Justice Beyond the Grave: The legacy of DIG Moses Jitoboh, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Ambakina Moses Jitoboh, a distinguished Deputy Inspector-General of Police, died in December 2025 amid a legal battle against his controversial…
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How President Tinubu’s Legal Practitioners Bill threatens the independence of the bar, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Far from being a guarantor of an independent Bar, the BoB created by this Bill is a wholly-owned subsidiary of…
In Defence of State Police: Answering the critics, by Dr Olukayode Ajulo, SAN
My brother, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, offers a critique of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nationwide security emergency announcement on November 26,…
Policing Nigeria: History’s red flags, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
the record of state security initiatives has been very abysmal. Native Authority policing was abolished following the onset of military…
Justice Omotosho and the making of à la carte law in Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
One month after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu proclaimed a state of emergency over Rivers State last March, on 18 April…
Ese Oruru: The inspiring triumph of a survivor, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In Ese’s case, she was not more than14 when she was taken from her state, Bayelsa, which defines the age…
For Nigeria, 24 million reasons to fear the future, asks Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
When Olusegun Obasanjo took over in the middle of 1976 from the slain Murtala Mohammed as Nigeria’s military Head of…
Ministry of judges’ welfare, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK Parliament is called, debated the Courts Bill introduced…
#GEJ2027: A hostage in the lap of the judges, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Seven years ago, in 2018, my good friend and former Dean of Law at the University of Ghana at Legon,…
Abdul Oroh and a durable coalition for hope in Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Abdul Oroh is an unlikely avatar of the Nigerian dream. An Afenmai from Ivbiaro in Owan West Local Government Area…