Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle East›West Africa›All West AfricaBrowse ByAll West AfricaWest Africa gathers the modern Chief Justices and senior constitutional judges of Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Niger, Mali, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, the Gambia and Mauritania. The group spans anglophone and francophone judicial traditions across the region, from Ghana's own Chief Justices since independence in 1957 through Nigeria's Supreme Court bench to the Constitutional Councils and Cours de Cassation of the francophone states.FactsAll West AfricaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedJudges of West African supreme courts, exemplified by the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the highest court in Nigeria. 1Formation YearWell-attested1963 CE 1All West AfricaFilter Results43 entriesRoleAllBarrister, solicitor and jurist (1)Diplomat and jurist (1)Diplomat and politician (1)Judge (5)Judge and a former Chief Justice of Ghana (1)Judge and lawyer (2)Judge at the Kogi State Judiciary from January 1990 to 2007 (1)Jurist (4)Jurist and an active justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana (1)Jurist and diplomat (1)Jurist and justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (1)Jurist and politician (1)Jurist and Supreme Court justice (1)Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (1)Lawyer and judge (4)Lawyer, university educator and politician (1)Legal writer and colonial judge (1)Politician (1)Politician and lawyer (2)Politician, lawyer and academic (1)Solicitor and Lawyer (1)Supreme Court Judge (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllBeninese (2)British (1)Gambian (1)Ghana (1)Ghanaian (15)Guinean (1)Ivorian (1)Liberia (1)Liberian (2)Malian (1)Mauritanian (1)Nigeria (3)Nigerian (6)Nigerien (2)Senegal (1)Sierra Leone (1)Legal SystemAllLaw of Benin (2)Law of Ghana (16)Law of Liberia (3)Law of Nigeria (9)Law of the United Kingdom (1)Field of LawAllCivil / Private Law (1)Commercial and Business Law (2)Constitutional Law (8)Criminal Law (3)Human Rights Law (2)International Law (1)Islamic Law (Sharia and Fiqh) (2)GenderAllFemale (15)Male (25)Court Served OnAllAfrican Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (1)Special Court for Sierra Leone (1)Supreme Court of Ghana (16)Supreme Court of Nigeria (7)BrowseCompareSelect all 43Abdoulaye 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Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Africa and the Middle EastSources1. Supreme Court of Nigeria (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaSupreme Court of Nigeria, lead sectionThe Supreme Court of Nigeria (SCN) is the highest court in Nigeria, and is located in the Central District, Abuja, in what is known as the Three Arms Zone.Supreme Court of Nigeria, 1963 republic sentencein 1963, when the Federal Republic of Nigeria was proclaimed, the Supreme Court became the highest court in Nigeria after appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council were abolishedView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.