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Prompt Engineering: Real Job or AI Mirage?

By Paul Chimodo Remember the tech headlines of 2023? Amid the rise of large language models like GPT-4 and Claude, the world was told that “prompt engineering” could be one of the hottest jobs of the decade. A career where crafting the right AI instructions might earn you six-figure salaries without needing deep programming skills.

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In the House of ‘My Lord’, There are Judgments, 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 judge spanning 17 years and three different decades, the man better known as A.L.A.L Balogun earned a deserved reputation as one of the most knowledgeable trial judges to adorn the Nigerian judiciary. His reputation

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President Tinubu’s Legal Practitioners Bill Seeks Capture and Reprisal, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Twenty-three days after the transmission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the upper chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly, better known as the Senate, held public hearings on 18 December 2025 to consider the Legal Practitioners Bill. At this pace, the bill will be certain to become law well before the middle of 2026. The journey to

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Nigeria’s Love Affair with Spraying Money

By Paul Chimodo By the time the talking drum rises and the master of ceremonies calls a name, the crowd already knows what comes next. Crisp naira notes appear from pockets and envelopes, fluttering through the air as guests step forward to spray celebrants at weddings, birthdays, funerals, album launches, political rallies, and graduation parties.

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Netflix Is Teaching Us Something About Distribution

By Paul Chimodo For years, discussions about Nigeria’s creative and business ecosystem have followed a predictable path. We celebrate talent. We highlight creativity. We speak endlessly about potential. From Nollywood to Afrobeats, from tech startups to fashion, the consensus is that Nigeria is bursting with ideas. Yet one uncomfortable truth remains largely unaddressed. Talent alone

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Police State or State Police? By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

On 26 November 2025, Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, announced in a statement personally signed by him that he had “decided to declare a nationwide security emergency” to be accompanied by some measures, including the recruitment by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Armed Forces of 20,000 and 50,000 new personnel respectively. In the

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Tinubu has a police palaver by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

When Olusegun Obasanjo returned as the president of Nigeria in May 1999, according to Mohammed Dikko (MD) Yusuf, a former Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) he “inherited a Police Force that was poorly equipped, decimated in numerical strength, deprived of necessary logistics, and lacking, as it were, moral and public support necessary for effective performance and the enhancement

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Op-Ed: On Whose Mandate Do Judges Stand? By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Atanda Fatayi Williams, the fourth Chief Justice of post-colonial Nigeria (CJN), has not always received the kind of credit that he probably should for a judicial career of impact. Few judicial careers in Nigerian history can compete with that of this grand-son of an Ijebu merchant in terms of both legacy and luminosity. Sworn in

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Akwa Ibom Tech Week 2025 Shows Uyo Is Ready for the Future

By Paul Chimodo When participants arrived at the CEEDAPEG Hotel in Uyo for Akwa Ibom Tech Week 2025, it was clear the event was more than a conference. Held from November 3 to 8, 2025, it brought together innovators, students, investors and policymakers to explore opportunities for digital transformation and economic growth. The theme, “Catalyzing

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Independent and Unaccountable: A New Code for Nigeria’s Judiciary

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Among the doctrines that underpin the legal process in Nigeria, few are as profound and pervasive as judicial independence, but no doctrine in the ecosystem of the law rivals its elusiveness. The idea is ubiquitous in the syllabus of every programme leading to the award of a degree in law, in political science or

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