By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
As courts grapple with a surge of pre-election litigation, the Federal High Court’s new Practice Direction now allows litigants to file processes on weekends and public holidays.
The Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho, who repealed the 2022 version of the Practice Directions, directed the Registry of the Court in all Judicial Divisions to henceforth open on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., exclusively for the filing of pre-election cases.
The new directive came barely 24 hours after the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, decried the increasing delays in the adjudication of cases.
Speaking at the opening of the National Workshop on Case Management for Judges of the Superior Courts of Record, organised by the National Judicial Institute in Abuja, the CJN urged the adoption of proactive measures to tackle delays in the administration of justice and bolster public confidence in the judiciary.
