1963Significant
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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