DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Billy The Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has reeled out series of strong institutional reforms in the state aimed at addressing the deplorable state of education and curbing the notorious security and crime situation in the state. Among the reforms initiated by the Fintiri led government is the immediate commencement of free school feeding programme in nine secondary schools within the state capital with a view to implement the project in about fifty eight boarding secondary schools in the state at the resumption of the new school calendar year, September, 2019. This was made known at a press briefing, Friday, by the Director General, Media and Communications to the Governor, Solomon Kumangar, in Yola, Adamawa state. Kumangar said, the Fintiri led government is poised to declare education free and compulsory in the state and that the declaration of free and compulsory education in the state would be preceded by the renovations of about five thousand secondary schools ...

Billy The convener of "Project774forAtiku," and originator of the "Deservation" concept, Sani Adamu, has aimed a dig at INEC saying the electoral umpire is dragging Nigeria towards a path similar to conundrum of Abiola's June 12 elections annulment as a result of its frantic attempt at denying that it electronically used servers capture and store the 2019 general elections. Sani, who made several reference to INEC's 2017-2021 Strategic Programme of Action said, it is evident that the electoral body obtained, deployed servers to the thirty six state of the federation including the federal capital territory and that it in fact used it during the 2019 general elections. Sani made the remarks at a press briefing over the weekend in Yola, Adamawa state. Sani cautioned that INEC is dragging its name and the reputation of its institutions unto a wrong side of history, if it continues to flaunt the rickety narrative of lack of servers, maintaining that the PDP a...

Busted: Quack Doctor Performs Surgery On 45 People, Kills 15 By Billy Graham Abel Yola The Adamawa state governor, Umaru Fintiri, is poised to launch a major crack down on quack medical practitioners in Adamawa, after investigations by his government uncovered a fake doctor with only a national board for technical education certificate has been practicing as a medical doctor in the state and that he has performed surgeries on about 45 patients and killed about fifteen people in the process. Fintiri made the remarks, Wednesday, during a ministerial briefing in Yola, Adamawa state. The governor explained that a fake doctor who was employed in 2015 by the Adamawa State health services management board is discovered to have gone only to secondary school and only possess a National Board for Technical Education (NABTEB) certificate. He added that the said quack doctor has carried out different surgeries on forty-five patients after he was recruited by the Adamawa state government using...

Billy The Adamawa state police command has in a clamp down operation arrested about 151 criminal gang members including three twelve year old boys, suspected to the criminal elements terrorising members of Adamawa communities. The police in its briefing said they arrested about eighty six Kidnappers and about sixty five members of the 'shila' criminal gang notorious for phone theft and harassment of members of the public. This was made known at a press briefing Wednesday, in Yola, Adamawa state. Among the one hundred and fifty one members of the gang paraded are three twelve year old boys and the oldest among the suspects paraded are four adults aged forty. While briefing members of the press, the state Commissioner of Police, Adamu Madaki said the suspected criminals were arrested with five AK47 rifles, ten cutlasses and knives, 128 ammunitions and 18 cartridges. He said, "The command recorded tremendous achievements through the sacrifices of some gallant officers in...

Billy At least eighteen people have been  killed in Taraba state as armed tribal militias and suspected Fulani herdsmen continue to unleash terror on Taraba communities. Members of a tribal militia in the early hours of Monday were said to have ambushed and killed seven people fleeing Jukun-Tiv clash around the Wukari-Donga area. A security oeprative who saw the dead bodies at burial confirmed that seven corpses were recovered and buried. However, the Taraba state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP David Misal, who confirmed the attack but said only one person was killed and the caretaker Chairman of Donga Local Government Council, Nashuka Ipeyen, also confirmed that indeed there was an attack the attack but also denied that seven people were killed. "I am not aware of the killing of seven persons in the area. "The information I have indicates that there was an attack and one person was killed," Misal said. Earlier on Monday night, armed herdsmen were said to h...

By Billy Graham Abel  A raging fire has burnt down a solitary hostel block of the Government Girls College, Mayo-Belwa, Adamawa State. The fire which is said to have started at around noon time is reported to have burnt down the entire hostel block leaving students with nowhere to go. News Rendezvous gathered that the school had last year lost one of the two hostel blocks in the school to a fire incident and that this fire incident is a straw that just broke the camel's back for the girls college. A resident of Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area, Aliyu Isah, told Rendezvous that, "The only hostel of the school has just been destroyed, it has been burnt down by fire. "We cannot determined the cause of the fire yet but we would assume it was electrical fault.  "It is sad because the students will now have to be sent home. "This is the only hostel block standing of the two hostel blocks in the school after a similarly fire incident destroyed the other one last y...

