Suleiman Galadima

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Suleiman Galadima
Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
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BornOctober 1946
Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Political partyNon partisian

Suleiman Galadima CFR (born October 1946) is a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. [1]

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Early life

Justice Galadima was born in October 1946 in Nasarawa State, Northern Nigeria. He attended Government College Keffi where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1965 before he proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Law in 1977 and was Call to the bar after he graduated from the Nigerian Law School in 1978. [2] He later received a master's degree in law from the University of Jos in 1985. [3]

Law career

He joined the Anambra State Judiciary as Magistrate in July 1988 and in 1990, he was appointed as Attorney General and the Commission for Justice, Plateau state. In May 1991, he became the High Court Judge of Plateau State. [4] At the creation of Nasarawa State in 1996, he was appointed as Chief Judge of the State. [5] On December 9, 1998, he was appointed to the bench of the Nigerian courts of appeal as Justice. [6] In August 2010, he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice, alongside Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Bamgbose, O.J. (2013). Digest of Judgements of the Supreme Court of Nigeria: Vols 1 and 2. Federal Inland Revenue Services. ISBN   9789788431404 . Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hon. Justice Suleiman Galadima JSC, OFR, CFR". supremecourt.gov.ng. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Justice Suleiman Galadima pagesepsitename%%". channelstv.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Adejumobi, S. (2011). State, Economy, and Society in Post-Military Nigeria. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 63. ISBN   9780230117594 . Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Judiciary | Official Site of Nasarawa State". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Felix Okogbule. "Retiring Appeal Court President Rejuvenates Judiciary –Galadima | :::...The Tide News Online:::..." thetidenewsonline.com. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Rhodes-Vivour, Galadima Confirmed for Supreme Court, Articles | THISDAY LIVE". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
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