakubu Gowon shortly after the end of Nigeria’s civil war in the decade… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Kudisprudence, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchNovember 3, 20240 The partiality that inevitably affects judges has been noted in cases with a political flavour. David Pannick, KC, Judges, p…. Read More
Commentary Olufemi Soneye @ 50: A peer review through the prism of service delivery at NNPCL, by Sufuyan Ojeifo BarandbenchOctober 29, 2024October 29, 20240 When Mr Olufemi Soneye was appointed in October last year as the Chief Corporate Communications Officer [CCCO] at the Nigerian… Read More
Commentary Tinubu’s Cabinet Reshuffle: The good, the bad, the ugly, by Bolanle Bolawole BarandbenchOctober 27, 2024October 27, 20240 The much-awaited cabinet reshuffle by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came last Wednesday but I will be surprised if the shape… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Wiked judges and Nyesomized courts, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchOctober 27, 20240 “A Judge shall avoid developing excessively close relationship with frequent litigants – such as government ministers or their officials, municipal… Read More