Tag: Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Nigeria’s Judiciary Ahead Of 2027: Between Power And The People
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
The annual ritual of the opening of the judicial year at Nigeria’s Supreme Court is an occasion for pomp, ceremony, and...
Nigeria:Â Outsourcing The Presidency, One Infirmity At A Time
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Nearly 20 years ago, while stumping for his party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo decided to confront head-on...
A Memo To Nigeria’s National Peace Committee On Its Relevance
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
As Nigeria marked 66 years of independence on 1 October, the Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Jarrett...
Malami and the Infamy of Nigeria’s Mambila Hydropower Arbitration
By Chidi Anselm OdinkaluWhen he announced the military coup in Nigeria on 15 January 1966, ChukwumaKaduna Nzeogwu denounced  a confederacy of “political profiteers, the swindlers,...
Nigerian Bar Association Requires Critical Retooling
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
The history of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) parallels the country's political evolution. It began in 1900, the same year in which...
What Future for an Independent Bar In Nigeria?
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...