A Magistrate in Rivers State has voluntarily stepped down from the bench, describing the state’s current leadership under a retired military officer as unconstitutional and unacceptable. Magistrate Ejike George tendered his resignation in a letter dated 11 April, addressed to the state’s Chief Judge through the state secretary of the Rivers State Judicial Service Commission. In it, he made it clear that he could no longer serve under a system that, in his view, undermines...

President Bola Tinubu has decried the latest attack in Plateau State and expresses profound sorrow over the recent bloodshed and tragedy that has claimed the lives of over 40 individuals.” The President in a press statement on Monday signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, condemned the violence and extended his sympathies to Governor Caleb Mutfwang, the state government, and the people of Plateau while urging him to summon the necessary...

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the renewed attacks in Plateau State that claimed many innocent lives on Sunday. It will be recalled that no fewer than 47 people were killed on Sunday in Zike community in Kimakpa area of Kwali district of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. The deadly Sunday attack took place over a week after a similar attack in Bokkos Local Government Area in which scores of...