CommentaryFeatured Inmates on Death Row: Killing in the name of law, by Richard Akinnola BarandbenchMay 2, 2025May 2, 20250 I know this is a controversial subject. However, l have not changed my long-held position against the death penalty.Nothing can… Read More
CommentaryFeatured “One-party participatory democracy” by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchApril 27, 2025April 27, 20250 On 13 December 1972, Zambia’s founding president, Kenneth Kaunda, signed into law the Constitution (Amendment) Acts, numbers 3,4 and 5… Read More
CommentaryFeatured The wages of presidential subterfuge, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchApril 20, 2025April 20, 20250 Excluding the five years and three months of the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan from February 2010 to May 2015, Nigeria… Read More
Bar and BenchCommentary An anatomy of parliamentary sexploits, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchApril 12, 2025April 12, 20250 2025 has not been easy on Nigerians. The economy has looked far from bright; the weather has been suffocating; and… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Sunday Jackson, victim of miscarriage of justice, by Chidi Odinkalu BarandbenchMarch 29, 2025March 29, 20250 Numan, the town that lends its name to one of the 21 Local Government Areas in Adamawa State in north-east… Read More
CommentaryFeatured That Festus Akande’s response to S’Court’s Justice Agim’s presence at UNICAL convocation, by Chidi Odinkalu BarandbenchMarch 25, 2025March 25, 20250 As part of its golden jubilee, the University of Calabar is said to have held a special convocation ceremony on… Read More
CommentaryFeatured In Rivers, a republic of anomaly renews its methods, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchMarch 24, 2025March 24, 20250 In Nigeria, history tends to repeat itself with unerring accuracy and in tiresome syntax. When he wrote his Report on… Read More
Commentary Examining Tinubu govt’s economic blueprint, by Ade Adesokan BarandbenchMarch 5, 2025March 5, 20250 The economic landscape of Nigeria is currently undergoing a profound and complex transformation, characterized by a delicate interplay of challenges… Read More
CommentaryFeatured This sentinel at the door of Anambra State must succeed, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchMarch 2, 2025March 2, 20250 Comprising five of the country’s 36 states, south-east Nigeria is the site of resilient atrocity. In the eight years from… Read More
Commentary Legends lost, an era closes, a nation mourns, by Abiodun Komolafe BarandbenchFebruary 23, 2025February 23, 20250 The passing of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, a renowned elder statesman and Afenifere chieftain, and the breaking news about Chief Edwin… Read More