Salihu Modibbo Alfa Belgore | |
---|---|
Chief Justice of Nigeria | |
In office 12 June 2006 –17 January 2007 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Lawal Uwais |
Succeeded by | Idris Legbo Kutigi |
Personal details | |
Born | 17 January 1937 |
Political party | Non partisan |
Salihu Modibbo Alfa Belgore GCON (born 17 January 1937) is a Nigerian jurist and chief justice of Nigeria from 2006 to 2007. [1] [2]
Alfa Belgore was born on 17 January 1937, [3] to a Ruling class Fulani family in Ilorin,the capital of Kwara State north-central Nigeria. He attended Okesuna Primary School as well as Middle School at Ilorin before he proceeded to Ilesa Grammar School where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1956. [4] [5]
He received a bachelor's degree in Law in 1963 and also trained at Inner Temple for one year before he returned to Nigeria in 1964 and served magistrate in Northern Nigeria. [6]
In 1986,he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice. He held several positions in the judiciary before he was appointed as Chief Justice of Nigeria in July 2006,a position he held until January 2007 when he retired. [7]
Kwara State is a state in Western Nigeria,bordered to the east by Kogi State,to the north by Niger State,and to the south by Ekiti,Osun,and Oyo states,while its western border makes up part of the international border with Benin. Its capital is the city of Ilorin and the state has 16 local government areas.
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.
Dahiru Babura Musdapher was a Nigerian jurist who served as the 12th chief justice of Nigeria from 2011 to 2012. He served as the attorney-general and commissioner of justice of Kaduna State from 1976 to 1979,and as the chief judge of Kano State from 1979 to 1985. Musdapher was a justice of the Nigerian Court of Appeal from 1985 to 2003 and of the Nigerian Supreme Court from 2003 to 2012.
Muhammad Mustapha Adebayo Akanbi was a Nigerian lawyer and judge,who served as President of the Nigerian Court of Appeal (1992–1999) and inaugural head of Nigeria's Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (2000–2005) before his death in 2018 at the age of 85.
Mallam Yusuf Olaolu Ali,SAN is a Nigerian lawyer or law advocate,called to the Nigerian Bar in 1983. He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.
Chief Kehinde Sofola,QC,SAN,MON,CON was a prominent Nigerian Jurist and Minister of Justice during the Second Nigerian Republic.
Kayode Sofola,SAN,is a Nigerian jurist and former chairman of United Bank for Africa.
Mahmud Mohammed is a Nigerian jurist and Chief Justice of Nigeria from 2014 to 2016.
Chief Samuel Obakayode "Kayode" Eso,CON,CFR was a prominent Nigerian jurist. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
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.
Musa Dattijo Muhammad is a Nigerian jurist and former Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
George Adesola Oguntade,is a retired Nigerian jurist who served as Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria from May 19,2004 to May 10,2010 and was Nigeria's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata is a Nigerian legal practitioner and politician. He was a senior partner and the Head of the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group at Templars law firm in Nigeria until his resignation on 31 August 2023 to enable him to pursue partisan politics. In September 2023,he hosted the program "KingsWeek 2023" with the Old Boys Association,King's College,Lagos. He also met the School Captain of the College for the 2023/2024 Academic Session,Oke Abdulrahman. He became the first non-Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 28 years to be elected president of the Nigerian Bar Association in July 2020.
The 2019 Kwara State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9,2019. APC's AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq polled 73.12% of the total votes,ahead of PDP's Razak Atunwa who got 25.31% of votes trailing behind by a margin of 216,792 votes,and several minor party candidates. APC won in all 16 LGAs of the state.
The 2023 Kwara State gubernatorial election will take place on 18 March 2023,to elect the Governor of Kwara State,concurrent with elections to the Kwara State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election—which was postponed from its original 11 March date—will be held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent APC Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been renominated by his party.
Wahab Olasupo Egbewole is a professor of International law and jurisprudence and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin in Nigeria. He is a professor in the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law,University of Ilorin. He was appointed after 25 years of working with the University as a lecturer. He is an academic and a published author.
Salihu is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)