Tag: by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Amupitan and the Ruse of Law, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In Nigeria, every act of political grubbiness sooner or later ends up before the courts. The kinds of things that come out of the...
How Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election could be uncontested, By Chidi Anselm...
As Africa approached the turn of the Millennium, the leaders of the continent were well on the way to reaching a consensus that “democracy,...
Fraudsters-in-Law: The conspiracy against Abia State, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In June 2005, the Paris Club of creditors announced a deal granting Nigeria “60% cancellation of its Paris Club total debt stock based on...
James Omotosho: A judge and his à la carte law, By...
One month after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu proclaimed a state of emergency over Rivers State last March, on 18 April 2025, former Rivers State...
Senior advocates of no-consequence (SANs), By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
The ritual of the “Call to Bar” is the formal ceremony for the admission of new entrants into Nigeria’s legal profession. The responsibility for...
el-Tufiakwa for el-Rufai, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
One of the memorable moments from the presidential campaign ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 elections featured then ruling party candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the...
The wages of presidential subterfuge, by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
On the evening of 5 April 2012, the prime-time bulletin on the television news of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), announced to the country...
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 Waldo Emerson, The...
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