[3][4] On 16 July 2012, President Goodluck Jonathan swore her in as the 13th indigenous Chief Justice of Nigeria, and conferred on her the Nigerian National Honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON).

[5] She attended Saint George’s Primary School, Zaria, St. Bartholomew’s School, Wusasa, Zaria, Rossholme School for Girls, East Brent, Somerset, England, Reading Technical College, Reading, Berkshire, England, and Gibson and Weldon College of Law, England, before being called to the English Bar in absentia in November, 1966.

[4] During the course of her career she received several awards including the Nigerian national honor of Commander of the Order of the Niger in 2006.

Prior to that in 1993 she received a Gold Merit Award for her contribution in the development of law in Kano state and was also inducted into the Nigerian Hall of Fame in 2005.

[8] On 16 July 2012, President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan conferred on her the National Honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger.