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It’s Time To Save Judicial Appointments From Corruption

Global UpfrontFeb 22, 2026February 22, 20260

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu For nearly five years, Abia State has been the site of a bewildering contest over the crisis of corruption that now

Fraudsters-In-Law: The Conspiracy Against Abia State

Global UpfrontFeb 15, 2026February 15, 20260

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In June 2005, the Paris Club of creditors announced a deal granting Nigeria “60% cancellation of its Paris Club total debt

In the House of ‘My Lord,’ There are Judgments

Global UpfrontFeb 1, 2026February 1, 20260

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

On Whose Mandate Do Judges Stand?

Global UpfrontNov 23, 2025November 23, 20250

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

Tinubu To Judges: No Amount Of Reform Can Succeed If Integrity Is Compromised

Global UpfrontNov 17, 2025November 17, 20251

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday in Abuja, urged judges to uphold the sanctity of their profession by safeguarding integrity, noting that the strength and honour

Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act: On U.S. Senator Cruz’s Targeting Of Nigerian Officials

Global UpfrontOct 4, 2025October 4, 20251

By Madu Onuorah The Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025 introduced by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is designed to protect Christians and other

Nigeria: How Politicians Started Dashing Cars And Houses To Judges

Global UpfrontSep 14, 2025September 14, 20250

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In January 1993, Ibrahim Babangida was Nigeria’s military ruler. He was supposedly in the last year of an interminable transition at

Ministry Of Judges Welfare

Global UpfrontSep 7, 2025September 7, 20250

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK Parliament is called, debated the Courts Bill introduced by

The Age Of The Judicial Impostor In Nigeria Must End

Global UpfrontJul 6, 2025July 6, 20250

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu “The mind grows old, no less than the body.” Aristotle, The Politics, Book II, Ch. 9, 146 (Penguin Classics, 1981) A

Nigeria: The Making Of A Judicial Selectorate – ‘How Nigerian Judges Toppled The People’

Global UpfrontMay 11, 2025May 11, 20250

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Anambra North senatorial constituency comprises seven Local Government Areas (LGAs). These are: Anambra East, Anambra West, Anyamelum, Ogbaru, Onitsha North, Onitsha