Mohammed Bello was a Nigerian Jurist who was the Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1987 to 1995.
Idris Legbo Kutigi was a Nigerian lawyer and jurist. He was Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Niger State before becoming a high court judge. He joined the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 1992 and served as Chief Justice from 30 January 2007 to 30 December 2009.
Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu was a Nigerian jurist and lawyer who served as Chief Justice of Nigeria from 2009 to 2011.
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar is a Nigerian jurist and former Chief Justice of Nigeria from July 2012 to November 2014. She was called to the English Bar in November,1966 and to the Nigerian Bar in 1967.
Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen is a Nigerian jurist who served as Chief Justice of Nigeria from 2017 to 2019. Before joining the Supreme Court,he was a judge in Cross River State and a justice of the Court of Appeal.
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Kano State from 2015 to 2023. He previously served as Rabiu Kwankwaso's deputy governor twice,from 1999 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. He is a member and national chairman of the ruling Party All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Nigerian Body of Benchers is a professional body concerned with the admission of successful candidates at the Nigerian Law School Bar Final Examination into the Legal Profession. Members of the body are called Benchers. The body also regulate the call of graduate of law school to the Nigerian Bar as well as the regulation of the legal profession in Nigeria.
Chief Idowu Sofola,SAN,MON was a Nigerian jurist,Bencher and president of the Nigerian Bar Association. He was Previously the Chairman of the Nigerian Body of Benchers.
Chief Atanda Fatai Williams,was a Nigerian Jurist and Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1979 to 1983.
Mahmud Mohammed is a Nigerian jurist and Chief Justice of Nigeria from 2014 to 2016.
Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa,OFR is a Nigerian judge and former President of the Nigerian courts of appeal.
Ayo Salami,is a Nigerian jurist and former President of the Nigerian courts of appeal.
Ibrahim Muhammad Tanko is a Nigerian jurist,who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from 2006 to 2022 and as Chief Justice of Nigeria from 2019 until his resignation in June 2022 citing ill-health as the reason for his decision. He was formerly a Justice of the Nigerian Courts of Appeal.
Olukayode Ariwoola is a Nigerian jurist and justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria who serves as the chief justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He was formerly a justice of the Nigerian courts of appeal and on 22 November 2011,he was appointed to the bench of the supreme court of Nigeria. He was appointed substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria on 27 June 2022 following the resignation of incumbent Chief Justice Tanko Muhammad and formally confirmed Chief Justice by the Nigerian Senate on 21 September 2022.
Musa Dattijo Muhammad is a Nigerian jurist and former Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Events in the year 2018 in Nigeria.
Justice Ishaq Usman Bello is a Nigerian jurist,the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),Abuja,and Nigeria's nominated candidate for the 2020 judicial elections of the International Criminal Court based in The Hague,Netherlands. He is better known for his effort towards decongesting several prisons,now known as correctional facilities,in Nigeria.
Ahmadu Bello UniversityZaria is a federal government research university located in Zaria,Kaduna State,Nigeria,opened in 1962 as the University of Northern Nigeria. It was founded by and is now named for Ahmadu Bello,the first premier of Northern Nigeria.
