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Past Chief Justices of Nigeria From 1914 Till Date

1. Sir Edwin Speed, 1914-1918

2. Sir Ralph Combe, 1918-1929

3. Donald kingdon, 1929-1946

4. Sir John Verity, 1946-1954

5. Sir Stafford Sutton, 1955-1958

6. Adetokunbo Ademola, 1958-1972

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7. Taslim Olawale Elias, 1972-1975

8. Darnley Arthur Alexander, 1975-1979

9. Attanda Fatai Williams, 1979-1983

10. George Sodeinde Sowewimo, 1983-1985

11. Ayo Gabriel Irikefe, 1985-1987

12. Mohammed Bello, 1987-1995

13. Muhammad Lawal Uwais, 1995-2006

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14. Salihu Moddibo Alfa Belgore, 2006-2007

15. Idris Legbo Kutigi, 2007-2009

16. Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu, 2009-2011

17. Dahiru Musdapher, 2011-2012

18. Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, 2012-2014

19. Mahmad Mohammed, 2014-2016

20. Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, 2017 – 2019.

21. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed – Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (25 January 2019 – date

List of Former Chief Justices

Lagos (1863 – 1929)

• Sir William Nicholl (1902 – 1908)
• Thomas Crossley Rayner (1895 – 1902))
• Sir John Salman Smith (1886 – 1895)
• James Marshall (1874 – 1886)
• George French (1867 – 1874)
• John Carr (1866 – ) (West African Settlements Supreme Court)
• Benjamin Way (? – 1866)

Current Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria

Northern Nigeria

• Sir Edwin Speed (1908 – 1913)
• Sir M R Mendez (1905 – 1908)
• Henry Cowper Gollan (1901 – 1905)
• Alastair Davidson (1900 – 1901)

Southern Nigeria

• Willoughby Osborne (1906 – 1913)
• Henry Green Kelly (1900 – 1902)