Tag: Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Football may indeed mirror life but it is not a cure for all of the world’s problems nor is it ...

The killings and abductions of lawyers and judges recounted here are only a fraction of the story. Three things are ...

In the past, the response of the NBA was to launch an appeal fund to assist lawyers in emergency in ...

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola Now, in the middle of high political season, we confront a judicial ...

Above all, Mohammed’s needs in life were very few. He had truly little regard for material possessions and was committed ...

In reality, the expression “detribalised” is worse than a patronising piece of colonial nonsense. It begins from a conceptual error ...

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola In the end, it is necessary to admit that there is no ...

Supreme Court of Nigeria One thing is clear: the Supreme Court’s appointments and replacement crisis is a symptom of the ...

The son of one whose life is steeped in the idea of power, Tunde preferred to focus on the power ...

Over two decades later, therefore, President Buhari’s national honours list in 2022 reads like a friends and family affair. The ...

INEC Chair, Professor Mahmood Yakubu In the face of these facts, it is unwarranted to regard INEC’s failure to organise ...

One thing is clear though: Nigeria’s 2023 elections could well be decided in places where it may be impossible for ...

INEC Chair, Professor Mahmood Yakubu If the Commission is interested in a credible poll, surely, claiming that it is engaged ...

William Ruto at the ICC. Picture credit: Bas Czerwinski/AP When he is sworn in on 13 September, Ruto will become ...

In less than four weeks, on 28 September, the campaign season for the 2023 presidential election will begin. If Nigerians ...

The Pope may have appointed him to the Diocese of Sokoto but Kukah easily forged a role as Nigeria’s Bishop. ...

NBA President, Olumide Akpata When he makes his exit next week after two very eventful years as president of the ...

In Nigeria, the presidential villa has been an infirmary for a long time... Unsurprisingly, presidential witchdoctors have been much in ...

Inibehe Effiong One thing is assured: Inibehe Effiong is a courageous, vigorous and brilliant advocate who is destined to become ...

President Muhammadu Buhari The only option left in democratic politics is for the National Assembly to remove him through the ...

Yakubu Maikyau, newly-elected NBA president The fact is the votes that now decide who gets to lead the NBA are ...

Let us assume then that Tinubu and Shettima triumph at the 2023 presidential election and proceed to complete two terms. ...

Over one decade ago, therefore, it was clear that the NJC as constituted was unsustainable. It was equally clear that ...

The most significant thing about the letter by the Justices was that it had nothing to do with disagreements of ...

To reverse this trend, the indifference and complicity of Nigeria’s institutions of financial integrity and intelligence must end. At the ...