A portrait of Hon. Justice Maryam Aloma Mukhtar (GCON) first female justice of the supreme court of Nigeria. First female chief justice of Nigeria
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2023
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Fct, Abuja: National Library of Nigeria, Headquarters
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Portrait of Hon. Justice Maryam Aloma Mukhtar (GCON). First female justice of the supreme court of Nigeria. First female chief justice of Nigeria
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This is the portrait of the Hon. Justice Maryam Aloma Mukhtar (GCON). First female justice of the supreme court of Nigeria. First female chief justice of Nigeria
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar GCON (born 20 November 1944) is a Nigerian jurist and former Chief Justice of Nigeria from July 2012 to November 2014. She was called to the English Bar in November, 1966 and to the Nigerian Bar in 1967.
On July 16th, 2012, Aloma Mukhtar was sworn in as the first woman Chief Justice of Nigeria by the then serving President of Nigeria Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, who conferred on her the National Honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON).