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
BusinessFeatured NNPCL: Ojulari takes over from Kyari BarandbenchApril 5, 2025April 5, 20250 The new Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Bayo Ojulari, has officially taken… Read More
BusinessFeatured Tinubu removes Mele Kyari as NNPC Ltd’s CEO, appoints Bashir Ojulari as replacement BarandbenchApril 2, 2025April 2, 20250 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has okayed a sweeping reconstitution of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited board, removing the… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured Public Criticism: SERAP asks Wike to withdraw call on BoB to sanction Odinkalu BarandbenchApril 1, 2025April 1, 20250 The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, to withdraw… Read More
CrimeFeatured Lagos Assembly workers apologize for assaulting DSS personnel BarandbenchMarch 31, 2025March 31, 20250 Three officials of the Lagos State House of Assembly have apologized to the Department of State Service (DSS) for assaulting… 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
FeaturedLitigation Judge washes off hands from Natasha’s case BarandbenchMarch 25, 2025March 25, 20250 A Federal High Court Judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, sitting in Abuja has washed off his hands from a public interest… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured Justice Agim didn’t accompany FCT Minister Wike to UNICAL convocation—S’Court BarandbenchMarch 25, 2025March 25, 20250 The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed claims that Justice Emmanuel Agim accompanied the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,… 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