{"id":26060,"date":"2020-04-26T20:09:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T19:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26060"},"modified":"2020-04-26T20:09:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T19:09:23","slug":"njc-recommends-president-court-of-appeal-justice-monica-dogban-mesem-69-others-to-buhari-governors-for-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26060","title":{"rendered":"NJC recommends President, Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dogban-Mesem; 69 others to Buhari, Governors for appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Release<\/strong>
\nBy Soji Oye<\/strong>, Esq, Director of Information, NJC
\n\u2022 NJC recommends appointment of four (4) Heads of Court, (64) Sixty-four Judicial Officers for States and FCT High Courts and two (2) Kadis, Sharia Court of Appeal;
\nThe National Judicial Council under the Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Dr. Justice I. T. Muhammad CFR, at its 91st Meeting held online, considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and resolved to recommend the under-listed names of Seventy (70) successful candidates to President Muhammadu Buhari, respective State Governors for appointment as Heads of Courts and other Judicial Officers in Nigeria.
\nThey are as follows:
\n1. APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENT, COURT OF APPEAL
\ni) Hon. Justice M. B. Dongban
\n2. APPOINTMENT OF GRAND KADI, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, JIGAWA STATE
\ni) Hon. Kadi Muhammad Sani Salihu
\n3. APPOINTMENT OF GRAND KADI, SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, SOKOTO STATE
\ni) Hon. Kadi Muhammad Tambari Usman
\n4. APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENT, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, OYO STATE
\ni) Hon. Justice Aderonke Adekemi Aderemi
\n5. APPOINTMENT OF EIGHT (8) JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, LAGOS STATE
\ni) Olatokun Dorcas Taiwo
\nii) Oshoala Yhaqub Gbadebo
\niii) Olukolu Rasul
\niv) Oguntade Omotola Ibironke
\nv) Olaitan Sharafa Abioye
\nvi) Pokanu Adeniyi
\nvii) Ashade Ezekiel Oluwole
\nviii) Sule Amzat Olufunke
\n6. APPOINTMENT OF FIVE (5) JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, DELTA STATE
\ni) Aaron Ighoverio
\nii) Emmanuel Zimi Dolor
\niii) Onome Marshal Umukoro
\niv) Agboje Veronica Oka
\nv) Enenmo Onyeawuli Ferdinard
\n7. APPOINTMENT OF TWO (2) JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, JIGAWA STATE
\ni) Musa Ubale
\nii) Hussaina Adamu Aliyu
\n8. APPOINTMENT OF TWO (2) JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, ABIA STATE
\ni) Chiemezie Chido Nwakanma
\nii) Philomena Onyeje Nweka
\n9. APPOINTMENT OF FIVE (5) JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, KWARA STATE
\ni) Olanipekun Sherifat Bola
\nii) Funsho Dada Lawal
\niii) Hussein Toyin Kawu
\niv) Nureni Kuranga
\nv) Umar Zikki Jibril
\n10. APPOINTMENT OF FOUR (4) JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, KADUNA STATE
\ni) Amina Ahmad Bello
\nii) Ambo Yakubu John
\niii) Andow Edward
\niv) Rabi Salisu Oladoja
\n11. APPOINTMENT OF ONE (1) JUDGE, CUSTOMARY COURT OF APPEAL, ABIA STATE.
\ni) Phoebe Eva Alvan Okoronkwo
\n12. APPOINTMENT OF THIRTY-THREE (33) JUDGES, HIGH COURT, FCT
\ni) Muhammad Mustapha Adamu
\nii) Madugu Mohammed Alhaji
\niii) Josephine Obanor Enobie
\niv) Kayode Agunloye
\nv) Enenche Eleojo
\nvi) Nwabulu Ngozika Chineze
\nvii) Abubakar Babashani
\nviii) Aminu Muhammad Abdullahi
\nix) Nwecheonwu Chinyere Elewe
\nx) Ibrahim Mohammed
\nxi) Sadia Mu\u2019azu Mayana
\nxii) Mimi Anne Katsina Alu-Apena
\nxiii) Kanyip Rosemary Indinya
\nxiv) Aliyu Yunusa Shafa
\nxv) Mohammed Zubairu
\nxvi) Binta Dogonyaro
\nxvii) Christopher Opeyemi Oba
\nxviii) Adeyemi Ajayi Jadesola
\nxix) Abubakar Husseini Musa
\nxx) Adelaja Oluyemisi Ikeolupo
\nxxi) Mohammed Idris Sani
\nxxii) Frances Erhuvwu Messiri
\nxxiii) Fatima Abubakar Aliyu
\nxxiv) Jude Ogor Onwuegbuzie
\nxxv) Hamza Mu\u2019azu
\nxxvi) Edward Ajenu E. Okpe
\nxxvii) Agashieze Cyprian Odinaka
\nxxviii) Fashola Akeem Adebowale
\nxxix) Aliyu Halilu Ahmed
\nxxx) Hassan Maryam Aliyu
\nxxxi) Hafsat Lawan Abba-Aliyu
\nxxxii) Olufola Olufolashade Oshin
\nxxxiii) Njideka K. Nwosu-Iheme
\n13. APPOINTMENT OF TWO (2) JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, KATSINA STATE
\ni) Muhammad Ashiru Sani
\nii) Safiya Umar Badamasi
\n14. APPOINTMENT OF TWO (2) JUDGES, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, ADAMAWA STATE
\ni) Musa Usman
\nii) Kyanson Samuel Lawson
\n15. APPOINTMENT OF TWO (2) KADIS SHARIA COURT OF APPEAL, KATSINA STATE
\ni) Adam Salihu Yarima
\nii) Muhammed Adam Makiyu
\nAll recommended candidates are expected to be sworn-in after approval by the President, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR and their respective State Governors and confirmation by the respective State Houses of Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Release By Soji Oye, Esq, Director of Information, NJC \u2022 NJC recommends appointment of four (4) Heads of Court, (64) Sixty-four Judicial Officers for States and FCT High Courts and two (2) Kadis, Sharia Court of Appeal; The National Judicial Council under the Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Dr. Justice I. T. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":25090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,7],"tags":[1050,1521,547],"class_list":["post-26060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","category-news","tag-1050","tag-monica","tag-njc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}