{{Aloma Mukhtar, 68 has been confirmed as the first woman chief Justice in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
She becomes Nigeria\u2019s 13th Chief Justice.}}<\/p>\n
She was confirmed by the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday. Her nomination was made by President Goodluck Jonathan on July 4.<\/p>\n
She is replacing Dahiru Musdapher, who is expected to vacate office on July 15 at the mandatory retirement age of 70.<\/p>\n
Mukhtar was born in north-western Nigerian town of Kano in November 1944.<\/p>\n
She attended schools in Nigeria and England before becoming the first woman from the north to be admitted to the Nigerian Bar.<\/p>\n
Mukhtar was appointed the country\u2019s first woman judge in September 1987, and in 2005 she became the first woman to ascend to the bench of Nigeria\u2019s Supreme Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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