DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous The Director-General media to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has aimed a dig at the All Progressive Congress over recent comments by one of its official suggest that the Director is a drunk. It could be recalled that Director-General Media to the Governor during an interview with the media challenged how APC in Adamawa is Day-dreaming and claiming of defeating the Governor in 2023, which is contrary to the reality on the ground that APC is none existent in the state. Kumangar pointed out that APC needed to put its house in order in Adamawa before they could lay claim to defeating the Governor in 2023. Kumangar maintains that APC bury its daydreaming of coming back to power saying the candidate of the opposition APC that will defeat the Governor in 2023 must come from the moon. While reacting to Ribadu’s claims the DG challenged him to make public his degree certificate since he was alleged to graduate from MAU, Yola. In a statement issued to...

Daily Rendezvous The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) has warned Nigerians that a newly-created malicious software that steals users’ banking app login credentials on Android devices has been discovered. This is contained in a security advisory issued by the Commission’s CSIRT. According to NCC, the software identified as Xenomorph targeted 56 financial institutions from Europe. It is said to have a high impact and vulnerability rate. In a statement, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, the Commission’s Director, Public Affairs, explained that Xenomorph is propagated by an application that was slipped into Google Play store and masquerading as a legitimate application called ‘Fast Cleaner’. He said it is ostensibly meant to clear junk, increase device speed and optimize battery. In reality, the app, according to the statement, is only a means by which the Xenomorph Trojan could be propagated easily and efficiently. He emphas...

Daily Rendezvous Opposition parties in Adamawa State save for the All-Progressives Congress (APC) may have gone comatose a year to the 2023 general elections.  Although the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable for the general polls, the All-Progressives Congress (APC) and other parties are virtually non-existent. Their offices have remained docile and desolate. Some of the parties include the All-Progressive Congress (APC), Social democratic party (SDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), among others. The State is presently dominated by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), having the majority advantage while the All-Progressives Congress (APC) is trailing. Before the 2015 and 2019 general elections, PDP solely controlled the State. No less than 20 of the opposition parties participated in the 2019 elections in the State Few of them won an elective position inthe legislature.  Similarly, in the local government councils’ elect...

Daily Rendezvous By Martins Dickson Hon. Pharm. Wafari Theman has once again trailed the blaze in Adamawa State Governorship race with a colloquium that discusses the very nature of  the hydra headed monster, POVERTY. Wafari and his team came up with this novel idea to take up headlong the monster that has bedeviled the people of Adamawa state and has defied solution administration after administration by bringing together the political class and experts to discuss The Nature of Poverty and practical Solutions to combating it for Development. The colloquiuim had in attendance politicians of repute from the state who all agreed that this is the way to go if we must overcome the gap in solution-driven leadership our dear state and Nation needs.  Political juggernauts from Adamawa took turns to praise Wafari Theman for raising the bar in Governorship aspiration of the state as well as political discuss. Their speeches and messages concerted on the fact  that know...

Daily Rendezvous The Secretary-General of the Association of West African Monarchs,(AWAM) Comrade Elliot Afiyo, has thrown the weight of the the organization behind the Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, to emerge as Nigeria's president, saying he is the "Messiah" that would deliver Nigeria and the West African sub-region from its current security and developmental challenges. Elliot said, it is paramount that a visionary, just, dynamic and open-minded leader emerges as Nigeria's next president saying Nigeria's peace and progress equals West Africa's progress too. He made this known at the 17th Biannial round table discussions of the West African monarchs held at Accra, Ghana. Afiyo said, Bala Mohammed has the qualities and vision to lead Nigeria and the West African sub-region into its promised land. The Secretary-General of AWAM Afiyo said, "Your Eminences, Highnesses, Majesties and my fellow  Comrades. It is a privilege  to be invited on...

