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Aloma Mariam Mukhtar (born 20 November 1944) is a Nigerian jurist and the Chief Justice of Nigeria appointed in July 2012. She was called to the English Bar in November, 1966 and to the Nigerian Bar in 1967.
President Goodluck Jonathan sworn in Mukhtar on the 16th of July, 2012 as the 13th... moreAloma Mariam Mukhtar (born 20 November 1944) is a Nigerian jurist and the Chief Justice of Nigeria appointed in July 2012. She was called to the English Bar in November, 1966 and to the Nigerian Bar in 1967.
President Goodluck Jonathan sworn in Mukhtar on the 16th of July, 2012 as the 13th indigenous Chief Justice of Nigeria, and conferred on her the Nigerian National Honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).
Mukhtar is from Kano State. She attended St. George’s Primary School, Zaria, St. Bartholomew’s School, Wusasa, Zaria, Rossholme School for Girls, East Brent, Somerset, England, Reading Technical College, Reading, Berkshire, England, and Gibson and Weldon College of Law, England, before being called to the English Bar in absentia in November, 1966.
Mukhtar began her career in 1967 as Pupil State Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Northern Nigeria and rose through the ranks:
• Office of the Legal Draftsman, Interim Common Services Agency, Magistrate Grade I, North Eastern State Government, 1971
• Chief Registrar, Kano State Government Judiciary, 1973
• Judge of the High Court of Kano State, 1977—1987
• Justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, Ibadan division, 1987—1993
• Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, 2005—2012
• Chief Justice of Nigeria, 2012—incumbent
In her career, Mukhtar has been many firsts: she is the first female lawyer from Northern Nigeria, first female judge of the High Court in Kano State judiciary, the first female justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria. less
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