Yahaya Bello and a complicit judiciary
Josiah Majebi is the fifth Chief Judge of Kogi State (in north-central Nigeria) in four…
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Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
African football has new faces but some old rivalries remain
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, lawyer, teacher, and public intellectual, writes that the African game of football…
8 months ago
The Making of Supreme Confusion
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu underlines the inconsistencies in some decisions of the apex court
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In Senegal, the people have foiled a constitutional coup
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On July 3, 2023, Senegal’s president, Macky Sall, in power since…
1 year ago
Urban legend and durable insecurity in South-East Nigeria
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On July 17, 2012, Peter Obi, then Governor of Anambra State,…
1 year ago
President Museveni and Africa’s political culture wars
In the 37th year of his interminable rule, President Yoweri Museveni signed into law Uganda’s…
1 year ago
Muhammadu Buhari and the tragedy of the long grudge
On December 31, 1983, Sani Abacha, then an unknown brigadier in the Nigerian Army, went…
1 year ago
Why Kenya election was the most important this year
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu. writer and lawyer charactreises President William Ruto of Kenya as a dogged…
2 years ago
For God, Country and the Marabou
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Democratic politics is by far the most brutal competitive sport invented.…
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When the state condones torture
When I first met Elechi Larry Igwe early in 1991, he was safely ensconced in…
2 years ago