“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…
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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…
Public Criticism: SERAP asks Wike to withdraw call on BoB to sanction Odinkalu
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, to withdraw…
In Rivers, a republic of anomaly renews its methods, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In Nigeria, history tends to repeat itself with unerring accuracy and in tiresome syntax. When he wrote his Report on…
This sentinel at the door of Anambra State must succeed, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Comprising five of the country’s 36 states, south-east Nigeria is the site of resilient atrocity. In the eight years from…
My father refused to swear in Muhammadu Buhari after 1983 coup, by Seyi Sowemimo, SAN
I am grateful to Seyi Sowemimo, SAN, and Abdul Jinadu respectively for taking time to address matters of historical record…
In defence of judicial authority, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
The judiciary,…. has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of…
Why S’Court should not be ‘cannibalized’, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
It will also dis-establish the court because a “Supreme Court” that sits in judicial divisions will be neither apex nor…
As S’Court prepares for Rivers proxy wars, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Depending on what view one takes of the matter, 10 February 2025 promises to be Proxy Wars Day at the…
That Olukayode Ariwoola memoirs, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
On 22 August 2024, Olukayode Ariwoola, the penultimate Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) retired from the bench and transitioned into…