Mamman Nasir

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]

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

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
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  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.
  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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