Nigeria Judiciary - Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria

The highest level of Nigeria's Judiciary is the Supreme Court. It is constitutionally vested with the Supreme judicial powers of the Nigerian sovereignty for the maintenance of justice within the territory.

The members of the Court are appointed through a process that is designed to ensure that the wisdom of the peoples of Nigeria symbolized in the judgement of their elected President as well as their law-making aptitude vested in the elected legislature are involved in the appointment of any single member of the Supreme Court.

Currently, there are fourteen members of the Court, 11 males and 3 females.

S/N	NAME	YEAR OF APPOINTMENT	GENDER
1	Chief Justice Dahiru Musdapher		Male
2	Justice Aloma Mariam. Muktar		Female
3	Justice Mahmud Mohammed		Male
4	Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen		Male
5	Justice Francis Fedobe Tabai		Male
6	Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad		Male
7	Justice Christopher Mitchell Chukwuma-Eneh		Male
8	Justice S. Muntaka Coomasie		Male
9	Justice John. A. Fabiyi		Male
10	Justice Funmilola Adekeye		Female
11	Justice Suleiman Galadima		Male
12	Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour		Male
13	Justice Nwali S. Ngwuta		Male
14	Justice Mary Peter-Odili		Female

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