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Courts of justice can end attacks on African judges
Aug 2, 2026
BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU Around Africa, many associate the job of a judge with the easy life. All they do, they believe, is cosy up to…
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Courts of justice can end attacks on African judges
BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU Around Africa, many associate the job of a judge with the easy life. All they do, they believe, is cosy…
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Where are Nigeria’s lawyer-statesmen?
May 17, 2026
BY CHIDI ANSELM-ODINKALU On the eve of his decision to nominate Oliver Wendell Holmes as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1902, President…
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Head of ECOWAS Observation Mission Sues for Peace as Beninese Await Results of Sunday’s Presidential Election
Apr 14, 2026
*PRESS RELEASE* *Cotonou, Benin, 13 April 2026* *Head of ECOWAS Observation Mission Sues for Peace as Beninese Await Results of Sunday’s Presidential Election* As the counting…
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Slow start to Benin’s Presidential Election
Apr 13, 2026
*PRESS RELEASE* *Cotonou, Benin, 12 April 2026* *Slow start to Benin's Presidential Election* Beninese voters trickled to polling stations on Sunday (12 April 2026) to cast their…
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Akufo-Addo Urges Peaceful, Transparent Presidential Vote in Benin
Apr 9, 2026
*PRESS RELEASE* _*Cotonou, Benin, 8 April, 2026*_ *Akufo-Addo Urges Peaceful, Transparent Presidential Vote in Benin* Ghana’s immediate former President, Nana Akufo-Addo, Head of the ECOWAS Election…
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Bloodbath on the Plateau: Where is Christopher Musa?
Apr 8, 2026
Bloodbath on the Plateau: Where is Christopher Musa? By Tochu Okorie The latest massacre of Christians on Palm Sunday in Plateau State is not…
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Redressing Nigeria’s Healthcare and Productivity Deficits
Apr 8, 2026
Redressing Nigeria’s Healthcare and Productivity Deficits By Adaobi Obiabunmuo It is no more news that Nigeria mostly consumes what it does not produce and mostly produces…
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UN’s Top Post and Ndayishimiye’s Scandalous AU Ambush
Apr 6, 2026
*UN’s Top Post and Ndayishimiye’s Scandalous AU Ambush* *By Paul Ejime* When Burundi's tenth President, Évariste Ndayishimiye, 57, was elected Chairperson of the African Union (AU) last…
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Amupitan and the Ruse of Law
Apr 4, 2026
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…
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Present Crop of Politicians Cannot Fix Nigeria
Mar 17, 2026
*Present Crop of Politicians Cannot Fix Nigeria* *By Richard Ikiebe* Nigerian politicians, as presently selected and incentivised, are structurally oriented toward extraction and survival, not toward…