By Billy Graham Abel  A raging fire has burnt down a solitary hostel block of the Government Girls College, Mayo-Belwa, Adamawa State. The fire which is said to have started at around noon time is reported to have burnt down the entire hostel block leaving students with nowhere to go. News Rendezvous gathered that the school had last year lost one of the two hostel blocks in the school to a fire incident and that this fire incident is a straw that just broke the camel's back for the girls college. A resident of Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area, Aliyu Isah, told Rendezvous that, "The only hostel of the school has just been destroyed, it has been burnt down by fire. "We cannot determined the cause of the fire yet but we would assume it was electrical fault.  "It is sad because the students will now have to be sent home. "This is the only hostel block standing of the two hostel blocks in the school after a similarly fire incident destroyed the other one last y...

Billy Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has launched the Adamawa Green Project (GAP) with the aim of planting four million trees in four years. Fintiri said his government is ready to support and implement efforts towards ending desertification and reversing the consistent desert encroachment in the state. Fintiri made the remarks Monday, at an event marking the 2019 World Desertification Day at government house in Yola, Adamawa state. Speaking at the ocassion tge Adamawa state Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri called for a concerted effort towards helping the state succeed in combating the encroaching desertification in Adamawa. The governor said, the state government in conjunction with the Great Green Wall Programme, a Pan African Organization, had launched in 2015, a project aimed at cushioning the effects of desertification in seven local government areas of the state. He maintained that his administration is keen to support all environmental programmes especially a...

Billy The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, strongly condemns the multiple suicide bombings that claimed the lives of at least 30 civilians and injured more than 40 others on the evening of Sunday 16 June 2019. The attacks took place in the Mandarari community of Konduga Local Government Area, less than 40 kilometers away from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.  The series of attacks targeted civilians who were gathered in a sports viewing hall to watch a televised football match, as well as at a nearby cafe. Among the deceased is a community volunteer who was contributing to the humanitarian response in north-east Nigeria. Those seriously injured as a result of the bomb blasts have been transported to Maiduguri for medical treatment. “This is another terribly sad day for civilians in north-east Nigeria and for the humanitarians who are working to help them. "The UN and its partners deplore these abhorrent acts of violence and call for those respo...

Billy ABC reporter, Ishaka Donald Dedan, has emerged as the chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalist, having polled sixty eight votes to defeat his closest challenger, Kate Aliyuda, of the ATV. In the other elective position, Fidelis Jocthan of the FRCN defeated his only challenger, Emmanuel Njapiri, polling eighty five votes to emerge winner in the contest. Other officials were returned unopposed are Abdullahi Muhammed as vice Chairnan (ATV), Felicia Dauda Amos (APL) as treasurer, Mary Adamu (NTA) financial secretary, Isa Tukur (ABC) as assistant secretary and Shekarau Yerima (GOTEL) as auditor. The union has been grappling with challenges to finding development and progress and many of the aspirants have rolled out plans for the NUJ. It remains to be seen how the new set of executives would navigate the challenges of the union and revamp ailing situation.

Billy One of Adamawa's APC stalwart and the current state organising secretary of the party, Ahmed Lawal has lauded president Muhammadu Buhari's courage in making the June twelve Nigeria's day to remember democracy. Ahmed Lawal said that Nigeria and the APC, should take a step further by handing over the 2023 presidential ticket of the party to South West in honour of the acclaimed winner of the June twelve, 1992 elections, Moshood Abiola. Ahmed Lawal made this remarks in an exclusive chat with Daily Sun, Saturday in Yola. Ahmed Lawal said, "June twelve Democracy Day is a milestone in Nigeria's history and anyone who embraces democracy in Nigeria should be proud of what Buhari has done and it takes so much courage to do. "So many Nigerian leaders have shied away from talking or acting about it because of the controversy arising from the date and fear of being scandalised but this is what Nigerians want, respect, rule of law and honour for thos...

True Quality Don't Lie!!! Billy - Rtd. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, born in Yola in 1973. Aminu Iya Abbas had his early education in central primary school Uba, Hong local government of Adamawa State. He holds a Bsc. in accounting from Bayero University Kano (BUK) in the year 2000 and graduated with second class upper division. He went back to Bayero University Kano, BUK and obtained a Master's degree in treasury management in 2008. Aminu Iya Abbas started his working carrier with the Sigma Securities Limited in 2002 after a mandatory one year service (NYSC) at the Nigeria National Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) between 2001-2002. He later joined the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as forensic team staff and pioneer accountant and was part of detective course 1. He also worked with Africa Petroleum Nigeria (AP) and KPMG as budget accountant before joining politics in January 2011. A chartered accountant, Forensic expert,and certified fraud examiner(CFE) Aminu I...