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Taslim Olawale Elias, Nigerian academic and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (died 1991)

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Taslim Olawale Elias

Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1972 to 1975

Taslim Olawale Elias was a Nigerian jurist who served as minister of Justice and attorney-general of Nigeria from 1960 to 1966, Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1972 to 1975 and president of the International Court of Justice from 1982 to 1985. He was a scholar who modernised and…
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Chief Justice of Nigeria

Presiding judge of the Supreme Court of Nigeria

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. The current chief justice is Kudirat Kekere-Ekun who was appointed on 22 August 2024. She was…
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