The enduring significance of June 12, by Prof Ozekhome, SAN
June 12 holds an indelible place in Nigeria’s political consciousness, a date now officially designated as the nation’s “Democracy Day”….
Commentary
El-Tufiakwa for El-Rufai, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
One of the memorable moments from the presidential campaign ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 elections featured then ruling party candidate, Bola…
Before Nuhu Ribadu rides off into fantasy-land, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Marte, the headquarters of the eponymous Local Government Area (LGA) on the western floodplains of the Lake Chad in Borno…
Dangers of judicial selectorate in a democracy, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In March 2006, Uganda’s Supreme Court convened to begin adjudication of the disputes over the presidential election that occurred the…
Why criminal diversion of 3.4b dollar IMF loan must be probed–Falana, SAN
Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday confirmed that Nigeria had fully repaid the $3.4 billion COVID-19 financial…
Nigeria: The making of a judicial selectorate, by Chidi Odinkalu
This week, publishers Narrative Landscape will be releasing, The Selectorate, my book which tells the story of how Nigerian judges…
Blessed are the crooked judges, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
When he was a Justice the Court of Appeal in the Port Harcourt Division, during the tenure of Mohammed Bello…
Inmates on Death Row: Killing in the name of law, by Richard Akinnola
I know this is a controversial subject. However, l have not changed my long-held position against the death penalty.Nothing can…
“One-party participatory democracy” by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
On 13 December 1972, Zambia’s founding president, Kenneth Kaunda, signed into law the Constitution (Amendment) Acts, numbers 3,4 and 5…
The wages of presidential subterfuge, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Excluding the five years and three months of the presidency of Goodluck Jonathan from February 2010 to May 2015, Nigeria…