DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous Suspected gunmen are reported to have abducted over 300 female students of Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government area of Zamfara state. Local sources said, the gunmen stormed the school in droves at around at around 1am -2am while the students were fast asleep and made abducted about 300 female students. Efforts to obtain official confirmation from governmnent sources proves abortive. Details later...

Daily Rendezvous Multiple campaign posters of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State as an aspirant for the Presidency come 2023 have flooded Yola, in Adamawa State. The posters which were visible in strategic parts of the Adamawa State capital, Yola, were visibly campaign materials, indicating Yahaya Bello as a fitting personality to be Nigeria's next president. The posters as coined by its proponents made apparent reference to his relative young age, as one of the posters reads, 'For a Generational Change 2023, Yahaya Bello for President' The proponents of the posters, the Nigerian Youth Awareness Group, flooded very part of Yola as they pasted the posters on electricity and street light polls, roundabout walls, on disused signs and billboards, and on about any available space available. The posters as at Thursday, were conspicuous in several places along Numan-Yola Road, especially around the section of the road at the  International Airp...

Daily Rendezvous About 10 people are reported killed and another 47 people are reported injured in multiple bomb blast around Maiduguri, the state Capital of Borno state. Reports fintering in suggests that the explosion also occured close to the University of Maiduguri, around the students village. The multiple explosions which is said to have happened around Gwange, Kaleri and Bulabulin towns is said to be the handiwork of the Boko Haram insurgents. Recently, the insurgents were reported to have attacked and captured Marte town in Maiduguri, causing no small stare among residents of Maiduguri thus poking holes in Military narratives of claims to diminishing Boko Haram terrorist capacity for attacks within Maiduguri town.  Details later...

News Rendezvous Comrade Elliot Afiyo is the National Chairman of the unarguably most popular and influential Northern Youth Organization called Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) the umbrella body for some 42 Northern Youth Groups formed by the Northern Political, Religious, Traditional and Military Elites in 1990. NYLF is unarguably the most powerful and influential Youth Organisation in the North in particular and the Nation in general.  This Forum has been engineering the processes of determining who the President of Nigeria becomes since 1999. Comrade Afiyo is the third National Chairman of the Forum after Prof. Musa Danladi Musawa and Prof. Sadiq Usman Abubakar. He is also the Secretary –General of the Association of West African Monarchs and a Senior Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). In this explosive interview, Comrade Eliot opined that the former Lagos State Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has the best quality from the southern part of Nigeria ...

Daily Rendezvous The chairman of Lamurde local government council, Burto Williams, has directed that every Fulani herdsman that came into the Numan community without permission should immediately vacate the area and return to their place of origin, until the protocol agreed upon for a mutually respectful farming and grazing activities are observed. Burto explained that at a recent security meeting held at Numan, Demsa and Lamurde, an agreement was reached that herders coming into the Numan community must liase with the local Fulani leaders in order to obtain permission to carry out their activities in peace in the area. Burto Williams made the remarks at an emergency security meeting held over at Lamurde local government, Adamawa state. Burto said, "We have already set an established protocol in order to sustain the peaceful co-existence among all the ethnic nationalities within the Numan zone. "The Fulanis have representatives in all our local governm...

Daily Rendezvous No fewer than five thousand residents of Adamawa suffering from diverse ailment are set to benefit from a four-day free medical outreach to be held at Mayo Belwa, local government of Adamawa state. The medical outreach, which is the fourth in the series of medical outreaches put together by the senator representing Southern Adamawa senatorial zone, Binos Dauda Yaroe, is set to provide for thousands of constituents, the illusive quality medical care from a pool of world class medical practitioners drawn from across the country. Speaking at the commencement of the medical outreach, Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe said the intervention was to enable people who have health challenges to be attended to as both treatment and medication will be given free of charge to beneficiaries. The senator appreciated the role played by the medical personnel, the state Ministry of Health, as well as, state government in the realisation of the medical outreach in Mayo Be...

Daily Rendezvous The Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Gida Mustapha has reiterated the resolve of the President Muhammadu Buhari led government to carry every part of country along in the spread of project implementation. Boss said that in the last five years, Buhari’s administration has implemented about 280 ecological intervention projects across the country saying such feat was unprecedented in the history of the country. He explained that so far, 210 of the projects have been completed and commissioned while the rest are at various stages of completion. Boss Mustapha made the remarks during the commissioning of road and storm water drainage at the Federal College of Education (FCE) Yola, over the weekend, in Yola, Adamawa state. The project was executed by the Ecological Fund Office, (EFO), Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF). “The approval of this project by Mr. President is a testimony to the present admi...

Daily Rendezvous The Member Representing, Ganye, Jada, Toungo and Mayo Belwa in the Federal House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas, said the ongoing revalidation of membership for party members across the country is a timely step in strengthening the party to take over governnent at all levels in the country. Namdas said, APC in Adamawa is ready to clinch power and aust the current government from power buoyed by the current re-registration and revalidation exercise. Namdas made the remarks shortly after re-validating his membership at Ganye 3 Ward, Ganye local government area of Adamawa state.  The lawmaker who is also the chairman of the House of Representatives committee on army commended the caretaker leadership of the party under the Yobe state governor, Maimala Buni for ensuring that the exercise is conducted and successful. "The journey of APC to take over the government in Adamawa and also to retain government at the national level has just begun. The regi...

