As the world celebrates the 2021 International Women's Day with this year's theme "#ChooseToChallenge", we will be celebrating the women at the apex court in Nigeria.
These female justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria have worked their way up the ladder of success through hard work and dedication. They have contributed positively to the Justice system in the country. They chose to challenge the status quo of male dominance in the Supreme court of Nigeria.

Honorable Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun
Honorable Justice Kekere-Ekun was born on May 7, 1958. She obtained her LL.B in 1980 from the University of Lagos after which she proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, where she was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1981. In 1983, she attended the London School of Economics and Political Science for her LL.M program.

She was appointed a Senior Magistrate at the Grade II Magistrate Court, Lagos State in December 1989. She was subsequently appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Lagos State in July 1996.

Justice Kekere-Ekun was elevated as a Justice of the Court of Appeal on September 22, 2004, where she also served as a member of the Court of Appeal ICT Committee from June 2011 to July 2013.

She was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on June 8, 2013. She is happily married with children.

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