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Mamman Nasir
President of the Nigerian courts of appeals
In office
1978–1992
Personal details
Born(1929-07-02)2 July 1929
Katsina State, Nigeria
Died13 April 2019(2019-04-13) (aged 89)
Katsina, Nigeria

Nasir Mamman, GCON (2 July 1929[1] – 13 April 2019)[2] was a Nigerian Jurist, Galadima of Katsina and former President of the Nigerian courts of appeals.[3][4]

Early life

Justice Nasir was born in 1929 in Katsina State, Northern Nigeria.[5] He attended Kaduna College where he obtained the West Africa School Certificate in 1947 and later attended the University of Ibadan, where he obtained a certificate in Latin.[6] He proceeded to the Council of Legal Education where he received a bachelor's degree in Law in 1956, the same year he was Call to the bar, Lincoln's Inn. He returned to Nigeria in 1956 and was appointed a Crown Counsel.[7] In 1961, he was appointed as Minister of Justice, Northern Nigeria, a position he held for five years before he became the Director of Public Prosecution, Northern Region in 1967, the same year he was appointed Solicitor General, North Central State.[8] He held this position for seven years before he was appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Justice in 1975.[9] In 1978, he was appointed as President of the Nigerian courts of appeals, a position he held until he retired in 1992 to ascend the throne of Galadima of Katsina and was turbaned on May 9, 1992.[10]

Nasir died in Katsina on April 13, 2019 after a brief illness.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Admin (3 November 2016). "NASIR, Alhaji Maman".
  2. ^ Bello, Abdulrasheed (13 April 2019). "Former Appeal Court president Mamman Nasir passes on in Katsina". TODAY.NG.
  3. ^ "katsinastate-lgac". katsinastate-lgac.com. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Adagbo Onoja: Justice Mamman Nasir, the North and 2015". DailyPost Nigeria. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Return of Peace to the North is Leaders' Responsibility, Says Nasir, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  6. ^ "'There Might Be Plans To Hijack Buhari's Administration' – Justice Mamman Nasir (rtd)". The Sheet. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  7. ^ "JUSTICE MAMMAN NASIR". TheNigerianVoice. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  8. ^ Leadership Newspaper (7 February 2015). "Fight Against Insurgency: Traditional Rulers Sidelined –Mamman Nasir". Nigerian News from Leadership News. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  9. ^ Super User. "The Hon. Justice M. Nasir GCON (President 1978-1992)". courtofappeal.gov.ng. Retrieved 29 April 2015. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ "Mamman Nasir: From the Bench to the throne". nigeria.gounna.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  11. ^ "Former Court of Appeal President, Nasir is dead". Daily Trust. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Allah ya yi wa Justice Mamman Nasir rasuwa". BBC. Retrieved 13 April 2019.



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