On the 13th of October, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN, as the 5th Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission. His appointment was with immediate effect as he assumed office on the 16th of October, 2023 amid pomp and pageantry.
Born on 2nd August, 1982, the new Registrar-General is from Shira Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria.
He started his primary school in Jos, Plateau State in 1986 and finished in 1992.
He attended Government Science Secondary School, Toro, Bauchi State between 1992 and 1995 and obtained his Junior Secondary School Certificate.
Between 1996 and 1999 he attended Albayan Secondary School, Jos for his Senior Secondary School Certificate.
He studied Law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria between 2001 and 2007 and obtained his LLB (Hons). He then proceeded to the Nigerian Law School and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2008.
He did the mandatory NYSC in Jos, Plateau State in 2009.
He obtained Masters in Law at University of Jos in the year 2012 and went further for Masters in Business Administration (MBA) with specialization in Finance and Investment from Bayero University, Kano in the year 2014.
Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN, began his career as Pupil State Counsel at Bauchi State Ministry of Justice in the year 2009. He rose to the rank of Deputy Director Public Prosecution in the year 2020.
He was conferred with the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, by the Legal Practitioners and Privileges Committee (LPPC) in the year 2021.
He thereafter resigned from Public Service to Private Legal Practice where he set his Law Firm, ISHAQ MAGAJI SAN & CO and started Private Legal Practice on 9th December, 2021 until his appointment with the CAC by the Federal Government.