Daily Rendezvous The Independent Nationnal Electoral Commission (INEC) says Nigeria's  presidential election will hold on February 25, 2023. The INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known Saturday, at a media briefing in Abuja. Yakubu further said that the national assembly elections will hold on the same day, while governorship and state house of assembly polls will take place on March 11, 2023. This announcement comes hours after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Electoral Act Bill into law. Yakubu said the 2023 polls were initially scheduled to commence on February 18, 2023 with the presidential and national assembly elections, followed by the governorship and state house of assembly elections on March 4. He said the commission could, however, not release the detailed timetable and schedule of activities because of the pending enactment of the electoral act 2022. “The electoral act provides strict timelines for the implementation of electoral ac...

Daily Rendezvous The leading contender for APC gubernatorial ticket, Umar Mustapha (Otumba) says he has the ideas to turn Adamawa furtunes around by ending the perennial dependance of state government on federal coffers saying Adamawa has abundant resources to be self-sustaining and economically independent. Mustapha said, the Fintiri led PDP government lacks foresight and leadership quality to turn the fortunes to take Adamawa unto a state of wealth and economic growth insisting that Fintiri's flyovers are the worst cosmetic approach to addressing traffic congratulations that never existed. Umar Mustapha made this known in an exclusive chat with Daily Rendezvous, in Yola, Adamawa state. Mustapha said, no intelligent and forward thinking government will borrow huge amount of funds like Fintiri does only to build monuments for his glorification without any economic benefits.  Otumba said, "A sensible approach to developmental governance for a state like Adamawa and ...

Daily Rendezvous Buba Pledges More Empowerment and Skills Development Training for Youths,Women The Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs,Rt. Hon.( Dr.) Yusuf Buba Yakub, has said that he is committed to direct and complete empowerment of his Constituents, saying one of his cardinal objectives in life and as politician is to inspire his constituents to be self-reliant and equipped to support themselves financially and economically. Yusuf Buba made this remarks, during the flag-off ceremony of his multiple empowerment projects and support effort for his constituents and community members, Wednesday, at Faci, Adamawa State. Addressing his constituents at the event, Buba said, every political representation that does not have the people at heart will always lead to disappointment and always perform below the people's expectations. The member, representing Gombi/ Hong at the green chambers who presented gifts of SUV cars to each of the eleven District Hea...

Daily Rendezvous - We Will Resist Ploy by Buhari, APC, to Use Kidnapping, Banditary As Cover-Up to Manipulate 2023 Elections Dr. Sani Adamu is a PDP stalwart and an avid pro -Atiku campaigner. In this gripping interview with Daily Sun, the straight-forward PDP advocate aims a dig at president Muhammadu Buhari as the architect of numerous violence in the country. He without mincing words carpets APC as a Nigerian collective national mistake that must be corrected in 2023. The Adamawa born politician tasks his party, PDP, to ignore every presidential clamour within the party, and handover the presidential ticket of the party to Atiku Abubukar as the surest way to kick APC out of office Rendezvous : How did you get into politics? Dr. Sani Adamu: For me I have been an observer of State and National affairs for a very long time. However, venturing into active politics came about after the 2011 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primaries which Atiku lost. I was disturbe...

Daily Rendezvous Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked General Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. They made this known Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, at their forum’s meeting on the state of the nation. The party’s National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu expressed optimism that the PDP would return to power in 2023, given the unthusiasm of Nigerians towards the party. In a communiqué after the meeting, the governors expressed the readiness of their party to take over the Presidency from the All Progressives Congress (APC). The communiqué reads: “The governors frowned at the duplicity, inconsistency, insincerity of the APC-led Federal Government on the fuel subsidy regime, which has been badly and corruptly administered. The figures of consumption ascribed to Nigerians appear fictitious and bloated. They called for proper investigation to be conducted on this matter. “The forum welcomed the...

