Nigeria, May 19 -- The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho, has approved the redeployment of some judges of the court to new divisions across the country.

A statement from the court's Director of Information, Catherine Christopher, on Sunday, said the posting took immediate effect.

"The affected Judges are to make their best endeavour to deliver all pending judgements in their current stations within the shortest possible time," she said.

The statement further said the judges currently based in the Abakaliki and Katsina judicial divisions will now assume full responsibility for all pending and newly instituted cases in their respective divisions until further notice.

The statement noted that all cases pending before Cour...