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The Supreme Court in its current form was shaped by the Supreme Court Act of 1990 and by Chapter VII of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria. Under the 1999 constitution, the Supreme Court has both original and appellate jurisdictions , has the sole authority and jurisdiction to entertain appeals from Court of Appeal, having appellate jurisdiction ...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria is the highest court in Nigeria. It is based in the capital, Abuja. The Supreme Court is mainly a court of appellate jurisdiction and is the final appeal court in the country. [5] It also has original jurisdiction in State vs. State and State vs. Federal Government cases. The Supreme Court is headed by a Chief ...
The chief justice of Nigeria or CJN is the head of the judicial arm of the government of Nigeria, and presides over the country's Supreme Court and the National Judicial Council. [1] The current chief justice is Kudirat Kekere-Ekun who was appointed on 22 August 2024. [ 2 ]
ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria's Supreme Court on Friday overturned a judgment by a lower court that dropped terrorism charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, ruling that trial on the charges ...
The Federal Court of Appeal of Nigeria is the intermediate Appellate Court of the Nigerian federal court system. [1] The Court of Appeal of Nigeria decides appeals from the district courts within the federal judicial system, and in some instances from other designated federal courts and administrative agencies. [2]
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The President of the Nigerian courts of appeal is the head of the Nigerian courts of appeal.The incumbent president is Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, she was confirmed by the Senate on 11 June 2020 after a report from the Judiciary, Human Right and Legal Matters Committee at the Senate .
In June 2019, when the court had 16 justices, the president wrote the CJN, asking him as the chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to “initiate in earnest the process of appointing additional five Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to make the full complement of Justices of the Supreme Court” as contained in the Nigerian Constitution.