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The Supreme Court of Nigeria (SCN) is the highest court in Nigeria, and is located in the Central District, Abuja, in what is known as the Three Arms Zone, so called due to the proximity of the offices of the Presidential Complex, the National Assembly, and the Supreme Court. [1][2]
e. Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1 October 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence. [8] Britain annexed Lagos in 1861 and established the Oil River Protectorate in 1884. British influence in the Niger area increased gradually over the 19th century, but Britain did not effectively occupy ...
1930. Katsina, Northern Region, British Nigeria. Died. 4 November 2004. (2004-11-04) (aged 73–74) Alma mater. Lincoln's Inn. Mohammed Bello pronunciation ⓘ GCON (1930 – 4 November 2004) was a Nigerian Jurist who was the Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1987 to 1995.
In June 2019, when the court had 16 justices, the president wrote the CJN, asking him as the chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to “initiate in earnest the process of appointing additional five Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to make the full complement of Justices of the Supreme Court” as contained in the Nigerian Constitution.
Adebesin Folarin's father, Z. A. Williams. Josiah Folarin Williams was born in Abeokuta, Southern Nigeria, in 1877. He was the first son of Zachariah Archibald Williams (commonly known as Z. A. Williams) (1850 - 2 March 1912), [2] who was a Merchant Prince of Abeokuta and one of the most successful businessmen in Nigeria at the time.
Matthew Tawo Mbu was born on 20 November 1929 in Okundi, Osokom Clan, Boki LGA, Cross River State to Chief Mbu Tawo and Madam Eshian Atim Tawo both members of the ruling Chieftaincy families of Osokom and Oku towns in Osokom Clan. His early education was at various Roman Catholic mission schools in Boki LGA, then Wolsey Hall, Oxford (postal ...
From the High Court in Benue, he was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 1985, where he served until November 1998, when he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court. He was sworn in as Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on 25 November 1998 and after spending 11 years on the Bench he became the 11th Chief Justice of Nigeria on 30 ...
Okoro was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2006 and served in that capacity till 2013. His appointment as Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria was confirmed by the Senate in October 2013. [3] He was sworn in on 15 November 2013 by Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, the former Chief Justice of Nigeria. [4]