Barrister Mohammed Bello Adoke, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (born 1 September 1963) was appointed Nigeria

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n Attorney General and Minister of Justice on 6 April 2010, when Acting President Goodluck Jonathan

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Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON is the 14th Head of State and current President of Nigeria.He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the...

 announced his new cabinet.

Adoke was born on 1 September 1963 in Kogi State

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. He gained a degree in law from Ahmadu Bello University

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, Zaria and 1985, and was called to the Nigerian Bar in October 1986.
He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in International Tax Law from Robert Kennedy University in Zurich

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, Switzerland

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 and a Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from Keble College, Oxford

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He held positions with the Kwara State Schools' Management Board, Kano State Ministry of Justice and private law firms before establishing his own practice. He was a member of the Board of Peugeot Automobile from 2006 to 2008 and Chairman of the Board Audit Committee of Unity Bank.
He has acted as an arbitrator in England and Nigeria, handling commercial disputes involving Shell Ultra Deep and the Federal Government of Nigeria, Global Steel Holdings and the Bureau of Public Enterprises Investment, and AES Nigeria Barge and Lagos State Government.

His appointment as Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 6 April 2010 was seen as an attempt by Jonathan to introduce a fresh approach in pushing through electoral reforms.