Browsing: Chidi Odinkalu

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Since well before Nigeria’s return to elective governance in 1999, the country has been overtaken by a…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The Buhari regime approached insecurity in South-East Nigeria with peculiar prejudices, which did not much bother itself…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “Our politicians are no longer content with hiring Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), they also have their…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In November 2017, it emerged that suspended Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, had significant interests…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 31 December 1983, Sani Abacha, then an unknown Brigadier in the Nigerian Army, went on radio to…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Many people may not know it but as powerful as they may seem, presidents can often be…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 17 August, 1980, the 6th Commonwealth Law Conference convened in Lagos, then capital of Nigeria. After…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On New Year’s Day in 1991, 81 year old Siad Barre, Somalia’s third (and last) president,…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Evidence of the scope of the mess created by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under the…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu There are two countries whose well-being and stability reach into nearly every part of Africa. One is the…