Muhammadu Lawal Bello | |
---|---|
Chief Judge of Kaduna State | |
In office 16 May 2019 –2023 | |
Nominated by | Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai |
Preceded by | Tanimu Zailani |
Succeeded by | Tukur Mu’azu |
Personal details | |
Born | Muhammadu Lawal Bello 24 April 1957 Lere,Kaduna State |
Alma mater | Ahmadu Bello University |
Muhammadu Lawal Bello (born 24 April 1957) served as the Chief Judge of the High Court of Justice of Kaduna State,Nigeria. He succeeded Chief judge Tanimu Zailani. [1] [2]
Bello attended Sardauna Memorial College,Kaduna from 1969 to 1973. He then moved to Government College Katsina,where he obtained his secondary certificate. He went to Ahmadu Bello University between 1977 and 1980. He went to Katsina College of Arts and Technology,then attended Nigerian Law School between 1980 and 1981 in Lagos. [3] [1]
Muhammadu Lawal Bello was confirmed as a Chief Judge of the High Court of Justice of Kaduna State on May 16,2019. [4] [5] [6] [3] He held different offices in different parts of Nigeria between 1975 and 2018. He was appointed the acting chief judge of Kaduna State. He was once clerical assistant in Kaduna State under High Court of Justice National Youth Service Corps;Legal Department Benue State House of Assembly,Makurdi. He become Magistrate Grade II where he rose to Chief Magistrate Court Zaria. He also became Chief Magistrate Court,Lugard Hall Kaduna. He then became Solicitor General and Director General,Ministry of Justice,Kaduna State. and other offices. [7] [8] [9]
Katsina State is a state in the northwestern geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Katsina State borders on the Republic of Niger to the north for 250 km and the States of Jigawa for 164 km and Kano to the east,Kaduna to the south for 161 km and Zamfara to the west. States. Nicknamed the "Home of Hospitality",both the state capital and the town of Daura have been described "ancient seats of Islamic culture and learning" in Nigeria.
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.
The Law of Nigeria consists of courts,offences,and various types of laws. Nigeria has its own constitution which was established on 29 May 1999. The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the country. There are four distinct legal systems in Nigeria,which include English law,Common law,Customary law,and Sharia Law. English law in Nigeria is derived from the colonial Nigeria,while common law is a development from its post-colonial independence.
Mary Ukaego Odili is a Nigerian judge and wife of Peter Odili,who served as Governor of Rivers State from 1999 to 2007. She was appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (JSC) by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice Katsina-Alu on 23 June 2011.
Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa,OFR is a Nigerian judge and former President of the Nigerian courts of appeal.
Nasir Mamman GCON,titled Galadiman Katsina from 1992 to 2019,was a Nigerian jurist and nobleman who served as President of the Courts of Appeal from 1978 to 1992.
Aminu Abdullahi Shagali is a Nigerian politician,academic and a public servant. He is the current commissioner of Ministry of Housing and Urban Developments. He served as the special adviser on political matter to Gov. Nasir El-Rufai and the same capacity in APC Gubernatorial campaign for the 2023 general elections.Moreover,he served as the speaker of the 5th Kaduna Assembly.
Muntaka Connmassie,CON was a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Events in the year 2018 in Nigeria.
Justice Saddik Abdullahi Mahuta is the longest-serving chief judge in Katsina State,Nigeria from 1991 to 2013,and he administered the oath of office to civilian governors of Katsina State from Alhaji Sa'idu Barda in 1991 to Barrister Ibrahim Shehu Shema in 2011.
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.
Maria Sanda Zukogi is a Nigerian judge who was the fifth Chief Judge of Niger State and the second female to hold the office since its creation in 1976. Her appointment as substantive chief Judge of Niger State by Governor Abubakar Sani Bello was confirmed by the Niger State House of Assembly in August 2016 after holding the office in acting capacity for three months. She succeeded the first female chief judge of the state Hon. Justice Fati Lami Abubakar after her retirement from service.
Nasir Ajana was a Nigerian judge who served as the Chief Judge of Kogi State.
Justice Rahila Hadea Cudjoe OFR is a retired Nigerian jurist and former Chief Judge of Kaduna State. She is the first female Chief judge in Kaduna State and served from 1996 to 2014. She is also first female Lawyer in North Western State as well as the first female Legal Draftsman in Kaduna State.
HON. Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar NPOM, LLB,BL is a Nigerian lawyer and current serving chief judge of Katsina State from 2018. He administered the oath of office to the former governor of Katsina State Rt. Hon. Alh. Aminu Bello Masari. He was the chairman of the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal who declared Hajiya Aisha Jummai Alhassan of the All Progressive Congress (APC) winner of the controversial governorship election,2015 in Taraba State.
Muhammadu Bello KagaraHausa pronunciation:[MuhammadBelloKagara] was an educator,a writer and a royalist. He wrote the famous book novel known as Gandoki,the novel is a manuscript written during a literature bureau competition organized in 1933 by Rupert East. His book Ganɗoki was considered either first or second book to be published in the entire Northern Nigeria,the first or the second being Ruwan Bagaja by Abubakar Imam.
Muhammadu is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Justice Binta Nyako is a judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria from Katsina State. She is the current President of the International Association of Women Judges and has previously served as the President of the Nigeria's National Association of Women Judges. She served as the chief judge of Bauchi State from 2014 to 2017,becoming the first woman to hold this position in the state and the first woman to lead a high court bench in Nigeria.