Court of Appeal of Nigeria

E256278

appellate court court federal court

The Court of Appeal of Nigeria is the country’s second-highest court, responsible for hearing appeals from lower federal and state courts before cases may proceed to the Supreme Court.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Appeal of Nigeria canonical	12
Court of Appeal (Nigeria)	1
Court of Appeal of Nigeria (in matters of appointments and discipline)	1
Federal Court of Appeal of Nigeria	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court ⓘ federal court ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy	President of Nigeria ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesOnRecommendationOf	National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	Judiciary of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: judiciary of Nigeria
composition	Justices of the Court of Appeal ⓘ President of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
decisionsAppealableTo	Supreme Court of Nigeria ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
governingDocument	Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999
hasDivisionIn	Abuja ⓘ Benin City ⓘ Calabar ⓘ Enugu ⓘ Ibadan ⓘ Ilorin ⓘ Jos ⓘ Kaduna ⓘ Kano ⓘ Lagos ⓘ Port Harcourt ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	civil cases on appeal ⓘ constitutional matters on appeal ⓘ criminal cases on appeal ⓘ election petition appeals ⓘ
higherCourt	Supreme Court of Nigeria ⓘ
interprets	Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Nigerian Constitution Nigerian federal law ⓘ
jurisdiction	Nigeria ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalSystem	Nigerian legal system ⓘ
legalTradition	common law ⓘ
locationOfHeadquarters	Abuja ⓘ
lowerCourt	Federal High Court of Nigeria ⓘ High Court of the Federal Capital Territory ⓘ surface form: High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja State High Courts of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: High Courts of the States of Nigeria National Industrial Court of Nigeria ⓘ election tribunals in Nigeria ⓘ
positionInJudicialHierarchy	second-highest court in Nigeria ⓘ
region	West Africa ⓘ
removalOfJudgesOnRecommendationOf	National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ
role	hears appeals from lower federal courts in Nigeria ⓘ hears appeals from lower state courts in Nigeria ⓘ intermediate appellate court before the Supreme Court of Nigeria ⓘ
seat	Abuja ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ limited original jurisdiction ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Nigeria → intermediateAppellateCourt → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria → establishes → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

Judiciary of Nigeria → hasCourt → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

State High Courts of Nigeria → appealTo → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

Federal High Court of Nigeria → appealsTo → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

1999 Constitution → providesFor → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

High Court of the Federal Capital Territory → appealsTo → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory → appealsTo → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

Customary Courts of Appeal of the States → reviewableBy → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

Customary Courts of Appeal of the States → distinctFrom → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Magistrates’ Courts → distinctFrom → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

subject surface form: Magistrates’ Courts (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: Court of Appeal (Nigeria)

Sharia Courts → subjectToReviewBy → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

subject surface form: Sharia Courts (Nigeria)

National Judicial Council → oversees → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

subject surface form: National Judicial Council (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: Court of Appeal of Nigeria (in matters of appointments and discipline)

Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory → higherCourt → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ

Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory → bindingPrecedentFrom → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