DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has approved the dissolution of the management of Adamawa United Football Club. Governor Fintiri who commended the management for working hard to nurture the club and take it where it is today, said Government will not allow the club go down but will ensure it consolidates on the gains so far. He noted that the need to  inject fresh blood and latest techniques as well as also reinvigorate and restore the loss glory of the game of soccer, informed Governments decision. While thanking the management for accepting to serve in that capacity that enabled them to contribute to the growth of the game of soccer in Adamawa, the Governor notes that the dissolution is with immediate effect and the management is to hand over all Government property and documents to the ministry immediately.

Daily Rendezvous Adamawa State Governor, the Rt.Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has congratulated the State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria and Catholic Bishop of Yola, the Most Reverend Stephen Dami Mamza on his 52th birthday anniversary.  Rejoicing with the foremost Cleric at 52, Governor Fintiri described him as a Priest who has always promoted peace and encouraged inter-faith harmony, urging him to keep up the good work.  The Governor praised Bishop Dami's impeccable track record as a Priest and administrator, describing his background as CAN Chairman as well deserved. Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri noted that "The CAN Chairman brought the graces of holiness, humour and humility to his ministry in the Church, including his contributions and humanitarian services in the crisis Northern part of Adamawa and the entire State. The Rt.Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri also commended the tremendous role the Archbishop is playing towards the growth of the...

Daily Rendezvous The Divisional Police Officer of Fugar Police Division in Edo State, Chief Superintendent of Police, Ibrahim Aliyu Ishaq, has been kidnapped around Ise River along old Auchi-Ekperi-Agenebode Road in Edo State. Daily Rendezvous gathered that the armed kidnappers have already contacted the family of the Senior Police Officer for a ransom payment. CSP Ishaq before his deployment some years ago had served as DPO in Dakata Police Division in Kano State

Daily Rendezvous The president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, alongside other national leaders have mourned the sudden death of Gen. Dzarma Kennedy Zirkushu alongside six other officers and men who were gunned down by the men of the ISWAP and Boko Haram insurgents at Askira Uba, on the 13th of November, 2021 in Borno state, Nigeria. Buhari while comforting their families said, their legacy and the sacrifice they made in the fight against insurgency and for Nigeria, will not be forgotten. He made the remarks at the funeral service of Gen.Dzarma Kennedy Zirkushu, and the other six fallen heroes, at the Protestant Military Church of the 23 Armoured Brigade, Yola, Adamawa state. President Buhari said, "I was extremely sad to hear of the demise of your husband and soLdiers who paid the supreme sacrifice in a rare display of gallantry as they try to protect their compatriots in the war against terrorists. "Indeed Nigeria has lost great...

Daily Rendezvous Manchester United have sacked its Manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, following a 4:1 thumbing in a Saturday clash in the hands of Watford. The club has decided to releave its former club legend of his duties as  Manchester United's manager a fter coming to take the job as head manager in 2018. According to a statement released on the club website which reads, "Manchester United announces that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has left his role as manager. "Ole will always be a legend at Manchester United and it is with regret that we have reached this difficult decision. While the past few weeks have been disappointing, they should not obscure all the work he has done over the past three years to rebuild the foundations for long-term success. "Ole leaves with our sincerest thanks for his tireless efforts as Manager and our very best wishes for the future. His place in the club’s history will always be secure, not just for his story as a player...

Daily Rendezvous The Community Led Collective Action for Girl-child Education, (C-CAGE) has raised the alarm over the deplorable situation at a Girls-Only school in Pare, Numan, where a 500 plus Government Girls Secondary School, has sharply declined to a School with only 17 students and 7 teachers. C-CAGE said, its investigation shows that the school lacks basic WASH facilities, delapidated structures, lacks perimeter fencing and that the area where the school is located has been a subject of conflict in the past. The organisation said, there is an urgent need for government to restore the school to its lost glory and include the plan to revamp the school in the 2022 budget in order boost the female chilld access to safe and qaulity education. This was made known at a press briefing by the Senior Programme Manager, of the Community Led Collective Action for Girl-child Education (C-CAGE), Lawal Amodu, and made available to Daily Sun, over the weekend in Yola, Ad...

Daily Rendezvous A final-year Software Engineering student of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), David Edijala, has launched an innovative new payment platform: “Zinger Wallet.”  This app was created to address problems with payment methods in Nigeria, especially with cash, bank transfers, and POS machines. “Zinger Wallet” allows businesses to receive payments in a reliable, quick, and cheap manner while providing easy management of staff, departments, and customers. Currently, cash transfers require payments to be transferred to the bank, raising security issues and the possibility of human error. Bank transfers are inconvenient for medium and large businesses since someone is not always around to verify transactions, such as in large stores, and networks can fail, causing long delays.  With POS machines, network problems arise, and cash is not always readily available. Nigerian businesses need a better tool. “Zinger Wallet” addresses all these pr...

Daily Rendezvous Armed policemen were seen on Wednesday, to have taken over the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress national Secretariat in Abuja. Armed policemen on Wednesday took over the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja. Four (4) patrol vans were positioned at entry and exit points of the building located at Blantyre Street in the Wuse 11 area of the Federal Capital Territory. The Rendezvous gathered that the police was drafted to the APC headquarters to forestall possible breakdown of law and order. There were reports that aggrieved party members planned to stage a protest against the party’s leadership over the recently conducted ward, local government and state congresses.  

