Mamman Nasir
Galadiman Katsina | |
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British Nigeria | |
| Died | 13 April 2019 (aged 89) Katsina, Nigeria |
Nasir Mamman
President of the Courts of Appeal from 1978 to 1992.[2]
Biography
Mamman was born in 1929 in Katsina.[3] He graduated in 1947 from Kaduna College (later Barewa College) and read Latin at the University College of Ibadan.
He was instructed in the law and
called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1956. Mamman, Mohammed Bello, and Justice Buba Ardo went on to become the first northerners educated in the common law to be in-government since the fall of the Sokoto Caliphate.[4][5]
On his return, he was made
North Central State
Government.
He was made Justice of the
President of the Courts of Appeal[6] until his ennoblement on May 9, 1992 as the Galadima of Katsina and District Head of Malumfashi.[7][8][9][10][11]
Mamman died in Katsina on April 13, 2019 after a brief illness.[12][13]
References
- ^ Admin (3 November 2016). "NASIR, Alhaji Maman".
- ^ "Katsina State - Local Government Area Council". Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ a b "JUSTICE MAMMAN NASIR". TheNigerianVoice. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "JUSTICE MAMMAN NASIR". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "The Sokoto Caliphate and its Legacies (1804-2004)". Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "The Hon. Justice M. Nasir GCON (President 1978-1992)". courtofappeal.gov.ng. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "Mamman Nasir: From the Bench to the throne". Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "Fight Against Insurgency: Traditional Rulers Sidelined –Mamman Nasir". Leadership News. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "'There Might Be Plans To Hijack Buhari's Administration' – Justice Mamman Nasir (rtd)". The Sheet. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "Adagbo Onoja: Justice Mamman Nasir, the North and 2015". DailyPost Nigeria. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "Return of Peace to the North is Leaders' Responsibility, Says Nasir, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "Former Court of Appeal President, Nasir is dead". Daily Trust. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Allah ya yi wa Justice Mamman Nasir rasuwa". BBC. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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