Tag: Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
How Nigeria’s 2027 Presidential election could be uncontested
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
As Africa approached the turn of the Millennium, the leaders of the continent were well on the way to reaching a...
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...
In Rivers State, a Supreme iniquity?
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
The political control of the resources of the territory known as Rivers State in Nigeria’s Niger Delta has been a site...
In defence of judicial authority in Nigeria
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
“The judiciary,…. has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the...
Before the Supreme Court of Nigeria becomes a Commune…
Before the Supreme Court of Nigeria becomes a Commune of Bantustans
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In 1954 Sir John Verity lost his job because he won...