*By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Three score and three years ago, a defining dispute erupted in the old Western Region of Nigeria over the scope and reach of constitutional conventions in determining or terminating the tenure of high-level political leadership. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which ultimatelyContinue Reading
By Sylvester Udemezue Following a news report that *“34 Lawyers Fail NJC Integrity Test for Appointment as Judges,”* and the intense debate it provoked within the legal community, a very senior lawyer and former Attorney-General of a Nigerian state suggested that “any person who fails the integrity test isContinue Reading
By Sylvester Udemezue I read a piece titled, “A Rejoinder To Sylvester Udemezue’s Piece On EFCC Lead Counsel’s Public Statement On Ex Parte Bail Order For Ex-AGF Malami” written by a respected learned friend, O.F. Akeredolu, PhD. I am sincerely grateful to Dr. Akeredolu for the rejoinder andContinue Reading
By O. F. Akeredolu, PhD Dear sir, I am writing this because I believe you are ‘open, always to being corrected by reasoned submissions grounded in law’. I have read with care the article titled “EFCC Lead Counsel’s Press Release, Ex Parte Bail Order for Ex-AGF Malami, andContinue Reading
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, says the law is the anchor of political stability, the guarantor of economic confidence and the framework within which freedoms are exercised and responsibilities enforced. Kekere-Ekun stated this on Tuesday at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) Fellows’Continue Reading
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu One month after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu proclaimed a state of emergency over Rivers State last March, on 18th April 2025, Barr. Nyesom Wike, former Rivers State Governor, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and Life Member of the Body of Benchers, heldContinue Reading
– A Wake-Up Call to the NALT Leadership By Sylvester Udemezue *(1). Introduction: A New Executive, the Same Old Culture* On 30 October 2024, following my lamentations on NALT’s persistent neglect of its own objectives while chasing after issues unrelated to its core mission, a colleague reassured meContinue Reading
By Sylvester Udemezue With utmost respect, it is difficult to avoid the observation that many Nigerian lawyers (including law teachers) often appear detached from the realities of the society in which they live and work. We sometimes carry on as though the social, political, and moral decay afflictingContinue Reading
*By Chinedu Agu It is no longer news that on Wednesday, 17th September 2025, I honoured the invitation by the X-Squad Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Imo State Command, over allegations of “Criminal Defamation of the Governor of Imo State” and “conduct likely to cause a breach ofContinue Reading
