Africa’s Continental Criminal Court can no longer wait, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
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
In this case, the claim is that the Chairman of the Body of Benchers has sought to ransack the…
A judicial mano-o-mano in Kano, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Under the watch of its current Chief Judge, John Tsoho, the Court has developed a reputation as a safe harbour…
My Lord, the felon, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Mohammed Ladan Tsamiya probably believed he was a commodities trader who happened also to moonlight as a Justice of the…
Granting judges 800% salary increase without reviewing support staff pay ‘ll be counter-productive— Prof. Odinkalu
Human rights activist, Prof Chidi Odinkalu has faulted the on-going move to review upward the salaries of judicial officers by…
Corpus juris abracadabrum, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
“I am surprised that lawyers can be so blind as to suffer the principles of law to be discredited.” Ralph…
Prof Chidi Anselm Odinkalu is our ICON for the week
For being an intellectual with radical edge, his sagacity, huge intellect, and unparalleled fortitude in navigating uncertainty, notwithstanding formidable adversaries;…
Attorney-General Adoke and the burden of freedom, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Adoke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), was Attorney-General and Minister of Justice under President Goodluck Jonathan for five years…
When public agencies go rogue, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In January 2014, a coalition of advocates, including Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN); Jiti Ogunye and Tokunbo…
118 years after Satiru, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
22.5 kilometres south-west of Sokoto, there used to exist a community called Satiru. In March 1906, it was extinguished…