Court of Appeal of Nigeria

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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.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate court ⓘ
court ⓘ
federal court ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy President of Nigeria ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesOnRecommendationOf National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ
branchOfGovernment 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 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 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, Abuja ⓘ
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

Government of Nigeria → intermediateAppellateCourt → 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 ⓘ
Customary Courts of Appeal of the States → reviewableBy → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
Customary Courts of Appeal of the States → distinctFrom → Federal Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Magistrates’ Courts (Nigeria) → distinctFrom → Court of Appeal (Nigeria) ⓘ
subject linked to: Magistrates’ Courts
linked to: Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Sharia Courts (Nigeria) → subjectToReviewBy → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
subject linked to: Sharia Courts
National Judicial Council (Nigeria) → oversees → Court of Appeal of Nigeria (in matters of appointments and discipline) ⓘ
subject linked to: National Judicial Council
linked to: Court of Appeal of Nigeria
High Court of Rivers State → subordinateTo → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
High Court of Anambra State → appealsTo → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
High Court of Anambra State → decisionsReviewableBy → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
High Court of Kaduna State → appealsTo → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
High Court of Delta State → supervisoryAuthority → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
High Court of Delta State → appealsTo → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
President of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria → heads → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
President of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria → supervises → Justices of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Court of Appeal of Nigeria
President of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria → officeHousedIn → Court of Appeal Headquarters, Abuja ⓘ
linked to: Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Senior Advocate of Nigeria → associatedWith → Court of Appeal of Nigeria ⓘ