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A BRIEF HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE COURT OF APPEAL OF NIGERIA The Court of Appeal is the Penultimate Court in the hierarchy of Courts in Nigeria. Prior to its establishment, there had been a system of direct Appeals from the High Courts to the Federal Supreme Court, which had become the Nation’s Apex Court in 1963 following the abolition of appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. In a bid to ensure efficient justice delivery, the need arose for the establishment of an intermediate Court between the High Courts and the Supreme Court of Nigeria (the Apex Court), this led the Go…