chief justice of Nigeria tàbí CJN ni ó jẹ́ ipò adarí àgbà fún ẹ̀ka ètò ìdájọ nínú ìṣèjọba orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìj́íríà. Ẹni tí ó bá wà ní orí ipò yì ni ó ma ń gb'ẹ́jọ́ orílẹ̀-èdè nílé ẹjọ́ àgbà tí a mọ̀ sí Supreme Court of Nigeria àti National Judicial Council.[1] Ilé-ẹjọ́ àgbà The Supreme Court of Nigeria ni ó jẹ́ ilé-ẹjọ́ tí o ga jùlọ ní orìlẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà, ìpinnu àti ìdájọ́ ilé-ẹjọ́ yí ni abẹ́ gé.[2] Adájọ́ àgbà tí ò wà lórì àpèrè ni órílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà lásìkò tí a ń kọ àyọkà yí ni Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, ẹni tí wọ́n yàn sípò náà ní ọjọ́kejìlélógún oṣù kẹjọ ọdún 2024.[3] Ṣáájú kì ó tó di adájọ́ àgbà, wọ́n kọ́kọ́ yàn án sípò adelé adájọ́ àgbà orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà lẹ́yìn tí adájọ́ àgbà tẹ́lẹ̀rí Olukayode Ariwoola fẹ̀yìn tì lẹ́nu iṣẹ́. Ààrẹ orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà ni ó ma ń yan ẹni tí yóò dipò yí mú lẹ́yìn tí ìgbìmọ̀ àwọn adájọ́ bá fun ní àbá nípa irúfẹ́ ẹni tì ipò náà tọ́sí, lẹ́yìn èyí ni ilé ìgbìmọ̀ aṣòfin àgbà yóò buwọ́ lù ẹni náà kí ó lè di adájọ́ àgbà fún orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà.[4] Adájọ́ àgbà ni ó lẹ́tọ̀ọ́ láti dipò náà mú ní ìbámu pẹ̀lú òfin orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà. Adájọ́ àgbà náà ní àǹfání láti dipò náà mù tìtí ikú yóò fi yọ ọ́ níṣẹ́, tàbí kí ó fipò náà sílẹ̀ nígbà tí ọjọ́-orí rẹ̀ bá ti pé àádọ́rin ọdún tàbì kì àwọn ilè-aṣòfin àgbà yọ ọ́ nípò pẹ̀lú ìbò láàrìn ara wọn.[5]

Chief Justice the
Supreme Court of Nigeria
Lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́
Kudirat Kekere-Ekun

since 22 August 2024
Supreme Court of Nigeria
StyleMadam Chief Justice
(informal)
Your Honor
(within court)
The Honorable
(formal)
StatusChief justice
Member ofFederal judiciary
National Judicial Council
SeatSupreme Court Building, Three Arms Zone, Abuja, FCT
AppointerThe President
with Senate advice and consent
Iye ìgbàResignation
Death
Attainment of age 70
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Nigeria
Formation1914; Error: first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time. (1914)
Oṣù Kẹ̀wá 1, 1963; ọdún 61 sẹ́yìn (1963-10-01) Supreme Court of Nigeria
First holderSir Edwin Speed (colonial)
Sir Adetokunbo Ademola (Indigenous)
Websitehttp://www.supremecourt.gov.ng/

Àtòjọ àwọn adájọ́ àgbà ilẹ̀ Nàìjíríà

àtúnṣe

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Chief Justice Term
Sir Edwin Speed 1914–1918
Sir Ralph Combe 1918–1929
Donald Kingdon 1929–1946
Sir John Verity 1946–1954
Sir Stafford Foster-Sutton 1955–1958
Sir Adetokunbo Ademola 1958–1972
Taslim Olawale Elias 1972–1975
Darnley Arthur Alexander 1975–1979
Atanda Fatai Williams 1979–1983
George Sodeinde Sowemimo 1983–1985
Ayo Gabriel Irikefe 1985–1987
Mohammed Bello 1987–1995
Mohammed Uwais 1995–2006
Salihu Modibbo Alfa Belgore 2006–2007
Idris Legbo Kutigi 2007–2009
A. I. Katsina-Alu 2009–2011
Dahiru Musdapher 2011–2012
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar[7][8] 2012–2014
Mahmud Mohammed 2014–2016
Walter Onnoghen 2017–2019
Tanko Muhammad 2019–2022
Olukayode Ariwoola 2022–2024
Kudirat Kekere-Ekun 2024–present

Àtòjọ àwọn adájọ́ àgbà ilẹ̀ Nàìjíríà ẹkù-jẹjkùn

àtúnṣe
Láti ìwọ̀ oòrùn Nàìjíríà (1863–1929)
  • Benjamin Way (?–1866)
  • John Carr (1866–?) (West African Settlements Supreme Court)
  • George French (1867–1874)
  • James Marshall (1874–1886)
  • Sir John Salman Smith (1886–1895)
  • Sir Thomas Crossley Rayner (1895–1902)
  • Sir William Nicholl (1902–1908)
Láti gúasù Nàìjíríà
  • Alastair Davidson (1900–1901)
  • Henry Cowper Gollan (1901–1905)
  • Sir M R Menendez (1905–1908)
  • Sir Edwin Speed (1908–1913)
Láti ìlà oòrun Nàìjíríà
  • Henry Green Kelly (1900–1902)
  • Willoughby Osborne (1906–1913)

Àwọn ìtọ́kasí

àtúnṣe
  1. "Constitution". The National Judicial Council. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2012.  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  2. "Wike: Finality of Supreme Court decision is sacrosanct". The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2022. 
  3. "Senate confirms Muhammad as Chief Justice of Nigeria" (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2022. 
  4. "Presidency Forwards Justice Walter Onnoghen's Name to Senate For Confirmation as CJN – PLAC Legist" (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 25 May 2022. 
  5. "Judges retirement age and effective justice system". The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 7 March 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2022. 
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20160220234027/http://www.fjsconline.gov.ng/list_of_chife.html Federal Judicial Service Commission, Nigeria
  7. "ALOMA MUKHTAR: Making of Nigeria's Female CJN". P.M. News (Independent Communications Network Limited). 16 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140702215018/http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/07/16/aloma-mukhtar-making-of-nigerias-female-cgn/. 
  8. "Jonathan swears in Nigeria's first female chief justice". The Punch (Ajibola Ogunsola). 16 July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120717134143/http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-swears-in-nigerias-first-female-chief-justice/. 

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