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Nigeria’s Unlawful Judges and Wholly-Owned Judicial Surrogates
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Two and a half months from a general election, political surrogates have become Nigeria’s hommes du jour. These are…
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THE CORRECT, PROFESSIONAL AND LEGAL FORM OF ADDRESS IN NIGERIA FOR A JUDGE (IRRESPECTIVE OF GENDER) IS “MY LORD” OR “YOUR LORDSHIP
(A Respectful Reaction to the Article by Eyimofe Atake, SAN) By Sylvester Udemezue BACKGROUND: In a recent article titled "My Lord or My…
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African judges pledge commitment to AfCFTA’s success
Chief judges drawn from countries across the African continent have resolved to collaborate and support measures aimed at ensuring the success of the…
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Nigerian Judges and Unholy Relationships with Litigants
*By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu* Abdul Leigh Balogun became a judge of the High Court of Lagos State in 1976. In a career as a…
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Nigerian Judges and the Judicial Code of Conduct
*By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu* *If you wanna live* *- treat me good* *If you wanna live, live* *I beg you, treat me…
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On Whose Mandate Do Judges Stand?*
*By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu* *“I had discovered since my appointment as a High Court judge that most of the politicians in Nigeria and, indeed,…
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The Selectorate: When the People Vote but the Judges Choose
By Abdul Mahmud One month ago, in Abuja, a small circle of friends, literary enthusiasts, human rights activists, politicians, public intellectuals and thinkers…
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Federal High Court CJ redeploys judges
Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), on Sunday, announced the redeployment of some judges. Justice Tsoho, in…
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Crooked Judges and NJC’s Complicit Scandal
*By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu FLOWERBUDNEWS: When he was a Justice the Court of Appeal in the Port Harcourt Division, during the tenure…