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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]
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.
Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo CFR (born 7 May 1958), 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. [1][2] She was appointed Chief Justice following the retirement of Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. [3]
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. [1] The current chief justice is Kudirat Kekere-Ekun who was appointed on 22 August 2024. [2] She was appointed acting chief justice of the Federation upon the ...
Olukayode Ariwoola GCON [1] (born 22 August 1954) is a Nigerian jurist and justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria who served as the chief justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 2022 to 2024. [2][3] He was formerly a justice of the Nigerian courts of appeal and on 22 November 2011, he was appointed to the bench of the supreme court of ...
Died. 8 January 2000. (2000-01-08) (aged 72) Citizenship. Nigerian. Ephraim Omorose Ibukun Akpata (15 April 1927 – 8 January 2000) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the first chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria, responsible for the 1998/1999 elections that re-introduced democracy in May ...
Assumed office. 15 November 2013. Personal details. Born. (1959-07-11) 11 July 1959 (age 65) Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. John Inyang Okoro (listen ⓘ; born 11 July 1959) is a Nigerian jurist and Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. [1][2]
Nigerian Law School. Occupation. Supreme Court justice. Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen GCON (born 22 December 1950 [1]) is a Nigerian jurist who served as Chief Justice of Nigeria from 2017 to 2019. [2][3] Before joining the Supreme Court, he was a judge in Cross River State and a justice of the Court of Appeal.