As the Nigerian Bar Association prepares to elect its 33rd president, legal scholar Chidi Anselm Odinkalu argues that the association must urgently reform its leadership and...
Three score and three years ago, a defining dispute erupted in the old Western Region of Nigeria over the scope and reach of constitutional conventions in...
In this piece, Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu explores the controversy over the appointment of Imo State’s next Chief Judge and its implications for judicial independence, the...
When he presented his budget proposals for 2024 to Nigeria’s National Assembly, the first full year of appropriations under his presidency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu identified...
When the FIFA World Cup kicks off on June 11, Nigeria will be on the menu but not as a competitor. Nigerian musician, Burna Boy, will...
My ill-fated country, those you have affrontedwith them you must be equalized by sharing the same affront.Those you have deniedhuman rights,Allowed to stand before you but...
Ambakina Moses Jitoboh, a distinguished Deputy Inspector-General of Police, died in December 2025 amid a legal battle against his controversial compulsory retirement. Renowned for integrity and...
Far from being a guarantor of an independent Bar, the BoB created by this Bill is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the ruling government. It will be...
My brother, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, offers a critique of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s nationwide security emergency announcement on November 26, 2025. He expresses significant concerns regarding...
the record of state security initiatives has been very abysmal. Native Authority policing was abolished following the onset of military rule in 1966 because of the...
