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Religion could be a force for good, fostering community, justice, and moral accountability. Yet, in practice, it has too…

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu There is a new hard-hitting book on my desk entitled This Fiction Called Nigeria: The Struggle…

By Azu Ishiekwene Three – maybe three and a half – stories go to the heart of why Nigeria appears…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “A Judge shall avoid developing excessively close relationship with frequent litigants – such as government ministers or…

But they knew all too well that the old guard — those who had grown fat on decades of exploitation…

By Zainab Suleiman Okino When the Supreme Court delivered its landmark judgment on financial autonomy for the 774 Local Governments…

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The judicial career of Francis Chukwuma Abosi was supposed to last only seven years. In the event,…

By Azu Ishiekwene This was tough to write. My heart resisted it, but I yielded to my head. The petrol…

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Nothing divides Nigerians like religion, but I have it on good account that Nobel Laureate Wole…

By Owei Lakemfa The world is in turmoil. Various peoples are planning, strategising and re-strategising. The Middle East is meeting,…