The judiciary,…. has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society; and...
It will also dis-establish the court because a “Supreme Court” that sits in judicial divisions will be neither apex nor supreme In 1954 Sir John Verity...
Depending on what view one takes of the matter, 10 February 2025 promises to be Proxy Wars Day at the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Abuja....
On 22 August 2024, Olukayode Ariwoola, the penultimate Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) retired from the bench and transitioned into a published author. At a well-attended...
In Imo State, for instance, where the National Judicial Council (NJC) has removed the Chief Judge for falsifying her age, the State Governor has chosen not...
By the time Muhammadu Buhari ran for a second presidential term in 2019, it seemed clear that the judicial process in many parts of the country...
In 1991, Nigeria was in the full throes of the interminable transition to civil rule programme of General Ibrahim Babangida. The effort by the regime in...
Paul Anyebe was a judge of the High Court of Benue State in north-central Nigeria who had a young son with sticky fingers and a sense...
On 20 October 2024, I was gloomy. It was four years since the #EndSARS protests by Nigerian Youths against police brutality and the bloody reprisals that...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu & Chepkorir Sambu Described by one scholar on its centenary as “perhaps the greatest historical movement of modern times”, the Berlin Conference...
