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Plateau state governor-elect, Caleb Mutfwang, has said that he will build a new Plateau that belongs to all. He also said his administration will not witch-hunt the outgoing administration of Simon Lalong whose tenure ends on May 29, the day Mutfwang will be sworn in. Speaking on Saturday during a state banquet at the New…

The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said he will never call the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, his president. The cleric and politician, during a webinar on Saturday, alleged a series of malpractices during the 2023 elections, saying the Independent National Electoral Commission made a mess of the electioneering process….

Outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he is leaving Nigeria better than he met it when he assumed office in 2015. In a farewell address to the nation on Sunday, Buhari said he felt fulfilled that his administration has started the journey to Nigeria’s Re-Birth by taking the initial critical steps. Buhari said who leaves…

Kaduna state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has handed over the transition committee report to the governor-elect, Senator Uba Sani on Saturday at the Government House, Kaduna. Speaking during the event, the outgoing governor said in 2015, his administration was not fortunate to get outgoing officials to brief the transition committee before inauguration. He said the transition…

Outgoing governor of Plateau state, Simon Lalong, has appointed Rauta Dakok as the new head of service in the state barely 48 hours to the end of his administration. Dakok was appointed following the retirement of Sunday Hyat from the service. A statement by Lalong’s spokesman, Makut Macham, said Dakok was sworn-in on Saturday. The statement…