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Supreme Court replaces Privy Council as final appellate court

The republican settlement made Nigerian courts, not the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the apex of the legal system.

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1963

Supreme Court replaces Privy Council as final appellate court

The republican settlement made Nigerian courts, not the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the apex of the legal system.

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The republican settlement made Nigerian courts, not the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the apex of the legal system. This change was central to judicial sovereignty.

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