Tinubu Appoints Odusote As First Female Director-General Of Nigerian Law School

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Dr Olugbemisola Titilayo Odusote as the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School.

The appointment, announced on Tuesday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, takes effect from January 10, 2026, and will run for a four-year term.

Odusote, 54, is currently the Deputy Director-General and Head of the Lagos Campus. She will become the first woman to head the institution since its establishment in 1962.

She succeeds Professor Isa Hayatu Chiroma, whose eight-year tenure ends on January 9, 2026.

Odusote earned her LL.B and LL.M degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1988. She later obtained a PhD in Law from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom, with research interests in public law and the administration of justice.

She joined the Nigerian Law School in 2001 as a lecturer and has since served as head of the academic department, director of academics, and head of campus. She was also a visiting scholar at Nottingham Trent University in the UK.

Odusote has published widely in local and international law journals, presented papers at several legal education conferences, and served on committees of the Council of Legal Education and the Nigerian Bar Association.

As Director-General, she will oversee the school’s academic and administrative affairs and coordinate relations with the Council of Legal Education, the Body of Benchers and the Nigerian Bar Association.