1. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun was born on May 7, 1958, in London, United Kingdom.
2. She is the eldest of eleven siblings, born to Alhaji Senator H.A.B. Fasinro, OFR, a lawyer and politician, and Mrs. Winifred Layiwola Ogundimu, a UK-trained nurse.
3. She attended Queen’s College, Lagos, for her secondary education.
4. She obtained her LL.B. in 1980 from the University of Lagos and her LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in November 1983.
5. On July 10, 1981, she was called to the Nigerian Bar after completing her compulsory one-year National Youth Service at the Ministry of Justice, Benin City, Edo State.
6. Justice Kekere-Ekun started her career in law in private practice, where she worked from 1985 to 1989.
7. She was appointed as a Senior Magistrate Grade II in the Lagos State Judiciary in December 1989.
8. On July 19, 1996, she was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Lagos State.
9. She was elevated to the Court of Appeal on September 22, 2004, where she served in various divisions.
10. Justice Kekere-Ekun was elevated to the Supreme Court bench as the fifth female justice on July 8, 2013.
11. She is the fifth and youngest female to be appointed as a justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
12. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun was sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria on August 23, 2024.
13. In 2022, she was awarded a national honour as Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR).
14. She was involved in the controversial 2020 Supreme Court ruling that declared Hope Uzodinma as the rightful governor of Imo State.
15. In 2003, she served on the National Centre for State Courts (NCSC) Ethics Curriculum Planning Committee, helping develop the Code of Conduct for Judicial Employees in collaboration with DFID and the UNODC.
