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BY PAUL EJIME Unconstitutional changes of government have wrought havoc on participatory democracy in Africa, including a resurgence of military rule, authoritarianism and dictatorships, poor leadership…
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Aug 10, 2026
BY PAUL EJIME Unconstitutional changes of government have wrought havoc on participatory democracy in Africa, including a resurgence of military rule, authoritarianism and dictatorships, poor leadership and bad…
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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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Jul 1, 2026
By Paul Ejime ECOWAS and Fernando Dias da Costa, who claimed victory in Guinea-Bissau’s 23 November 2025 presidential election, have disagreed over a controversial statement credited…
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Jun 21, 2026
BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU Swami Kesavananda Bharati was a senior Hindu monk who became an unlikely icon of constitutional law and provocateur for judicial independence. Better…
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Jun 17, 2026
BY PAUL EJIME Ambassador James Victor Gbeho served only two years (2010-2012) as President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),…
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Jun 4, 2026
BY ANTHONY EJIOFOR Governor Chukwuma Soludo is one of Nigeria's most accomplished public intellectuals. As a former central bank governor, economist, professor, and now governor of…
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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…
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Feb 27, 2026
In the fleeting, flattened world of social media, where only simple, singular ideas survive, politicians and media enjoy endless field days constructing and reconstructing reality, and…
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Aug 17, 2025
Abdul Oroh is an unlikely avatar of the Nigerian dream. An Afenmai from Ivbiaro in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State in the south-south…
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Jun 11, 2025
As it struggles with the consequences of its poor handling of the rash of military coups in the West African region, the leadership of the Economic…
