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Insecurity: Nigeria has a lazy, uncaring Commander-In-Chief ―Chidi Odinkalu, ex-NHRC Chairman

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Former Chairman of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a “lazy and uncaring Commander-in-Chief”. Speaking in an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday July 27, Odinkalu decried the level of insecurity in the country, especially the renewed attacks by terrorists in recent times. Also berating President Buhari for […]

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Shonekan and Nigeria’s unending tale of three masters, By Chidi Odinkalu

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This title is not original. When he published his memoirs in 1995, Jerome Udoji, the distinguished Nigerian public administrator whose name became synonymous with the failed inflation-proofing of public service earnings following Nigeria’s discovery of petro-dollars in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War, titled it Under Three Masters. The book, a tale of his encounters in succession […]

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As the Supreme Court Reviews Its Decision On Imo Governorship Election, By Chidi Odinkalu

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When it sits on Tuesday, February 18, to consider the application to review its judgment of January 14 in the matter of the petition on the outcome of the March 2019 governorship election in Imo State, Nigeria’s Supreme Court will find itself presented with a signal moment to re-set the balance in the monumental enterprise […]

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The Senate’s Anti-Social Media Bill As An Act of Inter-Generational Warfare, By Chidi Odinkalu

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Senator Mohammed Sani Musa’s anti-social media bill, now making its way through Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber in the Senate, is worse than a throwback to the worst years of Nigeria’s experience of military rule. It is a hubristic act of inter-generational warfare that must be resisted and defeated. A Senate comprising essentially an analogue generation, […]

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Nigeria’s Judges: Getting Set To Cast the Final Votes Of the 2019 Elections, By Chidi Odinkalu

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Every election cycle in Nigeria has three seasons. The campaign season belongs to the parties, the politicians and their godfathers. This is followed by the voting season, during which the security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) hold sway. Thereafter, matters shift to the courts for the dispute resolution season, which belongs to […]

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