CommentaryFeatured 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… Read More
Commentary 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… Read More
CommentaryFeatured 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… Read More
CommentaryFeatured 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… Read More
CommentaryFeatured 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… Read More
CommentaryFeatured 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… Read More
Bar and BenchFeatured 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… Read More
CommentaryFeatured 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… Read More
FeaturedLaw Icon 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;… Read More
CommentaryFeatured 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… Read More