Federal High Court Judges to commence Easter vacation April 16

Judges of the Federal High Court of Nigeria are to proceed on a two-week Easter vacation from Wednesday, April 16.

The Easter holiday will last till Monday, April 28, 2025, while the judges are to formally resume work on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

According to a circular signed by the Chief Judge of the Court, Justice John Tsoho, three critical divisions of the court shall, however, be opened to attend to emergency cases only.

A press statement notifying the general public of the court’s holiday was signed by the Director of Information of the Court, Dr Catherine Oby Christopher.

The statement made available to newsmen over the weekend read, “The Federal High Court of Nigeria shall proceed on its Easter vacation from Wednesday, the 16th day of April, 2025 to Monday, the 28th day of April, 2025.

This is Pursuant to the provisions of Order 46, Rule 4 (C) of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2019 (as amended).

“The Court resumes sitting on Tuesday, 29th April, 2025 in all Judicial Divisions.

“During the vacation period, the Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt core judicial divisions shall remain open to the public only for cases of extreme urgency.

It is important to note that during the vacation, only matters relating to the enforcement of fundamental rights, arrest or release of vessels, and matters that concern dire national interest are to be entertained by vacation judges.

The statement indicated that Justices Emeka Nwite and Musa Sulaiman Liman will serve as vacation judges for the Abuja judicial division, while Justices Akintayo Aluko and Isaac I. Dipeolu will hold forth for the Lagos division.

The Port Harcourt division is to have Justices Phoebe M. Ayua and Adamu T. Mohammed as vacation judges.

The statement advised vacation judges and heads of divisions to promptly refer to the chief judge all matters that they believe may require his urgent attention and directives.