Iseyin is a city located in Oyo,Nigeria. It is approximately 100 km (62 mi) north of Ibadan. The city was estimated to have a population of 236,000,according to United Nations 2005 estimate,which increased to 362,990 in 2011,and has a total land mass of 2,341 km2 (904 sq mi). Its inhabitants are mostly of Yoruba origin and its ruler is the Aseyin of Iseyin,with the current being Oba Sefiu Oyebola Adeyeri III,Ajirotutu I.
The chief justice of Nigeria or CJN is the head of the judicial arm of the government of Nigeria,and presides over the country's Supreme Court and the National Judicial Council. The current chief justice is Kudirat Kekere-Ekun who was appointed on 22 August 2024. She was appointed acting chief justice of the Federation upon the retirement of incumbent chief justice,Olukayode Ariwoola. The Supreme Court of Nigeria is the highest court in Nigeria and its decisions are final. The chief justice of Nigeria is nominated by the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria upon recommendation by the National Judicial Council and is subject to confirmation by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The CJN holds office at the pleasure of the Nigerian constitution and can only be removed from office by death or on attainment of age 70 whichever occurs first or by impeachment by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which requires a super majority of the members of the Nigerian Senate.
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.
Ahmed Idris is a Nigerian politician who served as deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He is a member of All Progressives Congress.
Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan is a Nigerian politician and former professor who served as the 14th president of the Nigerian Senate from 2019 to 2023. He represents the Yobe North Senatorial District in the Senate as a member of the All Progressives Congress.
Nigeria became an independent country on 1 October 1960,and in 1963 became the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The republic instituted two national awards:the Order of the Niger and the Order of the Federal Republic.
The Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) is one of two orders of merit,established by the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1963. It is senior to the Order of the Niger.
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.
Godwin Ogbaga is a Nigerian politician and seasoned administrator who was Minister of State for Power and Steel during the short term of Maj. Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar.
Abdul Samad Isyaku Rabiu is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist. As of 2024,he is the second richest man in Nigeria. His late father,Khalifah Isyaku Rabiu,was one of Nigeria's foremost industrialists in the 1970s and 1980s. Abdul Samad is the founder and chairman of BUA Group,a Nigerian conglomerate concentrating on manufacturing,infrastructure and agriculture and producing a revenue in excess of $2.5 billion. He is also the chairman of the Nigerian Bank of Industry (BOI).
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.
Mahmud Mohammed is a Nigerian jurist and Chief Justice of Nigeria from 2014 to 2016.
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.
Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo,popularly known as Kudirat Kekere-Ekun,is a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria who has served as the Chief Justice of Nigeria since 22 August 2024. She was appointed Chief Justice following the retirement of Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.
The Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria are members of the Supreme Court of Nigeria composed of the Chief Justice of Nigeria and other justices not more than 21 including the chief justice,appointed by the president on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council,(NJC) and subject to confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. Justices of the Supreme Court must be qualified to practice law in Nigeria,and must have been so qualified for a period not less than fifteen years. Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria have a mandatory retirement age of 70 years.
Adebukola Bankole was sworn in as Honorable Justice of the Court of Appeal on 28 June 2021 by The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN),Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad. She was a Nigerian Judge of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory in Abuja that sentenced two Ex-Governors in Nigeria to imprisonment - Joshua Dariye to a 14 years in prisonment after being found guilty of some criminal charges and Jolly Nyame to 28 years imprisonment without an option of fine both on similar charges in a trail that lasted over a decade. President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Justice Adebukola Banjoko as Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT),in June 2018 as Adamu Abdu-Kafarati was appointed as the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in a letter he wrote to the Senate requesting the confirmation of Mr Abdu-Kafarati's appointment.
Mele Kolo Kyari OFR is a Nigerian geologist,crude oil marketer and 1st Group Chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum company limited. Before this appointment,Kyari was the Group General Manager,Crude Oil Marketing Division of the NNPC and the Nigerian National Representative at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) since 2018.
Events in the year 2022 in Nigeria.
Chief Ladosu Ladapo SAN was a notable Nigerian jurist and politician. He was a scion of the Ladapo family of Abebi,Ibadan. He served as Commissioner for Economic Planning and Reconstruction and Commissioner for Works and Transport between 1971 and 1975 in the then Western State (Nigeria)
