How President Tinubu’s Legal Practitioners Bill threatens the independence of the bar, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Far from being a guarantor of an independent Bar, the BoB created by this Bill is a wholly-owned subsidiary of…
Commentary
In Defence of State Police: Answering the critics, by Dr Olukayode Ajulo, SAN
My brother, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, offers a critique of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nationwide security emergency announcement on November 26,…
Policing Nigeria: History’s red flags, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
the record of state security initiatives has been very abysmal. Native Authority policing was abolished following the onset of military…
How they buy the judges and break the country, by Babafemi Ojudu
In this troubling piece, Babafemi Ojudu exposes the purported deepening corruption within Nigeria’s judiciary through a personal encounter with the…
X-raying Senator Ojudu’s Justice-for-Sale claims against Nigerian judges, by Kayode Ajulo, SAN
This article responds to Senator Babafemi Ojudu’s recent claims implying widespread judicial corruption in Nigeria. While acknowledging the senator’s courage…
A Trump’s wake-up call for a nation in denial, by Monday Ekpe
In God’s name, let’s get help if our own strength has failed us. Nigerian citizens are tired of meetings and…
Justice Omotosho and the making of à la carte law in Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
One month after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu proclaimed a state of emergency over Rivers State last March, on 18 April…
Ese Oruru: The inspiring triumph of a survivor, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In Ese’s case, she was not more than14 when she was taken from her state, Bayelsa, which defines the age…
The scandal of Nigeria’s presidential pardons, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
The list of beneficiaries is so seedy, it reads like a bazaar for mostly people in a position to purchase…
Amupitan: Response to Kperogi, by Emmanuel Adebayo Abanida
Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, a Yoruba Christian from Kogi State, as INEC Chairman has stirred intellectual…