Browsing: Chidi Odinkalu
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…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Mbabai, the village where Tarnongo Mike Utsaha was buried on 1 April, 2023, used to be part…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Macky Sall, Senegal’s president since the beginning of April 2012, has had somewhat of a charmed life.…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu For 21 years, we had an annual ritual of speaking every New Year’s Day and more often…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu This week, the opening salvo will be fired to signal the onset of the final round of…