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Taslim Olawale Elias (November 11 1914 – August 14 1991) was a Nigerian jurist. He was Attorney-General and Chief Justice of Nigeria and a judge and President of the International Court of Justice. He was a scholar who modernized and extensively revised the laws of Nigeria.Elias was born in Lagos the capital of Nigeria on November 11 1914. He received his secondary education at the Church Missionary Society Grammar School and Igbobi College in Lagos.