DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Did Donald Trump's threat to cut US funding to countries over their UN Jerusalem resolution vote have an effect? http://aje.io/hzme8

https://amp.pulse.ng/news/local/senate-tackles-adeosun-over-plan-to-pass-2018-budget-in-jan-id7751717.html

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/apc-pdp-demand-accountability-1bn-security-fund-govs/

“Now is a time for action” affirms Kofi Annan in final Africa Progress Panel report The report presents a bold agenda for African progress, to be taken forward by leaders on the continent and abroad to accelerate Africa’s transformation in the coming decades GENEVA, Switzerland, December 18, 2017/ -- By 2050 more than one in four people on our planet will be African. Bold action is needed now to ensure that all of them have a fair chance of leading healthy, prosperous and fulfilling lives, urges the newest and final report from Kofi Annan’s Africa Progress Panel (APP) (www.AfricaProgressPanel.org). The report, “Making Progress Towards Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa”, (http://APO.af/xtXMF1) draws from the insights cultivated over the APP’s decade of work (2007-2017), outlining the key opportunities and challenges Africa faces as it strives to realize the Sustainable Development Goals, and create long-term equitable and sustainable prosperity. The APP’s final ...

http://dailypost.ng/2017/12/18/dangote-accuses-bua-stealing-illegal-mining-limestone-properties/amp/

http://news.sky.com/story/train-derails-on-highway-bridge-in-washington-state-11176581

https://amp.pulse.ng/bi/finance/finance-foreign-reserves-of-nigeria-hits-36-9bn-the-highest-since-2015-id7741374.html

Niger Rose Brilliantly to Meet the Challenge at the Renaissance Conference, Mobilising over 23 Billion Dollars to Fund the Country's 2017-2021 Economic and Social Development Plan Niger Renaissance Conference Closure - Round Table for Funding the 2017 Economic and Social Development Plan and Investor Forum PARIS, France, December 18, 2017/ -- Following 2 days of meetings in Paris with technical and financial partners, fund providers and investors, Niger can be proud of a considerable diplomatic and economic success. Resolved and persuasive under the guidance of its President Issoufou Mahamadou, the government of Niger successfully raised over 23 billion dollars to support the country's efforts to finance and implement its 2017-2021 economic development plan. "Niger's Resurgence is Underway" The driving force behind the Renaissance Conference (www.NigerRenaissant.org), Niger's Minister of Planning, Aïchatou Boulama Kané, expressed her satisfaction by procla...

http://punchng.com/1bn-boko-haram-fund-tears-senators-reps-apart/amp/

http://thenationonlineng.net/robbery-saga-burna-boy-submits-self-police/amp/

http://guardian.ng/news/nigeria-ready-to-spend-extra-1-billion-on-anti-t%c2%aderror-war/

LIBYA SLAVE MARKET:APDA CALL ON FG TO CREATE COTTAGE INDUSTRIES FOR YOUTH ENGAGEMENT Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently declare a state of emergency on youth unemployment in the country. In the light of thousands of our youths trapped in the slave market in Libya, it has become paramount that the government create cottage  industries for them to get engaged in  productive ventures.  We  appreciate the response of the Federal government in airlifting stranded Nigerians and victims back home, however there is urgent need for the government to come up with a strategic plan that will discourage this young Nigerians from going through this route in the near future. The only way out is for the government to restore hope back to them by creating the enabling environment for them to explore there God -given

APDA KABBA BUNU LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVES INAUGURATED  Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance has inaugurated his Kabba Bunu Local Government executives at the party secretariat in Kabba, Kogi state this weekend with a charge to begin massive registration of members within the local government. The inauguration was witnessed by the partys National Publicity Secretary, Tosin Adeyanju, Hajia Rakiya Alfa, APDA Kogi West Woman Leader, Engr.Olusola Olumoroti, Former Gubernatorial aspirant under the All Progressives Congress in the 2016 governorship election in the state and Chief Benjamin Olowodola, a business man,philanthropy and a community leader. The leaders present charged the 26 Local Government Executives headed by Mr Ayo Kajotoni(Bush doctor)a former PDP leader and Secretary Mr Bamidele Ajayi,to begin massive registration of members as the party was birthed as a child of necessisity to correct the misgovernance in the state.The local government chairman  promise...

https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/children-desperate-quest-education-after-conflict-lays-waste-schools-north-east

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/apc-destroying-nigeria-dokpesi-cries-2/

http://punchng.com/buhari-names-ojukwus-son-as-nhrc-boss/amp/

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/atiku-best-suited-as-pdp-presidential-candidate-ojo.html

For decades, Israel has been establishing 'facts on ground' designed toward a greater Jewish majority in East Jerusalem. http://aje.io/f24yv

http://guardian.ng/politics/high-pitch-politics-herald-pdp-national-convention/amp

http://dailypost.ng/2017/12/06/2018-world-cup-pinnick-reveals-super-eagles-nff-signed-agreement/

http://sunnewsonline.com/osinbajo-visits-numan-over-farmers-herders-violence/

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/w-cup-fg-to-spend-n3bn-on-super-eagles.html

http://fcnaija.com/2018-wc-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-world-cup--part-i