Daily Rendezvous The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Monday, has  issued a three weeks ultimatum to the Buhari led government, to quickly implement the memorandum of understanding it signed with the body about a year ago,or else it would reverts to strike action. This is coming as the Senior Staff Association of Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities met to deliberate next moves over the failure of the Federal Government to meet the union’s demands. It would be recalled that the Federal Government had signed a memorandum of understanding with the unions last year and promising to fulfill demands ranging from payment of earned allowances, introduction of the UTAS platform for University workers, payment of revitalization fund for Universities, among others. Addressing the press at the University of Abuja Monday, the National President of the Union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, decried the failure of the Federal Govern...

Daily Rendezvous At a time of unprecedented humanitarian needs, funding shortfall, COVID-19, and climate shocks, the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) is allocating $23.8 million to 75 eligible humanitarian partners, including national non-governmental organisations, to help them address critical humanitarian needs and ensure that essential assistance reaches people affected by conflict, food insecurity, inclement weather  and disease outbreaks in north-east Nigeria. According to Trond Jensen, Head of Office for United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Nigeria, "It is my sincere hope that this next round of funding allocated to partners will support remote education activities, reduce protection risks, improve shelters, and ensure food assistance is provided to communities." Forty per cent of the fund for each sector will be allocated to the humanitarian response in Adamawa and Yobe, and 60 percent to response in Borno, t...

Daily Rendezvous Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs and lawmaker representing Gombi/ Hong Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Yusuf Buba Yakub, has described the death of Brig. Gen. Dzarma Zirkusu in an ambush by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists as a huge loss to the people of Gombi/ Hong Federal Constituency, to Adamawa State and to the nation at large. He said the late General was a fine officer, who was not only committed to his chosen profession but had the heart to do everything he could to make the people feel safe and free wherever he found himself.  He recalled several instances when the late General had brought succour to situations that looked quite apprehensive and said he would be greatly missed by colleagues and the people of the North East Zone in particular, whom he served with uncommon commitment until his last breath.   This is contained in a release personally signed by Yusuf Yakub Buba, which was mad...

Daily Rendezvous Adamawa State Governor, Rt.Hon Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has expressed his condolences to the families and Colleagues of Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu and three other Soldiers killed in battle against Insurgents.  General Zirkusu was the Officer commanding the 28 Task Force Brigade in Chibok, Borno State.  The Insurgents had launched an attack on an Army Base  in Askira Uba Local Government area of Southern Borno killing the General and three others. Governor Fintiri commended the bravery of the Special Forces  with the support of other troops who repelled the attack by the Insurgents.  "General Zirkusu and the three others were brave Soldiers who died in the line of duty while fighting terrorists". Governor Fintiri said.  "I want to take this opportunity to express my deepest sympathy and that of the Government and People of Adamawa State to the families and loved ones of the fallen Heros. I stand with you. Nigeria stands with yo...

Daily Rendezvous The Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has presented the 2022 Budget estimate of about N163.6 billion to the adamawa state house of assembly, Thursday, in Yola, Adamawa state. The Appropriation Bill which was tagged, "The Budget of Sustainable Hope" for 2022 Fiscal year is made up of recurrent expenditure of N98.9 Billion, representing 60% of the total Budget while the balance of N64.8 billion is for Capital development projects representing 40%. Fintiri said, as a result of the cooperation enjoyed from the state house of assembly, his government has in the last two years, been able, to impact positively on the lives and livelihood of the people of Adamawa state and that it has been able to change the entire narrative of the state and of governance in Nigeria. Speaking on the vision and expectations of the 2022 budget, Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri said, "Speaker, Honourable Members, I am indeed glad to present the 2022 budget proposal to this Honourabl...

WE HAVE CANCELLED OUR ONE WEEK SIT-AT-HOME - IPOB Following the genuine  intervention of our elders, esteemed traditional Institutions /Rulers and Religious Leaders, and after a due consideration of the positive impacts of their engagement, and sequel to the fact that  Our elders have spoken in our terms , the Leadership of IPOB ably lead by MAZI NNAMDI Kanu hereby and immediately CALL OFF THE ONE WEEK SIT AT HOME earlier declared to commence tomorrow, November 5 to November 10, 2021. We have equally considered several appeals by our mothers who earn their living based on their daily economic activities which will obviously be affected if Biafra land is locked down for one whole week. It's never our intention to add to the pains of our people, hence our decision to suspend the sit-at-home. IPOB leadership is only interested in Our referendum and peaceful agitation for self determination, and can not by under any guise be seen to be interfering with any electoral pr...

Daily Rendezvous - Says Budget Proposals Paltry, Lacks Ambition for Development - Calls for Improvement from Federal Government and the Budget Office  Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, have said that the various sums allocated to capital costs in the 2022 budget proposals for Agencies and Departments under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are meagre and therefore appear insensitive to the challenges being faced by those institutions. The Committee made the observation, Wednesday, at the House of Representatives during the defence of the 2022 budget proposals of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) and the Foreign Service Academy ( FSA) ,two major parastatals under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs located in Lagos, Nigeria.  Speaking at the end of the budget defence exercise, the heads of these instutions, and the Chairman of the Committee, Rt. Hon.( Dr.) Yusuf Buba Yakub, called on the Federal Government, the Budg...

Daily Rendezvous - Committee on Foreign Affairs Undertakes Oversight Visit to Ministry's Headquarters - Thumbs-Up Improvements at the Ministry Headquarters Pledges Increase in Budgetary Allocation in View of Prevailing Dollar-Naira Fluctuations The House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs has, during its oversight visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters,Abuja, commended the Ministry for turning things around in terms of improvement in it's infrastructure. While delivering his remarks during the visit, the Chairman of the House Committee, Hon.Buba said the Committee is glad to once again return to the Ministry to carry out its Constitutionally- mandated role as lawmakers sequel to its visit last year and better still, it is looking better than it was during uts last visit. The committee however notes that, there would be need for more funding for the ministry in view of the dwindling exchange rate of the dollars-naira. The Commi...