Faculty Members Details
Aisha Garba Yakasai
Assistant Lecturer
Aisha Garba Yakasai
Assistant Lecturer
Aisha Garba Yakasai
Mrs Aisha Garba Yakasai obtained a Bachelor of law from the University of Abuja in 2007. She was called to the Nigerian Bar in the year 2008. She also obtains a Master of Laws Degree from Unicaf University Zambia in 2024. Presently, working as an assistant lecturer in the Department of Law at Skyline University Nigeria.
She is a legal practitioner with over seventeen years of experience in the both private practice and the government sector. She worked with FCT Judiciary as a lower court judge from 2014 to 2018. And also, worked as a managing partner at a private law firm (F& A Yakasai and Co).
She is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association, appointed as UNGOGO branch facilitator for NBAWF 2024-2026, currently the secretary of law week committee Ungogo branch LAW WEEK 2025, a member of fund-raising committee Ungogo branch law week 2025 and an associate of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators. She has also participated in several conferences/workshops in the field of law. Also, a member of International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA).
I enjoy writing, reading and research. I am an author of two published articles of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators.
- 2009-2014 - F & A YAKASAI and Co (law firm)
- 2014-2018 - Customary Court of Appeal, Federal Capital Territory Abuja. Customary Court Judge/Member responsibilities.
- 2019 - 2025- F & A Yakasai and Co. (Private law firm)
- International Human Rights Law
- International Law
- Investment Arbitration
- Commercial Law
- Investment Arbitration: The Road to Economic Growth in Developing Countries by Aisha Garba Yakasai. THE JOURNAL OF ARBITRATION OF THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ARBITRATORS, Volume 16 (No.1), June 2021. https://blog.nicarb.org/index.php/2021/08/24/investment-arbitration-the-road-to-economic-growth-in-developing-countries/
- Investment Arbitration: Promoting the International Rule of Law by Aisha Garba Yakasai. NICARB WEEKLY LAW, 15th MARCH, 2022. https://blog.nicarb.org/index.php/2022/03/15/investment-arbitration-promoting-the-international-rule-of-law/
- [NOVEMBER 2014] NATIONAL JUDICIAL INSTITUTE ABUJA, CONFERENCE OF ALL NIGERIAN JUDGES OF THE LOWER COURTS.
- {NOVEMBER 2019} NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ARBITRATORS 2019 ANNUAL CONFERENCE THEMED: BUILDING A CULTURE OF ARBITRATION AND SUSTAINABLE INSTITUTIONS IN WEST AFRICA. PUBLISHED ARTICLES.
- {NOVEMBER 2015} M & A PENTHOUSE KONSULT LTD, WORKSHOP ON CHALLENGES OF THE APPLICATION OF CUSTOMARY LAW IN THE CUSTOMARY COURT OF FCT
- {APRIL 2017} NATIONAL JUDICIAL INSTITUTE ABUJA, NATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR AREA/SHARIA/CUSTOMARY COURT JUDGES/DIRECTORS AND INSPECTORS OF AREA/SHARIA/CUSTOMARY COURTS
- {APRIL 2018} NATIONAL JUDICIAL INSTITUTE ABUJA, NATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR AREA/ SHARIA/ CUSTOMARY COURT JUDGES/DIRECTORS AND INSPECTORS OF AREA/ SHARIA/ CUSTOMARY COURTS
NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION WOMEN FORUM (NBAWF), UNGOGO BRANCH FACILITATOR 2024-2026
- Nigerian Bar Association (Ungogo Branch), Secretary of Law week committee 2025
- NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION WOMEN FORUM (NBAWF), UNGOGO BRANCH FACILITATOR 2024-2026
- NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION (UNGOGO BRANCH), MEMBER OF FUND-RAISING COMMITTEE (LAW WEEK 2025)
- ASSOCIATE OF THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ARBITRATORS