Daily Rendezvous Growing strains on local economies have led to concerns about food security. For wild animals in Africa on the verge of extinction and the tight knit communities who protect them, COVID-19 is a specter, disrupting a delicate balancing act of survival for both humans and endangered species. African officials and conservation experts from Kenya, Uganda and Gabon briefed members of Congress on May 12 about the growing impact of Coronavirus on protected wildlife areas. Their overarching message: new policies must take into account both national security concerns, and sustaining livelihood in communities hardest hit by the lockdown measures. Unless African governments can maintain strong networks of community conservation areas, supporting thousands of jobs dedicated to wildlife conservation, protected wildlife areas face a difficult road to recovery. The fear is that Coronavirus in Africa could reverse 30 years of conservation gains, including communal conserva...

Daily Rendezvous The Senator representing southern Adamawa, Binos Dauda Yaroe, has sent his heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ) and members of Ibrahim Abdulam6kkziz's immediate family, over the death of the Voice of America's (VOA) correspondent, Ibrahim Abdulaziz, describing his death as a great loss of a wonderful human being and a committed professional. In a press statement made available to Newsmen, Binos Yaroe said, "I received with shock and sadness, the sudden death of VOA correspondent, covering Adamawa and Taraba, Ibrahim Abdulaziz. "He is not only a journalist, he is someone that is very friendly, relatable and committed to his job. "I have related with him as a professional and he is an outstanding one, who used his pen  to promote noble causes and to promote works that touched the lives of our people in southern Adamawa and also in the state as a whole.  "He has been particularly supportive of ...

Daily Rendezvous The announcement of the death of Adamawa based journalist, Ibrahim Abdulaziz, has left the media community and the entire state, reverberating with shock. Ibrahim, was said to have died in a ghastly motor accident along Gombe-Bauchi road, Friday. Aziz, was committed to his duty and responsibilities as a media practitioner, having worked effectively and efficiently across various Media genre and has continued to be in tune with changing media offerings. The Burial of Late Ibrahim Abdulaziz, the correspondent of VOA who died in a fatal road crash has been fixed for Saturday 6 February 2021 at 2:00pm at Abuja road near Atiku Abubakar's staff quarters. The corpse leaves Bauchi early in the morning Saturday for Yola in company of Bauchi Council. Members of the NUJ are expected to converge at Unions office any moment from 12:30 pm before proceeding to Yola for the burial. And All Chapels are directed to suspend union activities tomorrow in honour ...

Daily Rendezvous Adamawa State Governor, The Rt.Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has sent his heartfelt condolences to the Nigeria Union of Joirnalists Adamawa State Council over the demise of Ibrahim Abdulaziz who died on Friday February 5th 2021 in a Car crash along Gombe Bauchi road. The late Abdulaziz a versatile journalist had worked variously with Voice of America Hausa service, Premium Times, Daily Trust and Blueprint Newspapers. He also worked with New Telegraph Newspaper, FRCN Fombina FM as well as Gotel Communications before the unfortunate auto crash that claimed his life.  Governor Fintiri expressed his personal condolences and that of the Government and the entire people of Adamawa State to NUJ, the family of the deceased and his close associates. He noted that "Abdulaziz' death is coming at a time when the Media Industry can benefit more from his wealth of experience". The Rt.Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri therefore urged the family to draw courage and strengt...

Daily Rendezvous Cocoa plantations, which are the backbone of the world’s chocolate supply, are highly vulnerable to climate hazards, such as heatwaves, droughts, seasonal shifts, and erratic rainfall Help is on the way for the global cocoa supply chain, severely threatened by climate change. A new project by the African Development Bank and the International Agroforestry Agency [ICRAF would bring relief to two Ivorian smallholder cocoa farmers’ communities in Soubre and Vavoua currently grappling with declining yields caused by climate change and worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Without help, some 800,000 Ivorian smallholder farmers, who produce the largest share of the world’s cocoa supply, could suffer heavy production losses due to production and supply chain disruption. “Our experience has proven that agroforestry practices, knowledge, and skills transfer enhance the sustainability of cocoa plantations and improve the resilience of smallholder farmers’ co...

Daily Rendezvous Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has expressed  surprise by the number of quality projects going on in Adamawa State. Wike who Thursday, while in Yola on a project tour offered the commendation during a chat with newsmen after inspecting the flyover and grade interchange in the state capital. “I’m shocked with what I have seen. I’m asking him where are you getting money from to carry out these  projects". " I am aware that most state governor's are battling with lack of fund, anyway, am not surprised because Finitiri is a PDP governor". Governor Wike urged the  governor to always make the people of the  state happy and not to be disturbed or distracted by the antics of enemies of his Government. The governor noted that PDP states are better governed making them to fare better in terms of quality and numbers of infrastructure projects  being executed. “You have done very. In fact to say that you are trying is an understa...

Daily Rendezvous Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has issued an Executive Order banning the use of Tricycles and Motorcycles in the three Local Governments of Girei, Yola North and Yola South within the hours of 10:00pm to 5:00am. The Order which can be cited as “Adamawa State Restriction of Movement of Tricycles/Motorcycles Executive Order No.1 of 2021 comes into effect on Tuesday 2nd February, 2021 until further notice.  Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri who expressed concern over the activities of hoodlums disturbing the peace of the State, said government will not leave any stone unturned towards protecting the lives and property of innocent citizens. While describing the activities of such miscreants as unacceptable, Governor Fintiri said “They have become an extraordinary threat to the peace, wellbeing, security and stability of the State’s political and Economic Systems, as well as a negative effect on continuous development, and must theref...