The Supreme Court’s emergency politics. By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
“All judges are politicians whether they know it or not.”Enrique Petracchi, former Chief Justice of Argentina, (2002).Among lawyers trained in the traditions of the Common Law, judicial power is often…
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FG to sell 753-unit estate recovered from Emefiele
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Ramaphosa seeks to mend ties with U.S in his visit to White House
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Nigeria, is it too little, too late? By Theophilus Y. Danjuma
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