The annual ritual of the opening of the judicial year at Nigeria’s Supreme Court is an occasion for pomp, ceremony, and celebration. It usually marks...
Nearly 20 years ago, while stumping for his party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party, out-going president, Olusegun Obasanjo, decided to confront head-on morbid rumours about the health...
When he announced the military coup in Nigeria on 15 January 1966, Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu denounced a confederacy of “political profiteers, the swindlers, the men...
The contest for the presidency of Nigeria in the election on 11 August 1979 was between five candidates. Nnamdi Azikiwe of the Nigerian Peoples Party was...
Sir Henry Wotton, the Renaissance-era politician and diplomat from Kent in England is credited with the line that an ambassador is “an honest gentleman sent to...
Lawyer and human rights advocate, Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, has criticised Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s decision to appoint Ken Emeakayi as Special Adviser on Community Security,...
In this piece, Chidi Anselm Odinkalu examines Senator Abdulaziz Yari’s acquisition of a controlling interest in Geregu Power, focusing on the $750 million acquisition of Amperion...
In this piece, Prof Odinkalu chronicles women’s historic rise in Nigeria’s legal profession, highlighting 2026 breakthroughs that have placed women at the helm of five key...
“The division between the two professions was well recognised by the end of the 16th century and by the end of the 17th was quite firm….While...
Using examples from across Africa, Chidi Odinkalu contends that elections are becoming increasingly inconvenient for incumbents determined to retain power. He argues that constitutional amendments, compliant...
