Centre for Nigeria Progress

Nigeria’s judiciary faces persistent corruption allegations, rebutted by leaders demanding evidence, amid occasional disciplinary cases. Rare instances of judges resisting influence spark debate. Recently, Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court warned litigants and lawyers against seeking favours, reigniting discussions on judicial integrity, accountability, and responses to compromise attempts. Like most human institutions, the …

Continue reading "How judges can push back against judicial corruption, by ERIC IKHILA"

Ironsi Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide, Minister of Education in the First Republic, under Tafawa Balewa, and Minister of Justice under Alhaji Shehu Shagari, and one of the most brilliant lawyers ever in Nigeria, stood before Justice Olujide Somolu. Somolu was Chief Justice of the Western State. Akinjide was a known Samuel Ladoke Akintola sympathizer and …

Continue reading "The 1966 coup and the Macbeth tragedy, By Festus Adedayoby Festus Adedayo"

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With INEC's overtly partisan, intentionally illegal, and possibly remote-controlled withdrawal of recognition for the David Mark-led ADC, Nigeria has officially reverted to full-on Abacha-era suffocation of even the wispiest pretense to competitive electoral politics.   Lawyers have said that the judgment of the appeal court, which INEC invoked as a convenient crutch to carry out a …

Continue reading "INEC, David Mark, and Coming Abachaian Coronation By Farooq Kperogi"