Daily Rendezvous The National Independent Electoral Commission, INEC , has released the calendar and political campaign itinerary for the 2023 elections in Nigeria. The calendar consists of electioneering activities partaining the 2023 presidential and gubernatorial elections in the country. The calendar released by the INEC, scheduled that electioneering activities will commence from March 2022 providing a template for all political parties in the country heading into the 2023 General elections.. The calendar outlined that by April 2022, campaign for presidential and gubernatorial elections will kick off and as at May 2022, there will be party Congresses across Nigeria. The guideline also fixed February 2023 as the date for the presidential election. Check out the calendar below: 1. Consultation continues January: 1-31 2. Intensive consultation continues February: 1-28 3. March: INEC gives guideline for aspirants, candidates, parties in respect of congress, primary electio...

Daily Rendezvous Recently I noted that Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri’s capacity to make changes if he desired them or understood their nature and dynamics on the coming council polls in Adamawa.  That capacity was thought to be absent, partly because he showed no inclination to shake things up by promising any candidate vying for council seat automatic ticket or playing a godfather role to any aspirant. But in repositioning the party and giving power back to the people as in the slogan of the People’s Democratic Party, he had managed to carry out a largely unexpected decision of not supporting any candidate nor allowing any of the aspirants to use his name as a campaign tool to hoodwink party officials to support their ambition.  Am excited about the new verve he was acquiring and which seemed to please him and surprised others. He also threatened to sanction any black sheep within the party that will play the fifth columnist role. Many Adamawa citizens perceived a...

Daily Rendezvous The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 to discuss ways to further strengthen collaboration between their two organisations.  The meeting took place after the WHO Director-General ran with the Olympic Torch on the day of the Opening Ceremony, and said: “The Olympics are about, hope, solidarity, unity and peace. Especially hope to end this pandemic. I hope we will achieve the 70 per cent vaccination in each and every country around the world by mid this year, and hope the acute phase of the pandemic will be over, so that people will come together like always.” The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 to discuss ways to further st...

Daily Rendezvous Some security agencies in Nigeria have obtained approval from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, to access the database of the National Identity Management Commission in the course of carrying out their duties. As a result, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said his office through the Nigerian Communications Commission, has conveyed the approval to the relevant security agencies. Pantami declined to name the specific agencies granted the "unfettered access" to Nigerians personal data. He, however, said the development would enhance security as it would help security operatives to go after kidnappers and other criminals. Pantami disclosed this while speaking to the media on the sidelines of LEAP 22, a technology event,  holding in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He said, “Some of the security institutions, based on the cybercrime law, are allowed to gain access to the database without coming to us because the databa...

Daily Rendezvous Some security agencies in Nigeria have obtained approval from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, to access the database of the National Identity Management Commission in the course of carrying out their duties. As a result, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said his office through the Nigerian Communications Commission, has conveyed the approval to the relevant security agencies. Pantami declined to name the specific agencies granted the "unfettered access" to Nigerians personal data. He, however, said the development would enhance security as it would help security operatives to go after kidnappers and other criminals. Pantami disclosed this while speaking to the media on the sidelines of LEAP 22, a technology event,  holding in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He said, “Some of the security institutions, based on the cybercrime law, are allowed to gain access to the database without coming to us because the databa...

Daily Rendezvous A popular rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has claimed that Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, was flown to London in an air ambulance. Sowore claimed that Tinubu fled to London after he noticed that his presidential ambition was dead on arrival. Tinubu recently informed President Muhammadu Buhari of his intention to contest in the 2023 presidential election. The former governor of Lagos State, however, said he was consulting with relevant stakeholders across the country. But, last week, the APC National Leader traveled to London, where he is running his presidential campaign. Dismissing Tinubu’s claim, Sowore, in a Facebook post, wrote: “Three weeks ago you would think the election had been decided when Jagaban of Corruption, Bola Tinubu “declared” his intention to run but soon as he discovered that his ambition was dead on arrival, he took his ambulance and fled to London!.” Right now, it seems the Jagaban...