Binta Nyako
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Honourable Justice Binta Nyako | |
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| Born | Binta Fatimat Remawa May 14, 1959 |
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| Spouse | Murtala Nyako |
Justice Binta Nyako (born May 14, 1959) is a judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria from Katsina State. She is the current President of the International Association of Women Judges and has previously served as the President of the Nigeria's National Association of Women Judges. She served as the chief judge of Bauchi State from 2014 to 2017, becoming the first woman to hold this position in the state and the first woman to lead a high court bench in Nigeria.[1][2][3]
Binta Nyako was born in the town of Remawa (now in Rimi) in the Katsina Province of Northern Nigeria.[1][4]
Between 1972 and 1976, Nyako attended Queen's College in Lagos for her secondary school education. In 1980, she obtained her Law degree from Ahmadu Bello University, followed by graduation from the Nigerian Law School a year later, becoming Katsina's first ever female lawyer.[1][4][5]