Court & Justice

How Judges Suffer Terror in Africa

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Around 26 May 2020, the Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced that Raphael Yanyi,…

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In Rivers State –  A Republic of Anomaly Renews its Methods

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu IN Nigeria, history tends to repeat itself with unerring accuracy and in tiresome syntax. When he wrote his…

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The Judiciary in Nigeria, Erosion of Trust and Quest for Justice

*By Dr Sonny Onyegbula The judiciary, a vital institution in any democratic society, is often revered as the ultimate safeguard…

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Ese Oruru: The Inspiring Triumph of a Survivor, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

In April 2020, then governor of Kano State in north-west Nigeria, Abdullahi…

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Palestinian Territory and Implications of ICJ’s latest Ruling, By Sonny Onyegbula 

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered a landmark advisory opinion…

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Nigeria and the latest Presidential Pardons, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

In September 1887, Harry Johnston, Acting Consul of the Oil Rivers Protectorate…

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Nigeria and Senior Advocates of No-Consequence (SANs) – Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

The ritual of the “Call to Bar” is the formal ceremony for…

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Criminal Defamation or Criminal Intimidation: The Phantom Charges against Me, By Chinedu Agu

It is no longer news that on Wednesday, 17th  September 2025, I honoured…

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Nigeria: Supreme Enablers of Constitutional Outrage, – By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

“The judiciary have a wide scope for making political decisions.” J.A.G. Griffiths,…

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Nigeria: How Politicians Started Dashing Cars and Houses to Judges, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

In January 1993, Ibrahim Babangida was the military ruler of Nigeria. He…

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Nigeria and the Ministry of Judges’ Welfare – By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK…

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Ekpa’s Conviction in Finland: Vindication or Indictment of Nigerian Judiciary? – Paul Ejime 

“Justice is on trial for multiple reasons, such as delays, systemic inefficiency,…

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