Tag: Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Deborah Samuel Deborah is the latest to suffer this gruesome fate in Nigeria. In three decades ...

Section 9 of the CBN Act makes it quite clear that the CBN governor just cannot choose to run for ...

In this Manual, the CJID seeks to ensure that we can sustain that species in defence of our collective rights. ...

We may pretend about it, but we know their money is criminal and their “donations” are low grade racketeering. They ...

The discursive tendency to clothe the Nigerian sovereign in the garments of manhood is rather unfortunate at this time for, ...

The rest of the Nigerian Bar watches with wonderment and young lawyers particularly now aspire with an overwhelming sense of ...

With all of Nigeria’s rulers so committed to denuding it of legitimacy, is it little wonder that the curse of ...

The train that was bombed Overnight, from several contemporaneous accounts shared by witnesses, survivors, and their ...

This Nigerian variant on political questions, inverts the meaning of the doctrine, corrupting it to the point of making it ...

Nigerians trying to leave Ukraine. Following the lead of the African governments, the world is happy ...

It is clear that Nigeria’s many sovereigns have no interest in the emergence of a country because if that were ...

In 108 years since the Amalgamation, there have been only six headcounts in Nigeria, three under colonial rule and three ...

In Nigeria, we make a mockery of election results because the number of voters is always located between magic and ...

One is framing. “Igbo presidency” conflates ethnic origin with geo-politics. This may be convenient in Nigeria but it could also ...

Soludo has made it seem sexy to be called an intellectual. If he’s not a blow-out success, the same people ...

The landscape is still in flux and will evolve. Nigerians – civics, politicians, organisations and all - and its international ...

No judicial system can afford this kind of blight. On January 25, the NBA, the NJC and the Justice Research ...

Judicial capture occurs through both decisions and omissions by and beyond the judiciary. In the week following my article on ...

Dissent has a long tradition in Nigeria. Indeed, it is the only thing that has guaranteed progress in Nigerian history. ...

On 7 December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, forcing the United States ...

I’m grateful for the opportunity to join the #BringBackourGirls Coalition at this encounter. I want to thank the Nigerian women ...

On the night of 17 September 2012, insurgents assassinated Zanna Mallam Gana, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of  Borno State. ...

In June 2013, the National Human Rights Commission launched a review to find out whether the decisions of Nigerian courts ...

Human Rights Day coincides with the end of the 16 Days of Activism on Violence against Women. It’s the day ...

The government of Lagos State deserves commendation for supporting the Mirabal Centre, a refuge for women escaping Violence against Women ...