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She began her Primary Education at Tudun Wada Primary School in Kaduna and also attended Senior Primary School, in Kaduna - Kaduna State between 1957 in 1963, where she acquired her First School Leaving Certificate in 1963.<ref name=":0" /> She later enrolled at Queen Elizabeth School in [[Ilorin]] - [[Kwara State]] where she obtained her West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1968. Honourable Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa proceeded to Abdullahi Bayero College Kano for her GCE ‘A’ Levels between 1971 and 1972 and in 1975 she obtained her LL.B (Hons) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. She then proceeded to the Nigerian Law School Bwari - FCT between 1975 and 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-02 |title=Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa: 1st Female President Of The Court Of Appeal {{!}} The Abusites |url=https://www.theabusites.com/justice-zainab-bulkachuwa-court-of-appeal/ |access-date=2022-03-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>
She began her Primary Education at Tudun Wada Primary School in Kaduna and also attended Senior Primary School, in Kaduna - Kaduna State between 1957 in 1963, where she acquired her First School Leaving Certificate in 1963.<ref name=":0" /> She later enrolled at Queen Elizabeth School in [[Ilorin]] - [[Kwara State]] where she obtained her West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1968. Honourable Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa proceeded to Abdullahi Bayero College Kano for her GCE ‘A’ Levels between 1971 and 1972 and in 1975 she obtained her LL.B (Hons) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. She then proceeded to the Nigerian Law School Bwari - FCT between 1975 and 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-02 |title=Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa: 1st Female President Of The Court Of Appeal {{!}} The Abusites |url=https://www.theabusites.com/justice-zainab-bulkachuwa-court-of-appeal/ |access-date=2022-03-04 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==[[Call to the bar]]==
==[[Call to the bar]]==
She was [[Call to the bar]] in 1976 and was appointed to the bench of the [[Nigerian courts of appeal|Nigerian courts of appeals]] as Justice in 1998.<ref name="courtofappeal">{{cite web|url=http://www.courtofappeal.gov.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112:the-hon-justice-zainab-adamu-bulkachuwa&catid=83:justices-coa&Itemid=485|title=Court of Appeal, Nigeria - Home|publisher=courtofappeal.gov.ng|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref>
<ref>{{Citation |last=Islam |first=Mahmuda |title=Women, Politics and Patriarchy: A Case of Bangladesh |date=2014 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137390578_15 |work=Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia |pages=238–253 |place=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=978-1-349-48267-2 |access-date=2022-03-26}}</ref>She was [[Call to the bar]] in 1976 and was appointed to the bench of the [[Nigerian courts of appeal|Nigerian courts of appeals]] as Justice in 1998.<ref name="courtofappeal">{{cite web|url=http://www.courtofappeal.gov.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112:the-hon-justice-zainab-adamu-bulkachuwa&catid=83:justices-coa&Itemid=485|title=Court of Appeal, Nigeria - Home|publisher=courtofappeal.gov.ng|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref>
Prior to that appointment, she was a Judge at the High Court of [[Bauchi State]].<ref name="channelstv">{{cite web|url=http://www.channelstv.com/2014/03/26/senate-confirms-zainab-bulkachuwa-as-appeal-court-president/|title=Senate Confirms Zainab Bulkachuwa As Appeal Court President - Channels Television|publisher=channelstv.com|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref>
Prior to that appointment, she was a Judge at the High Court of [[Bauchi State]].<ref name="channelstv">{{cite web|url=http://www.channelstv.com/2014/03/26/senate-confirms-zainab-bulkachuwa-as-appeal-court-president/|title=Senate Confirms Zainab Bulkachuwa As Appeal Court President - Channels Television|publisher=channelstv.com|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref>
She presided over the Sokoto State governorship election petition of 2007 and the suit in which [[Timipre Sylva]]'s petition challenged the nomination of [[Henry Dickson|Seriake Dickson]] as the State flag-bearer of the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples' Democratic Party]], a case that was dismissed by the [[Supreme Court of Nigeria]].<ref name="premiumtimesng">{{cite web|url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/4739-breaking-news-supreme-court-dismisses-timipre-sylvas-case-against-pdp-bayelsa-governor.html|title=BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court dismisses Timipre Sylva's case against PDP, Bayelsa governor - Premium Times Nigeria|publisher=premiumtimesng.com|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref><ref name="today">{{cite web|url=http://www.today.ng/news/supreme-court-dismisses-ex-gov-sylvas-suit-against-gov-dicksons-election/|title=Supreme Court dismisses ex-Gov. Sylva's suit against Gov. Dickson's election – TODAY|publisher=today.ng|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref>
She presided over the Sokoto State governorship election petition of 2007 and the suit in which [[Timipre Sylva]]'s petition challenged the nomination of [[Henry Dickson|Seriake Dickson]] as the State flag-bearer of the [[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|Peoples' Democratic Party]], a case that was dismissed by the [[Supreme Court of Nigeria]].<ref name="premiumtimesng">{{cite web|url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/4739-breaking-news-supreme-court-dismisses-timipre-sylvas-case-against-pdp-bayelsa-governor.html|title=BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court dismisses Timipre Sylva's case against PDP, Bayelsa governor - Premium Times Nigeria|publisher=premiumtimesng.com|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref><ref name="today">{{cite web|url=http://www.today.ng/news/supreme-court-dismisses-ex-gov-sylvas-suit-against-gov-dicksons-election/|title=Supreme Court dismisses ex-Gov. Sylva's suit against Gov. Dickson's election – TODAY|publisher=today.ng|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref>
On April 17, 2014, she was appointed as the first female President of the Nigerian courts of appeals by President [[Goodluck Ebele Jonathan]], sworn-in by [[Aloma Mariam Mukhtar]], A former Chief Justice of Nigeria and who coincidentally is first female Chief Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<ref name="thisdaylive2">{{cite web|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/cjn-asks-court-of-appeal-judges-to-avoid-conflicting-judgments-political-associations/196502/|title=CJN Asks Court of Appeal Judges to Avoid Conflicting Judgments, Political Associations, Articles {{pipe}} THISDAY LIVE|author=Powered by DMflex WebGen --- www.dmflex.com|publisher=thisdaylive.com|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref><ref name="premiumtimesng2">{{cite web|url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/157027-breaking-jonathan-appoints-zainab-bulkachuwa-court-appeal-president.html|title=BREAKING: Jonathan appoints Zainab Bulkachuwa as Court of Appeal President - Premium Times Nigeria|publisher=premiumtimesng.com|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref>
On April 17, 2014, she was appointed as the first female President of the Nigerian courts of appeals by President [[Goodluck Ebele Jonathan]], sworn-in by [[Aloma Mariam Mukhtar]], A former Chief Justice of Nigeria and who coincidentally is first female Chief Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.<ref name="thisdaylive2">{{cite web|url=http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/cjn-asks-court-of-appeal-judges-to-avoid-conflicting-judgments-political-associations/196502/|title=CJN Asks Court of Appeal Judges to Avoid Conflicting Judgments, Political Associations, Articles {{pipe}} THISDAY LIVE|author=Powered by DMflex WebGen --- www.dmflex.com|publisher=thisdaylive.com|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref><ref name="premiumtimesng2">{{cite web|url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/157027-breaking-jonathan-appoints-zainab-bulkachuwa-court-appeal-president.html|title=BREAKING: Jonathan appoints Zainab Bulkachuwa as Court of Appeal President - Premium Times Nigeria|publisher=premiumtimesng.com|access-date=2015-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Islam |first=Mahmuda |title=Women, Politics and Patriarchy: A Case of Bangladesh |date=2014 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137390578_15 |work=Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia |pages=238–253 |place=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=978-1-349-48267-2 |access-date=2022-03-26}}</ref>


