How another judge plots to suffocate the people of Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Three different decisions of the highest court in the country over the past two decades illustrate how the judicial conspiracy…
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Nigeria’s election petition system unconstitutional, by Chidi Odinkalu
Sovereignty belongs to the people of Nigeria from whom government through this Constitution derives all its powers and authority– Section…
The origin of Nigeria’s insecurity crisis, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
On matters of security, the bulk (sic) stops at the President’s table—Bola Ahmed Tinubu, April 2014 On 26 January 2009,…
Joseph Chu’ma Otteh: The man who changed human rights enforcement in Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
The legal career of Joseph Chu’ma Otteh, whose mortal remains were committed to earth on 20 June 2025, could easily…
Mohammed Lawal Uwais, 12 June 1936 – 6 June 2025, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
The father of a very senior lawyer and husband to a wife both capable and experienced as a lawyer, Uwais…
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…
“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…