Browsing: Chidi Odinkalu
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu A little under ten years ago, I was exercised by an overwhelming curiosity to understand what…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “It is not titles that honor men, but men honor the titles.” Nicolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy (1531)…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Seven days after he emerged on 26 March 2022 as the Chair of the ruling All Progressives…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu For all the talk of judicial independence, the reality of colonial and post-colonial Nigeria has been one…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When it eventually occurred on 23 February 2019, Nigeria’s presidential election was not without suspense. north-east Nigeria,…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “Indeed, it can be claimed with a large measure of truth, that rigging of elections has become…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu On 5 September, 2022, Kenya’s Supreme Court sitting as the final and sole judicial arbiter of…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The mantra of candidate Muhammadu Buhari in the campaign that eventually took him to Nigeria’s presidency in…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “There was a time when the church was very powerful… Things are different now. The contemporary church…
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Nearly 10 years ago, in September 2012, the then president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Okey…