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Rivers High Court Judges Begin 2025 Vacation, July 21
Judges of the High Court in Rivers State will commence this year’s annual vacation, on Monday, July 21, 2025.
The State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, in a statement signed by the Chief Registrar, High Court, Port Harcourt, David Ihua-Maduenyi, and made available to newsmen at the weekend, announced that the 2025 annual vacation for judges of the state High Court will begin on Monday, July 21, 2025 and end on Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
The statement said the vacation is in pursuant to Order 49, Rule 4 (d) of High Court of Rivers State (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2023, as altered, adding that
all the judicial divisions of the state High Court shall remain closed during the period of the vacation.
The statement further disclosed that normal court sessions will resume on Thursday, July 18, 2025 across all the divisions.
The statement, however, stated that during the period, a vacation judge shall be appointed by the Chief Judge to sit on urgent matters and applications, and advised litigants and lawyers to take notice of the information.
Akujobi Amadi