The EFCC now claims it has declared Yahaya Bello a fugitive but the real question will be how a compromised and complicit judicial leadership will now treat the nomination of his unqualified wife as a judge and the petition against the declaration of his violent cousin as governor of Kogi State. The judges who currently […]
Rotimi Sankore, 6 June,1968 – 12 April, 2024, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Rotimi was a precocious polymath from an early age. It was close to impossible to find a subject under the sun on which he was not reasonably informed. He could easily have been home-schooled but, Nigeria being what it is, he reluctantly got persuaded that it was useful to own a university degree. In reality, […]
When public agencies go rogue, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
…the leadership of the Commission clearly abused the sacred instrument of prosecutorial prerogative and showed itself as either idle or misguided, if not both. When this was brough to their attention, they descended into threats, bluster and the cringe-worthy trade in mangled adjectives. One concerned citizen responded that “EFCC has gone rogue.” 10 years ago, […]
The perils of a chief justice as political prayer warrior, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
No one had ostensibly warned the Chief Justice about the perils of turning into a prayer warrior for politicians. At the visit, the Chief Justice took the microphone and under the guise of prayers offered to the president intoned: “May the Lord continue to bless you and your administration. Let your ship land and berth […]
118 years after Satiru, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
A dispassionate Board of Inquiry must get to the root of how these soldiers met their unconscionable fate, who was responsible, and how they were deployed on the mission that consumed their young lives. It is time to turn the page on this cycle of escalation, retribution and bloody reprisal that has prospered for 118 […]
When the Chief Justice brings the judiciary to ridicule, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
On 27 February, Nigeria’s National Judicial Institute (NJI) in Abuja opened a continuing education course for judges. The opening featured an address by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola, who invited the participants to eschew “unethical conduct that could expose the judiciary to ridicule.” Beneath his text, it seemed as if the Chief […]
The mystery gunman and other myths from the East, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
Over nearly 20 months of leading the Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission (TJPC) into the violence in the South-East of Nigeria, it has become evident to me that the UGM is one of the narrative myths and constraints in the crisis of violence and insecurity in the region. It is by no means the only […]
Groups decry arrest of 30 women protesting jusgement on Nasarawa governorship poll
The police in Nasarawa State, on 20 January arrested 38 protesters for alleged public disturbance over the recent Supreme Court judgment, which upheld the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule. The post Groups decry arrest of 30 women protesting jusgement on Nasarawa governorship poll appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Powered by WPeMatico
Re: Juliana and Vincent Igwe: POTY 2023 – That the truth may set us free, By Wole Olanipekun
If we, as lawyers, cannot organise a requiem for the continuous repose of the souls of the deceased hero and heroine of the Bar, we should not, under any pretext, batter their tombstones. May time and history expose and vilify the murderers of this heroic couple, and bring to the open, everyone who played ‘Brutus’. […]