CommentaryFeatured For Nigeria, 24 million reasons to fear the future, asks Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchOctober 5, 2025October 5, 20250 When Olusegun Obasanjo took over in the middle of 1976 from the slain Murtala Mohammed as Nigeria’s military Head of… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Ministry of judges’ welfare, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchSeptember 7, 2025September 7, 20250 When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK Parliament is called, debated the Courts Bill introduced… Read More
Commentary #GEJ2027: A hostage in the lap of the judges, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchAugust 31, 2025August 31, 20250 Seven years ago, in 2018, my good friend and former Dean of Law at the University of Ghana at Legon,… Read More
Commentary Abdul Oroh and a durable coalition for hope in Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchAugust 16, 2025August 16, 20250 Abdul Oroh is an unlikely avatar of the Nigerian dream. An Afenmai from Ivbiaro in Owan West Local Government Area… Read More
Commentary How another judge plots to suffocate the people of Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJuly 26, 2025July 26, 20250 Three different decisions of the highest court in the country over the past two decades illustrate how the judicial conspiracy… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Nigeria’s election petition system unconstitutional, by Chidi Odinkalu BarandbenchJuly 13, 2025July 13, 20250 Sovereignty belongs to the people of Nigeria from whom government through this Constitution derives all its powers and authority– Section… Read More
CommentaryFeatured The origin of Nigeria’s insecurity crisis, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJune 29, 2025June 29, 20250 On matters of security, the bulk (sic) stops at the President’s table—Bola Ahmed Tinubu, April 2014 On 26 January 2009,… Read More
Commentary Joseph Chu’ma Otteh: The man who changed human rights enforcement in Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJune 23, 2025June 23, 20250 The legal career of Joseph Chu’ma Otteh, whose mortal remains were committed to earth on 20 June 2025, could easily… Read More
CommentaryFeatured Mohammed Lawal Uwais, 12 June 1936 – 6 June 2025, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJune 15, 2025June 15, 20250 The father of a very senior lawyer and husband to a wife both capable and experienced as a lawyer, Uwais… Read More
Commentary El-Tufiakwa for El-Rufai, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu BarandbenchJune 1, 2025June 1, 20250 One of the memorable moments from the presidential campaign ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 elections featured then ruling party candidate, Bola… Read More