CommentaryFeatured For Nigeria, 24 million reasons to fear the future, asks Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchOctober 5, 2025October 5, 20250 When Olusegun Obasanjo took over in the middle of 1976 from the slain Murtala Mohammed as Nigeria’s military Head of… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Osun LG Matters: Sole issue before the S’Court, by Osun Leaders of Thought BarandbenchOctober 5, 2025October 5, 20250 Nowhere in the constitution does the Justice Minister possess powers to tamper with state or local government allocations The Supreme… Read More
Commentary Oyebamiji: Beyond his professional resume, by Ayo Ayoade BarandbenchSeptember 28, 2025September 28, 20250 Simply put, leadership is about taking care of those in your charge. It is about guiding people with influence and… Read More
Commentary Those phantom charges against me, by Chinedu Agu BarandbenchSeptember 28, 2025September 28, 20250 It is no longer news that on Wednesday, 17 September 2025, I honoured the invitation by the X-Squad Unit of… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Tracing politicians’ trend of gifting judges with cars, houses, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchSeptember 14, 2025September 14, 20250 In January 1993, Ibrahim Babangida was Nigeria’s military ruler. He was supposedly in the last year of an interminable transition,… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Ministry of judges’ welfare, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchSeptember 7, 2025September 7, 20250 When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK Parliament is called, debated the Courts Bill introduced… Read More
Commentary #GEJ2027: A hostage in the lap of the judges, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchAugust 31, 2025August 31, 20250 Seven years ago, in 2018, my good friend and former Dean of Law at the University of Ghana at Legon,… Read More
Commentary Citizens’ rights and security concerns, by Femi Falana, SAN BarandbenchAugust 27, 2025August 27, 20250 In this paper presented at the 2025 NBA Annual General Conference, Enugu, FEMI FALANA, SAN argues that though Nigeria’s Constitution… Read More
Commentary Death of world’s nicest judge and matters arising, by Lasisi Olagunju BarandbenchAugust 27, 2025August 27, 20250 He was just a municipal court judge in a US city. Some years ago, he was asked: “In your 38… Read More
Commentary Examining the legality of suspending elected public officers, by Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN BarandbenchAugust 27, 2025August 27, 20250 The propriety of the decision of the President to suspend democratically elected public officers in Rivers State, including the Governor… Read More