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Abdullahi Liman and the making of a judicial scandal, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchJune 30, 2024June 30, 20240

               In the month since 23 May 2024, when – during hours reserved by nature entirely for meetings of witches…

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Enugu Rangers Veterans: Preserving memory and honoring a legacy, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchJune 23, 2024June 23, 20240

             Umuawulu, a sleepy settlement in Awka, the capital of Anambra State in the south-east, is the unlikely origin of…

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Africa’s Continental Criminal Court can no longer wait, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchJune 16, 2024June 16, 20240

            Less than a decade ago, the detention centre of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Scheveningen on the outskirts…

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Let’s talk STD – Sexually Transmitted Distinction, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchJune 9, 2024June 9, 20240

            In this case, the claim is that the Chairman of the Body of Benchers has sought to ransack the…

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A judicial mano-o-mano in Kano, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchJune 1, 2024June 1, 20240

Under the watch of its current Chief Judge, John Tsoho, the Court has developed a reputation as a safe harbour…

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My Lord, the felon, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchMay 25, 2024May 25, 20240

Mohammed Ladan Tsamiya probably believed he was a commodities trader who happened also to moonlight as a Justice of the…

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Granting judges 800% salary increase without reviewing support staff pay ‘ll be counter-productive— Prof. Odinkalu

BarandbenchMay 21, 2024May 21, 20240

Human rights activist, Prof Chidi Odinkalu has faulted the on-going move to review upward the salaries of judicial officers by…

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Corpus juris abracadabrum, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchMay 11, 2024May 11, 20240

“I am surprised that lawyers can be so blind as to suffer the principles of law to be discredited.” Ralph…

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Prof Chidi Anselm Odinkalu is our ICON for the week

BarandbenchMay 5, 2024May 6, 20240

For being an intellectual with radical edge, his sagacity, huge intellect, and unparalleled fortitude in navigating uncertainty, notwithstanding formidable adversaries;…

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Attorney-General Adoke and the burden of freedom, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

BarandbenchApril 28, 2024April 28, 20240

Adoke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), was Attorney-General and Minister of Justice under President Goodluck Jonathan for five years…

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