Hail to the (New) Chief Justice, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
When he died at 80 in June 2008, Lamidi Aribiyi Adedibu was one of the best known political godfathers…
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Unmasking Tinubu’s government of NADECO veterans, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
When Major-General Muhammadu Buhari overthrew the elected civilian administration of President Shehu Shagari on the last day of 1983, he…
History, hissy fits, and ‘hatchery’ about the Igbo, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
“A historian ought to be exact, sincere and impartial; free from passion, unbiased by interest, fear, resentment or affection; and…
When judges suffer terror, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Around 26 May 2020, the Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced that Raphael Yanyi, a senior…
Odinkalu worries over judiciary’s silence on abducted Borno judge, wife, aides
A prominent rights activist, lawyer and academic, Professor Chidi Odinkalu, is worried over the silence by judicial authorities on the…
Some cautionary thoughts about reforming Nigeria’s judiciary, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Seven years after his emergence as Nigeria’s military Head of State, in the third quarter of 1974, General Yakubu…
An agenda for the new Chief Justice of Nigeria
By Ernest Ojukwu, SAN; Sam Erugo, SAN; Chidi Anselm Odinkalu; & Mbasekei Martin Obono Amid the greatest crisis of judicial…
Olukayode Ariwoola: The baleful legacy of a lamentable tenure, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
At the beginning of March 2020, Nigeria’s Supreme Court dismissed an application for the review of its seven-week old…
In the Matter of the Yam Eating Division of the FCT High Court, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
“Rights are only worth having if they are occasionally boisterous, often inconvenient and frequently tiresome.” Inigo Bing, The Ten Legal…
Lethal illegitimacy and the right to protest in Nigeria, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
115 years ago, in 1909, Walter Egerton, the Barrister-turned-colonial administrator, and then Governor, introduced the Sedition Ordinance into the…