Appeal Court President, Justice Bulkachuwa set to bow out

Date: 2020-02-18

The President of Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa will on March 6, 2020 bow out of the Bench as she clocks the statutory mandatory retirement age of 70 years for Justices of Appeal Court.

In a programme of event lined up for her retirement , a special valedictory court session/ reception in honour of the retiring President of the Court of Appeal, will hold on Wednesday February 19, 2020 ( tomorrow) at the Court of Appeal complex , Lagos Division, Igbosere Road, Lagos. south west Nigeria.

The Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, Honourable Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba JCA and other Justices of the Appeal Court in other divisions across the federation, Federal and State High Court judges and other judicial officers will attend the valedictory session.

Born on March 6, 1950, Bulkachuwa, an indigene of Nafada Local Government Area of Gombe State, was born to the family of Alhaji Abubakar Gidado EL-Nafaty in Bauchi, Bauchi State.

She had her Primary Education at Tudun Wada Primary School, Kaduna in 1957 before moving to Senior Primary School, Maiduguri Road, Kaduna in 1961, where she obtained her First School Leaving Certificate in 1963. Thereafter, she enrolled at Queen Elizabeth School, Ilorin where she got her West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1968.

Bulkachuwa proceeded to Abdullahi Bayero College/Ahmadu Bello University Kano between 1971 and 1972 for her GCE 'A' Levels and in 1975 she obtained her LL.B (Hons) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Between 1975 and 1976 she attended the Nigerian Law School.

The retiring Court of Appeal president started her working career as a National Youth Service Corp member on primary assignment at the Ministry of Justice, Kaduna in 1976. She rose through the cadre to become a Chief Magistrate from 1985 to 1987. Her commitment to service led to her appointment as a High Court Judge in 1987.

At the creation of Gombe State she was deployed and sworn in as the Chief Judge of Gombe State Judiciary in 1997. In 1998 she was appointed as Justice, Court of Appeal (JCA) and on April 17, 2014, former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan approved her appointment as Honourable Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa as The President, Court of Appeal.

She was sworn in by Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and first female CJN.

She has received a substantial number of awards, notable among which are two National Awards; OFR and CFR in 2008 and 2014 respectively. She is a member of numerous professional bodies and has served on various Judicial Committees. She has also attended workshops and seminars in Nigeria and overseas.

Source

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ile Arugbo     Onilu     John Obuh     Olayinka Olaogun     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Elese Of Igbaja     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Saduki Lafiagi     Ahmad Lawan     Mohammed Danjuma     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Rabiu Kwankwaso     ER-KANG     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Mary Kemi Adeosun     SAPZ Project     Ibrahim Akaje     KWASIEC     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Radio Kwara     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Ileloke     Halimah Perogi     Adisa Logun     Olabode Towoju     A.E. Afolabi     Hamza Usman     Metro Park     Dauda Adesola     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     SSA Youth Engagement     Nupe     Alapansapa     Tunde Akanbi     Ashiru     Abatemi Usman     ASUU     Dele Belgore     Suleiman Ajadi     Sodiya     Dele Momodu     Bature Bello     Kwara Basketball Association     Playing Host     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Kwara TV     Sa\'adu Salahu     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     GAMA     Salman Suleiman     Issa Oloruntogun     Omu-aran     April 11     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Village Alive Development Association     Sabo-Oke     Young Progressives Party     Shonga     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     New Model Police Station     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Lithium     Gwanara     Valsolar Consortium     AGM Professional Services     Ayegbeni     Ganmo     Dairo Kunle Paul     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Olugbense     Lawal Jimoh     Ramadan     Sobi FM     Babata     Bayo Lawal    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Jimoh Akani     Toyin Abdullahi     Student Learning Support Helpline     Temitope Ogunbanke     Ilorin South Constituency     Musa Alhassan Buge     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Village Alive Development Association     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Centre For Digital Economy     Oko Erin     Zainab Abass     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Iyabo Adewuyi     Joseph Daudu     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Kale Belgore     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Saba Jibril     Femtech     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Code Of Conduct     Odolaye Aremu     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     EFCC     Wahab Kunle Shittu     REO CAKES     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     PPS     KWASAA     General Hospital     Alapado     Seun Bolaji     Baba Idris     Kwara University Of Education     Owo Arugbo     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Illyasu Abdullahi     07039448763     Bisi Kristien     Jamiu Oyawoye     Baaziki Sulaiman     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Kayode Bankole     Kwara State Pension Board     Haliru Dantoro     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Ile Arugbo     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Alabere     College Of Health     Dumagi     Adebara     KWATMA     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Ballah     Yoruba     Waheed Ibrahim     Post-utme     JMK Construction Company Limited     Aiyedun     Aliyu Muhammed     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Oke-Odo     Akanji     Muslim Cementary     Olatunji Ayeni     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Bola Sagaya