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BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU When he announced the military coup in Nigeria on 15 January 1966, Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu denounced a confederacy of “political…
Featured
Sep 27, 2026
BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU When he announced the military coup in Nigeria on 15 January 1966, Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu denounced a confederacy of “political profiteers, the…
Opinion
Sep 20, 2026
BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU The contest for the presidency of Nigeria in the election on 11 August 1979 was between five candidates. Nnamdi Azikiwe of the…
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Sep 6, 2026
BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU Sir Henry Wotton, the Renaissance-era politician and diplomat from Kent in England, is credited with the line that an ambassador is “an…
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Aug 9, 2026
BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU “The division between the two professions was well recognised by the end of the 16th century and by the end of the…
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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…
Opinion
Apr 19, 2026
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When he was inaugurated as Nigeria’s elected president on 29 May 2015, Muhammadu Buhari identified three priority issues for his immediate attention.…
Featured
Aug 3, 2025
One month ago, in Abuja, a small circle of friends, literary enthusiasts, human rights activists, politicians, public intellectuals and thinkers gathered to listen to Chidi Odinkalu…
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Aug 5, 2024
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “It is beyond ironic that rights of protest secured with the heroic sacrifices of Nigerians under colonial bondage are now endangered over…
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Jun 25, 2024
By Michael Blanding When refugees seek asylum, they leave one country for another. But what happens when they don’t have a country that recognises them in…
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Jun 20, 2024
By Chidi An selm Odinkalu Less than a decade ago, the detention centre of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Scheveningen on the outskirts of The…
