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词条 Dahiru Musdapher
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Education

  3. Employment records

     Other employment 

  4. National honours

  5. Personal life

  6. See also

  7. References

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|name = Dahiru Musdapher
|honorific-suffix = GCON
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|office1 = 13th Chief Justice of Nigeria
|term_start1 = 29 August 2011
|term_end1 = 16 July 2012
|predecessor1 = Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu
|successor1 = Aloma Mariam Mukhtar
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|7|15|df=y}}
|birth_place = Babura Town, Barbura, Jigawa State, Nigeria
|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|01|22|1942|07|15|df=yes}}
|party =
|spouse = Hajiya Sabuwa (Fatima Suleiman){{Citation needed |date=February 2018}}
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Dahiru Musdapher (15 July 1942 – 22 January 2018)[1] was a Nigerian jurist. In 2011, he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He served as Chief Judge of the Kano State Judiciary from 1979 to 1985, and as a member of the Court of Appeal from 1985 until 2003. He was the acting Chief Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.{{citation needed|date= January 2018}}

Early life

He was born a member of the Bani Ya'muusa clan in Babura Town in Babura, a local government area in the north of Jigawa State. {{Citation needed|date=February 2018}}

Education

  • Babura Elementary School, 1950–1953
  • Birnin Kudu Middle School, 1954–1956
  • Rumfa College, Kano, 1957–1962
  • Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1963–1964
  • University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, 1964–1967
  • Inns of Court School of Law (Middle Temple), 1964–1967
  • Nigerian Law School, 1967–1968

Employment records

  • Private legal practice, 1968–1976
  • Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Kaduna State, 1976–1978
  • Judge High Court of Kano State, 1979
  • Chief Judge, Kano State Judiciary, 1979–1985
  • Justice, Court of Appeal, 1985–2003
  • Justice, Supreme Court of Nigeria, since 2003

Other employment

  • Regular Contributor/Discussant, BBC West Africa Service (BBC News), 1964–1967
  • Member, Kano Emirate Council (Kano Emirate), 1968–1975
  • Member, Kano Metropolitan Council, 1969–1976
  • Non-Executive Director, National Electric Power Authority Board, 1974–1976
  • Director, Kano Co-operative Bank (now part of Unity Bank), 1972–1976

National honours

  • Commander of the Order of the Niger, CON 2003
  • Commander of the Federal Republic, CFR 2008
  • Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON 2011 {{Citation needed|date=February 2018}}

Personal life

He was married to Hajiya Amina Maikano in 1967, but the marriage ended in 1981.

He later married Hajiya Fatima Suleiman, more commonly referred to as Sabuwa, with three children, Khadijah, Kaloma and Suleiman.{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}} He has nine grandchildren, with Nabil being the oldest and Dahiru Jr (Muhammad) the youngest.{{Citation needed|date=February 2018}}

See also

{{portal|Biography|Nigeria}}
  • List of jurists
  • List of Nigerians
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References

1. ^https://www.okayng.com/former-cjn-justice-dahiru-musdapher-is-dead/
  • {{cite web |url= http://www.scn.gov.ng/portal/detail.php?link=mustafa|title= Hon. Justice Dahiru Musdapher|accessdate=2007-10-17 |work=scn.gov.ng |publisher=Supreme Court of Nigeria}}
{{Supreme Court of Nigeria}}{{Chief Justices of Nigeria}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Musdapher, Dahiru}}

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