Category: Part 1 Federal Courts
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 248. Practice and procedure
Subject to the provisions of any Act of the National Assembly, the president of the Court of Appeal may make rules for regulating the practice and procedure of the Court...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 247. Constitution
(1) For the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred upon it by this Constitution or any other law, the Court of Appeal shall be duly constituted if it consists...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 246. Appeal from Code of Conduct Tribunal and other courts and tribunals
(1) An appeal to the Court of Appeal shall lie as of right from (a) decisions of the Code of Conduct Tribunal established in the Fifth Schedule to this Constitution; (b)...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 245. Appeals from customary court of appeal. Court in civil and criminal matters
(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of a customary Court of Appeal to the Court of Appeal as of right in any civil proceedings before the customary Court of Appeal...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 244. Appeals from Sharia court of appeal
(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of a Sharia Court of Appeal to the Court of Appeal as of right in any civil proceedings before the Sharia Court of Appeal with...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 243. Exercise of the rights of appeal from the Federal High Court of a High
Any right of appeal to the Court of Appeal from the decisions of the Federal High Court or a High Court conferred by this Constitution shall be (a) exercisable in the...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 242. Appeals with leave
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 241 of this Constitution, an appeal shall lie from decisions of the Federal High Court or a High Court to the Court of Appeal...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 241. Appeals as of rights from the Federal high Court or a High Court
(1) An appeal shall lie from decisions of the Federal High Court or a High Court to the Court of Appeal as of right in the following cases (a) final decisions in any...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 240. Appellate jurisdiction
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Court of Appeal shall have jurisdiction to the exclusion of any other court of law in Nigeria, to hear and determine...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 239. Original jurisdiction
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Court of Appeal shall, to the exclusion of any other court of Law in Nigeria, have original jurisdiction to hear...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 238. Appointment of President and Justices of the Court of Appeal
(1) The appointment of a person to the office of President of the Court of appeal shall be made by the President o the recommendation of the National Judicial Council...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 237. Establishment of Court of Appeal
(1) There shall be a Court of Appeal. (2) The Court of Appeal shall consist of (a) a President of the Court of Appeal; and (b) such number of Justices of the Court of...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 236. Practice and procedure
Subject to the provisions of any Act of the National Assembly, the Chief Justice of Nigeria may make rules for regulating the practice and procedure of the Supreme
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 235. Finality of determinations
Without prejudice to the powers of the President or of the Governor of a state with respect to prerogative of mercy, no appeal shall lie to any other body or person from...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 234. Constitution
For the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred upon it by this Constitution or any Law, the Supreme Court shall be duly constituted if it consists of not less...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 233. Appellate jurisdiction
(1) The Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction, to the exclusion of any other court of law in Nigeria, to hear and determine appeals from the Court of Appeal. (2) An...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 232. Original jurisdiction
(1) The Supreme Court shall, to the exclusion of any other court, have original jurisdiction in any dispute between the Federation and a state or between states if and...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 231. Appointment of Chief justices of Nigeria and justices of the Supreme Court
(1) The appointment of a person to the office of Chief Justice of Nigeria shall be made by the President on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council subject...
Chapter 7. Part 1. Section 230. Establishment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria
(1) There shall be a Supreme Court of Nigeria. (2) The Supreme Court of Nigeria shall consist of (a) the Chief Justice of Nigeria; and (b) such number of Justices of the...