A Brief Profile of High Court of Nasarawa State:

Nasarawa State High Court before October 1996, formed part of what was Plateau State High Court. With the creation of Nasarawa State on the 1st October 1996, the State High Court was established. The first Chief Judge of the State was Honourable Justice Suleiman Galadima (now a Justice of Court of Appeal). The present Chief Judge is Honourable A. Y. Ubangari.

The State High Court hears and determines appeals from decisions of Magistrates and Area Courts in all criminal matters. It also hears and determines appeals from District Courts in all civil causes. In addition, appeals from Area Courts in all civil causes other than customary or Islamic causes, lie to the High Court.

A Panel of two or three judges of the High Court is constituted for the purpose of determining appeals from the lower courts aforementioned. The High Court of the State has a single Judicial Division, with four High Courts at Lafia, the State capital. For the purpose of convenience to litigants, a High Court, presided over by a resident High Court Judge, is sited at Keffi.

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        (1)    Magistrate Grade II        1980

        (2)    Senior Magistrate II        1981 -1983

        (3)    Chief Magistrate II          1983 - 1985

        (4)    Chief Magistrate I            1986 - 1987

He became the Deputy Chief Registrar, High Court, Jos on 1st October, 1993; and on the creation of Nasarawa State out of Plateau State, he was re-appointed a Judge of the High Court of Nasarawa State in March 1997.

He was appointed Chief Judge of Nasarawa State on 24th May, 1999. He is married with children.