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
CommentaryFeatured My father refused to swear in Muhammadu Buhari after 1983 coup, by Seyi Sowemimo, SAN BarandbenchFebruary 23, 2025February 23, 20250 I am grateful to Seyi Sowemimo, SAN, and Abdul Jinadu respectively for taking time to address matters of historical record… Read More
Commentary Is the judiciary complicit in the Osun state local govt debacle, asks Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN BarandbenchFebruary 20, 2025February 20, 20250 INTRODUCTION In a landmark decision in ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION V. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ABIA STATE & ORS (2024)… Read More
Commentary Negotiation skills as viable ADR process, by Wahab Shittu, SAN BarandbenchFebruary 16, 2025February 16, 20250 Disputes are an inevitable aspect of human interaction, occurring in workplaces, businesses, legal contexts, and personal relationships. Every society requires… Read More
CommentaryFeatured In defence of judicial authority, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchFebruary 16, 2025February 16, 20250 The judiciary,…. has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of… Read More
Commentary El-Rufai, Amaechi and the loose cannons of Nigeria’s politics, by Abiodun Komolafe BarandbenchFebruary 9, 2025February 9, 20250 Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai and Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, two influential figures in Nigerian politics, have been making headlines with their bold… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Why S’Court should not be ‘cannibalized’, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchFebruary 9, 2025February 9, 20250 It will also dis-establish the court because a “Supreme Court” that sits in judicial divisions will be neither apex nor… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Before we call it ECO-WAS, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchFebruary 2, 2025February 2, 20250 In the aftermath of the announcement on 28 January 2024 by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Republic denouncing the Revised… Read More
CommentaryFeatured As S’Court prepares for Rivers proxy wars, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJanuary 26, 2025January 26, 20250 Depending on what view one takes of the matter, 10 February 2025 promises to be Proxy Wars Day at the… Read More
CommentaryFeatured In Kenya, William Ruto’s hustle is abductions, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJanuary 19, 2025January 19, 20250 Colonial occupation and domination prospered by abducting and liquidating the most vocal Africans. Those whom it drove into exile were… Read More