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Chief James Ajibola Idowu Ige SAN (Yoruba: Bọ́lá Ìgè (Listen ⓘ); 13 September 1930 – 23 December 2001), popularly known as Bola Ige, was a Nigerian lawyer and politician. He served as Federal Minister of Justice of Nigeria from January 2000 until his assassination in December 2001. [ 1 ]
Chief Adebisi Akande was born in Ila Orangun on 16 January 1939 in what is now the Osun Central Senatorial district. [2]. [3] He was elected on the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) platform. [4] Akande was described as the nephew of Chief Bola Ige. [5]
Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla (born 20 December 1968) is a Nigerian Navy vice admiral who is the Chief of the Naval Staff of Nigeria. [1] He was appointed by President Bola Tinubu on 19 June 2023. [2] [3]
Prince Bolasodun Adesumbo "Bola" Ajibola, SAN, KBE, CFR (22 March 1934 – 8 April 2023) was a Nigerian jurist, who was the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of Nigeria from 1985 to 1991 and a judge of the International Court of Justice from 1991 to 1994. [1] He was president of the Nigerian Bar Association from 1984 to 1985.
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (born 1937) 29 May 1999 29 May 2007 8 years People's Democratic Party: 1999 2003: In addition to a variety of other chieftaincy titles, Chief Obasanjo holds that of the Olori Omo Ilu of Ibogun-Olaogun. [11] 13 Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (1951–2010) 29 May 2007 5 May 2010 [12] (died in office.) 2 years, 341 days
Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiamila CFR [1] (born 25 June 1962), is a Nigerian lawyer and politician, [2] who has served as Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria since 2023. [3] [4] [5] He previously served as the 14th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. [6] [7] [8]
From 1980 to 1981, Ogunlesi served as a law clerk to associate justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court.Ogunlesi was an attorney in the corporate practice group of the New York City law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he had been a summer associate while studying for his M.B.A. [1]
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 ]