The legal instrument authorising one or more Administrators to administer the deceased’s estate in accordance with the law where the deceased died intestate or where a Will executed by the deceased is invalid.

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The legal instrument authorising one or more Executors named in the Will of the deceased to administer the deceased’s estate in accordance with the directions in the Will.

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Where further assets of the Deceased are discovered after Letters of Administration or Probate have been obtained, the Administrators/Executors may apply for a Certificate of Additional Assets.

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Honourable Justice Kazeem O. Alogba has been sworn-in as the 17th Chief Judge of Lagos State

In accordance with Section 271 (1) and (4) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As amended), His Excellency Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu,Governor of Lagos State swore-in Honourable Justice Kazeem O. Alogba as the 17th Chief Judge of Lagos State with effect from Wednesday 21st August 2019,following the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) and subsequent confirmation of the State House of Assembly after Honourable Justice Kazeem O. Alogba spent about three months in acting capacity.

The appointment of the Chief Judge is consequent upon the need to prevent a vacuum in the State Judiciary, given the imminent retirement of the past Chief Judge of Lagos State, Honourable Justice Opeyemi Oke, who disengaged statutorily from the State Judiciary on Monday 10 June 2019. Accordingly, the new Chief Judge was swore-in on Wednesday 21st August 2019 in Alausa Ikeja.

Prior to his appointment Justice Kazeem Alogba was the most senior of the 58 Honourable Justices in the State Judiciary next to the out-gone Chief Judge, and had chaired the Committee on the review of the High Court Civil Procedure Rules, which culminated in the new High Court of Lagos(Civil Procedure) Rules of 2019 that came into force on 31 January 2019.

Appointed as a magistrate in 2001. She is experience in family and probate matters.

Taiwo Deborah Akanni is a Chief Magistrate Grade 1 with Lagos State Judiciary. She obtained the Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Ibadan in 1988. She thereafter enrolled at the Nigeria Law School and was called to Nigeria Bar in December 1989. She obtained a Master's degree from the University of Lagos in 2012. She was in private legal practice for many years in the Law firm of Afolabi Adeniran & Co.and Ayinde Sanni & Co before joining the Lagos State Judiciary as a Magistrate. She has risen through the ranks and now a Chief Magistrate. She has also attended several Workshops, Seminars and trainings in the following areas; Family Law, Judicial Ethics, Computer Training Acquisition etc.

Her Honour Adepeju Odusanya was appointed a Magistrate of the Lagos State Judiciary on the 1st day of January, 2004. Before her appointment to the lower Bench, she was in practice with the law firm of Olakunke Morohundiya & Co, between 1993-1997 and Elohor Edviri & Co between 1999-2004 where she rose to the position of Deputy Head of Chambers before she was appointed a Magistrate in 2004 and has attained the position of Chief Magistrate.

She has since her appointment attended several training at both local and international level, she has also sat as the Coroner for Ikeja Magisterial District.

She became Head of Department, Probate Registry, Lagos on the 14th of February, 2022.

Mrs Adepeju Odusanya graduated from Ogun State University in 1992 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1993. She is married with children.

ELIAS, TAJUDEEN ADEGBENGA (MR.) graduated from Lagos State University, Ojo in 1994 and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1996.Before his appointment as a Magistrate in 1999, he worked in SOLA IDOWU (SAN) & Co. (Legal Practitioners) law firms between 1997 and 1999.

He rose through the ranks in the Magistracy from 1999 till date. He worked in various capacities in High Court before his appointment as the Acting Chief Registrar namely:

• Coroner, Ikeja Magisterial District
• Chairman, Family Court.
• Deputy Chief Registrar (Admin.) High Court of Lagos State, Ikeja

He also attended and participated actively in the following international conferences:

• Training on EFFECTIVE PEOPLE MANAGEMENT organized by RIPA International, London 28th May to 1st June 2012.
• Training on JUDICIAL CASE MANAGEMENT organized by RIPA International, London 24th to 28th October 2011
• TRAINING AT THE NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO, USA 11th -14th December 2006

He is a member of several Committees of the High Court and chairs some of many Committees.