The 13th Chief Justice of Nigeria, Dahiru Musdapher, is dead. He died in the early hours of Tuesday, according to his younger brother, Muneer Musdapher. Musdapher was educated at the Ahmadu Bello University and the School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. In 1976 he was appointed Kaduna State attorney general and commissioner of justice, and as a high court judge in Kano state in 1979. He climbed to the Court of Appeal in 1983, where he spent 18 years, until his appointment to the Supreme Court in 2003.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 23, 2018 09:45 UTC