(A Respectful Reaction to the Article by Eyimofe Atake, SAN) By Sylvester Udemezue BACKGROUND: In a recent article titled “My Lord or My Lady? The Correct Mode of Addressing Female Judges,” Learned Silk, Eyimofe Atake, SAN, argues that female judges ought properly to be addressed as “My Lady” ratherContinue Reading
Chief judges drawn from countries across the African continent have resolved to collaborate and support measures aimed at ensuring the success of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). They said this would be achieved through an efficient, reliable and predictable dispute resolution system. The resolution was part ofContinue Reading
*By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu* Abdul Leigh Balogun became a judge of the High Court of Lagos State in 1976. In a career as a trial judge spanning 17 years and three different decades, the man better known as A.L.A.L Balogun earned a deserved reputation as one of the most knowledgeableContinue Reading
*By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu* *If you wanna live* *- treat me good* *If you wanna live, live* *I beg you, treat me good* *I’m like a walking razor* *Don’t you watch my size* *I’m dangerous…,* *I’m like a walking razor* *Don’t you watch my size* *I’m dangerous, dangerous*Continue Reading
*By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu* *“I had discovered since my appointment as a High Court judge that most of the politicians in Nigeria and, indeed, in other developing countries only pay lip-service to the independence of the judiciary…. It pays in the end for a judge, even at the risk ofContinue Reading
By Abdul Mahmud One month ago, in Abuja, a small circle of friends, literary enthusiasts, human rights activists, politicians, public intellectuals and thinkers gathered to listen to Chidi Odinkalu read from his latest offering, The Selectorate: When Judges Topple the People. It was a private reading, but the ideasContinue Reading
Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), on Sunday, announced the redeployment of some judges. Justice Tsoho, in a statement by FHC’s Director of Information, Dr Catherine Christopher, directed Justice M. G. Umar from Enugu Judicial Division to take over cases earlier presided overContinue Reading
*By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu FLOWERBUDNEWS: When he was a Justice the Court of Appeal in the Port Harcourt Division, during the tenure of Mohammed Bello as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) 1987-1995. Alloysius Katsina-Alu was the subject of allegations of serious misconduct which ended up before the AdvisoryContinue Reading
