PROFESSOR ABIOLA SANNI

Professor Abiola Sanni is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos (UNILAG). He began his teaching career in Obafemi Awolowo University as a Junior Trainee Fellow in 1991. In search of specialization, he transferred his service in 1999 to UNILAG where his career flourished. In 2002, he won the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship (a 10-month programme) for foreign scholars at the International Tax Programme of Beasley School of Law, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. He was also appointed a Research Fellow of the Institute of International Law and Policy of the same University during the same period. In 2016, he had the singular honour of being simultaneously appointed a Professor of Commercial Law and occupier of a Professorial Chair endowed by Lagos State in the University of Lagos for the Advancement of Taxation and Fiscal Matters which has earned him the sobriquet of “a Double Professor”, the first in UNILAG especially in recent times. 

Professor Sanni is a thoroughbred professional with a robust multi-disciplinary background who has served in different capacities at the national and state levels.  He is a member of the Presidential Fiscal Policy Tax Reform Committee (2023 till date), served as the Chairman of the National Tax Policy Review Committee (NTPRC) in 2016, Chairman of National Tax Policy Implementation Committee (NTPIC) in 2017. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute Chartered Arbitrators and a life member of the Nigerian Society of International Law. He is the editor of Introduction to Nigerian Legal Methods, a leading introductory legal text in Nigerian Universities and the West African sub region. He is the author of Introduction to Nigerian Business Law; the founder and publisher of the Nigerian Revenue Law Reports (NRLR) and African Tax Law Reports (ATLR), the first law reports devoted to tax cases in Nigeria and Africa respectively.

Sanni maintains work life balance through sporting and social interactions. He is a member of Octagon 90, FS Club, House of Commons, Science Boys, Ife Recreation Club, Ikoyi Club 1938 and UNILAG Staff Club. He is a child of God and in a blessed union with Princess Olusola Amoke Sanni.