==Membership==
==Membership==

Revision as of 15:47, 26 March 2022

Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa
File:Zainab bulkachuwa.png
Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa
Assumed office
April 17, 2014
Personal details
Born6th March, 1950
Gombe State, Nigeria
Political partyNon partisian

Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, OFR (born March 1950) is a Nigerian Judge and Former President of the Nigerian courts of appeal[1][2]

Early Life

Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkacha OFR (Rtd) was born on 6th March, 1950 to Alhaji Abubakar Gidado El-Nafaty and Hajiya Aishatu Dudu El-Nafaty.[3] An indigene of Nafada Local Government Area of Gombe State.

Education

She began her Primary Education at Tudun Wada Primary School in Kaduna and also attended Senior Primary School, in Kaduna - Kaduna State between 1957 in 1963, where she acquired her First School Leaving Certificate in 1963.[3] She later enrolled at Queen Elizabeth School in Ilorin - Kwara State where she obtained her West African School Certificate (WASC) in 1968. Honourable Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa proceeded to Abdullahi Bayero College Kano for her GCE ‘A’ Levels between 1971 and 1972 and in 1975 she obtained her LL.B (Hons) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. She then proceeded to the Nigerian Law School Bwari - FCT between 1975 and 1976.[4]

Call to the bar

[5]She was Call to the bar in 1976 and was appointed to the bench of the Nigerian courts of appeals as Justice in 1998.[6] Prior to that appointment, she was a Judge at the High Court of Bauchi State.[7] She presided over the Sokoto State governorship election petition of 2007 and the suit in which Timipre Sylva's petition challenged the nomination of Seriake Dickson as the State flag-bearer of the Peoples' Democratic Party, a case that was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Nigeria.[8][9] On April 17, 2014, she was appointed as the first female President of the Nigerian courts of appeals by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, sworn-in by Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, A former Chief Justice of Nigeria and who coincidentally is first female Chief Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.[10][11][12]

Membership

References

  1. ^ Leadership Newspaper. "Bulkachuwa Becomes 1st Female Appeal Court President |". leadership.ng. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  2. ^ Powered by DMflex WebGen --- www.dmflex.com. "The Task Before Bulkachuwa, Articles | THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  3. ^ a b "Dailytrust News, Sports and Business, Politics | Dailytrust". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  4. ^ "Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa: 1st Female President Of The Court Of Appeal | The Abusites". 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  5. ^ Islam, Mahmuda (2014), "Women, Politics and Patriarchy: A Case of Bangladesh", Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 238–253, ISBN 978-1-349-48267-2, retrieved 2022-03-26
  6. ^ "Court of Appeal, Nigeria - Home". courtofappeal.gov.ng. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  7. ^ "Senate Confirms Zainab Bulkachuwa As Appeal Court President - Channels Television". channelstv.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  8. ^ "BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court dismisses Timipre Sylva's case against PDP, Bayelsa governor - Premium Times Nigeria". premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  9. ^ "Supreme Court dismisses ex-Gov. Sylva's suit against Gov. Dickson's election – TODAY". today.ng. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  10. ^ Powered by DMflex WebGen --- www.dmflex.com. "CJN Asks Court of Appeal Judges to Avoid Conflicting Judgments, Political Associations, Articles | THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  11. ^ "BREAKING: Jonathan appoints Zainab Bulkachuwa as Court of Appeal President - Premium Times Nigeria". premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  12. ^ Islam, Mahmuda (2014), "Women, Politics and Patriarchy: A Case of Bangladesh", Women, Political Struggles and Gender Equality in South Asia, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 238–253, ISBN 978-1-349-48267-2, retrieved 2022-03-26
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