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
Commentary Ooni, Alaafin: Needless war over Okanlomo of Yorubaland, by Taiwo Adisa BarandbenchAugust 24, 2025August 24, 20250 Saturday, August 16, 2025, was set as a landmark date that would witness a unique event in the annals of… Read More
CommentaryFeatured How to stand tall for an independent bar, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchAugust 23, 2025August 23, 20250 In 1981, Chief Gani Fawehinmi was already 16 years at the Nigerian Bar and one of its brightest stars. Already… Read More
CommentaryFeatured APC replies NBA over withheld Osun LG allocations BarandbenchAugust 21, 2025August 21, 20250 It is appalling that the NBA leadership that could not lend its voice to condemn the ruthless killing of one… Read More
Commentary Abdul Oroh and a durable coalition for hope in Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchAugust 16, 2025August 16, 20250 Abdul Oroh is an unlikely avatar of the Nigerian dream. An Afenmai from Ivbiaro in Owan West Local Government Area… Read More
Commentary What happened in the matter of Bayo Ojulari, asks Azu Ishiekwene BarandbenchAugust 14, 2025August 14, 20250 The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is an animal that eats its curator for lunch. To survive it, either… Read More
Commentary The Selectorate: When the people vote but the judges choose, by Abdul Mahmud BarandbenchAugust 4, 2025August 4, 20250 One month ago, in Abuja, a small circle of friends, literary enthusiasts, human rights activists, politicians, public intellectuals and thinkers… Read More
Commentary How another judge plots to suffocate the people of Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJuly 26, 2025July 26, 20250 Three different decisions of the highest court in the country over the past two decades illustrate how the judicial conspiracy… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Nigeria’s election petition system unconstitutional, by Chidi Odinkalu BarandbenchJuly 13, 2025July 13, 20250 Sovereignty belongs to the people of Nigeria from whom government through this Constitution derives all its powers and authority– Section… Read More
CommentaryFeatured The origin of Nigeria’s insecurity crisis, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJune 29, 2025June 29, 20250 On matters of security, the bulk (sic) stops at the President’s table—Bola Ahmed Tinubu, April 2014 On 26 January 2009,… Read More