(r) any action or proceeding for a declaration or injunction affecting the validity of any executive or
administrative action or decision by the Federal Government or any of its agencies; and
(s) such other jurisdiction civil or criminal and whether to the exclusion of any other court or not as may be
conferred upon it by an Act of the National Assembly:
Provided that nothing in the provisions of paragraphs (p), (q) and (r) of this subsection shall prevent a person
from seeking redress against the Federal Government or any of its agencies in an action for damages, injunction
or specific performance where the action is based on any enactment, law or equity.
(2) The Federal High Court shall have and exercise jurisdiction and powers in respect of treason, treasonable
felony and allied offences.
(3) The Federal High Court shall also have and exercise jurisdiction and powers in respect of criminal causes and
matters in respect of which jurisdiction is conferred by subsection (1) of this section.
252. (1)For the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred upon it by this Constitution or as may be
conferred by an Act of the National Assembly, the Federal High Court shall have all the powers of the High
Court of a state.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the National Assembly may by law make provisions
conferring upon the Federal high Court powers additional to those conferred by this section as may appear
necessary or desirable for enabling the Court more effectively to exercise its jurisdiction.
253. The Federal High Court shall be duly constituted if it consists of at least one Judge of that Court.
254. Subject to the provisions of any Act of the National Assembly, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court
may make rules for regulating the practice and procedure of the Federal High Court.
D - The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
255. (1)There shall be a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
(2) The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja shall consist of (a) a Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; and
(b) such number of Judges of the High Court as may be prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly.
256. (1) The appointment of a person to the office of Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja shall be made by the President on the recommendation of the National Judicial council, subject
to confirmation of such appointment by the senate.
(2) The appointment of a person to the office of a Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory,
Abuja shall be made by the president on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council.
(3) A person shall not be qualified to hold the office of a Chief Judge or a Judge of the High Court of the
Federation Capital Territory, Abuja unless he is qualified to practice as a legal practitioner in Nigeria and has
been so qualified for a period of not less than ten years.
(4) If the office of the Chief Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja is vacant or if the
person holding the office is for any reason unable to perform the functions of the office, then until a person has
been appointed to and has assumed the functions of that office until the person holding the office has resumed
those functions, the President shall appoint the most senior Judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja, to perform those functions.
(5) Except on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council, an appointment pursuant to the provisions of
subsection (4) of this section shall cease to have effect after the expiration of three months from the date of such
appointment and the President shall not re-appoint a person whose appointment has lapsed.
257. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 251 and any other provisions of this Constitution and in addition to
such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon it by law, the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory,
Abuja shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any civil proceedings in which the existence or extent of a
legal right, power, duty, liability privilege, interest, obligation or claim is in issue or to hear and determine any