Browsing: Chidi Odinkalu

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “Democracy is a journey and the quality of the ride depends on what we collectively put into…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu This past week education came to a halt in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It began…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The story is told of a former governor of a state in North-Central Nigeria who approached…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu 28 November, 1988, was a Monday. In Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), a Constituent Assembly inaugurated…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Aloysius Iyorgher Katsina-Alu didn’t set out to be a lawyer or a judge. His first love was…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “The want of bread is terrible”- Arthur Young, (1789) On Monday, 27 June 2022, General Muhammadu Buhari…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When I first met Elechi Larry Igwe early in 1991, he was safely ensconced in the bowels of…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Three days before Nigeria voted in the presidential election in 2019, on Wednesday, 20 February, a little…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When Nigeria goes to vote in the presidential election on 25 February 2023, it will be the…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 29 May 1999, Olusegun Obasanjo, for the second time in two decades, took the oath…