CAREER / HONOURS

• Conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2002.

• Recipient of Commonwealth Scholarship for PhD degree at Cambridge University.
• Appointed by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as the Chairman of the Constitutional Drafting Sub-Committee of the National Political Reforms Conference in 2005.
• Appointed as a member of the National Political Reforms Conference in 2005.
• Appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Committee on the Review of the Evidence Act in 2005.
• Appointed as Honorary Special Adviser on Legal Matters and General Counsel to the former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, late Alhaji Musa Yar’adua.
• Conferred with the National Honour of Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR), in February 2008.
• Appointed as the Pro-Cchancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
• Appointed, Chairman, Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigeria Federal Universities.
• Appointed, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, University of Lagos.
• Appointed Chairman, Federal Government of Nigeria-Universities based Unions Renegotiations.
• Recipient of Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Ambrose Alli University; Osun State University; Kwara State University and Ebonyi State University.
• Appointed, Chairman, Committee on Construction and Real Estate, Section on Business Law of the Nigerian Bar Association.
• Appointed, Chairman, Committee on Government Practice, Legal Practice Section of the Nigerian Bar Association.