Commentary Joseph Chu’ma Otteh: The man who changed human rights enforcement in Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJune 23, 2025June 23, 20250 The legal career of Joseph Chu’ma Otteh, whose mortal remains were committed to earth on 20 June 2025, could easily… Read More
Commentary Book Review: GOCOP perspectives on online publishing, by Dr Ike Neliaku BarandbenchJune 18, 2025June 18, 20250 Title: Nigeria Media Renaissance: GOCOP Perspectives on Online Publishing Author: Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) Publisher: Guild of Corporate… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Mohammed Lawal Uwais, 12 June 1936 – 6 June 2025, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJune 15, 2025June 15, 20250 The father of a very senior lawyer and husband to a wife both capable and experienced as a lawyer, Uwais… Read More
Commentary The enduring significance of June 12, by Prof Ozekhome, SAN BarandbenchJune 12, 2025June 12, 20250 June 12 holds an indelible place in Nigeria’s political consciousness, a date now officially designated as the nation’s “Democracy Day”…. Read More
Commentary El-Tufiakwa for El-Rufai, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJune 1, 2025June 1, 20250 One of the memorable moments from the presidential campaign ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 elections featured then ruling party candidate, Bola… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Before Nuhu Ribadu rides off into fantasy-land, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchMay 25, 2025May 25, 20250 Marte, the headquarters of the eponymous Local Government Area (LGA) on the western floodplains of the Lake Chad in Borno… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Dangers of judicial selectorate in a democracy, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchMay 17, 2025May 17, 20250 In March 2006, Uganda’s Supreme Court convened to begin adjudication of the disputes over the presidential election that occurred the… Read More
Commentary Why criminal diversion of 3.4b dollar IMF loan must be probed–Falana, SAN BarandbenchMay 11, 2025May 11, 20250 Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday confirmed that Nigeria had fully repaid the $3.4 billion COVID-19 financial… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Nigeria: The making of a judicial selectorate, by Chidi Odinkalu BarandbenchMay 11, 2025May 11, 20250 This week, publishers Narrative Landscape will be releasing, The Selectorate, my book which tells the story of how Nigerian judges… Read More
Bar and BenchCommentary Blessed are the crooked judges, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchMay 4, 2025May 4, 20250 When he was a Justice the Court of Appeal in the Port Harcourt Division, during the tenure of Mohammed Bello… Read More