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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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For the Nigerian Bar Association, a time for a bold retool
Jul 19, 2026
BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU The history of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has travelled a path that parallels the political evolution of the country. It began…
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#NBADecides2026: What future for an independent bar?
Jul 12, 2026
BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU Three score and three years ago, a defining dispute erupted in the old Western Region of Nigeria over the scope and reach…
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Lifusprudence: An introduction to a judicial hitman
Jun 28, 2026
BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU Nigeria has been blessed over the years with a rich supply of towering judicial intellect. The second chief justice of post-colonial Nigeria,…
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In Imo state, Governor Uzodinma seeks a chief judge he can own
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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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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For National Security and national interest, we may jettison rule of law- Buhari
Aug 26, 2018
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari says for the reasons of national security and national interest, his administration may sometime jettison adherence to the rule of law. The President…