Thursday, June 25, 2026

Chidi Odinkalu

May 28, 2026
Chidi Odinkalu
May 24, 2026

The case for the Office of Judge Dan Maliki 

The cap fits Abdulmalik. All that awaits now is the formalisation of the office of Judge dan Maliki.

Federal High Court judges
May 7, 2026

Human rights lawyer Chidi Odinkalu named 2026 Paddock Teaching Award recipient

The former chairman of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission joins other previous notable winners of the award, including Michael J. Glennon, Dyan Mazurana and Carolyn Gideon.

Chidi Odinkalu
April 19, 2026

The renewed dystopia of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (II)

That is not the renewed hope he promised. For the Adara people, it has been dystopia on a vampire scale.

Tinubu being inaugurated as president
April 12, 2026

The renewed dystopia of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (1)

To the citizens and communities caught in this, however, we owe acknowledgement and solidarity. This is the beginning.

President Bola Tinubu and Bandits
February 22, 2026

It’s time to save judicial appointments from corruption

The appointment of judges in Nigeria has become something akin to a life-and-death contest

JUDGES IN RIVERS
January 4, 2026

President Tinubu’s legal practitioners bill seeks capture and reprisal

If it gets adopted in its present form, the new law will be a shrine to institutional capture.

Tinubu and CJN
December 28, 2025

Why the CJN must end abuse of power in judicial appointments

One tweep describes what passes for judicial appointment process in Nigeria as “filiality via conjugality”.

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Olatokunbo
October 26, 2025

Ese Oruru’s graduation marks triumph over sexual exploitation

Rights groups across Nigeria have widely hailed her recent graduation from the University of Ilorin.

Ese Oruru and Yunusa Dahiru
September 15, 2025

The open society and its enemies revisited

The open society is fragile. But it is worth defending. For if we lose it, we lose everything.

Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo