DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous State Governorship Electoral Petitions Tribunal on Monday, dismissed the petition filed by Dr. Umar Ardo against the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate against Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. Ardo, his Deputy, Amos Yusuf and SDP filed a petition challenging the governorship election conducted by INEC on the 18th March, 2023. Over 3,000 members of APC, PDP, KOWA parties defect to SDP in Adamawa INEC has the remit to determine mode of result transmission: Tribunal Adamawa guber: Court fixes June 1st to hear suspended REC’s suit seeking INEC’s apology In the petition he filed on the 8th May, 2023 Ardo had joined INEC, Fintiri and 16 others as respondents, alleging that the election was not conducted in substantial compliance with the electoral act. The petitioners further alleged that the exercise conducted by the 1st respondent was marred by corrupt practices (bribery), threats and violence and however sought the nullification of the entire exercise. On t...

Daily Rendezvous  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate suspension from office of Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), of Adamawa State pending the completion of investigation by the Inspector General of Police on the conduct/actions of the REC during the Supplementary election in Adamawa State. This was made known in a press release issued by Willie Bassey, Director Information in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.  The President has directed the immediate investigation and prosecution, if found liable, of Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari, by the Inspector General of Police. Also, the President has directed investigation by the Inspector General of Police, Director-General of the Department of State Services, and the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, of the role of their officers in aiding and abetting the conduct/actions of Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari and if found culpable, ap...

Daily Rendezvous  The Leadership of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Adamawa State council on bahalf of all Practicing Journalists in Adamawa state wishes to extend its heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Adamawa State,Rt.Hon.Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on his re-election as the democratically Governor-elect of Adamawa State in the just concluded re-run Governorship election conducted. Fintiri's resounding victory in the polls represents a bold and emphatic testimony to his unprecedented development agenda, particularly in urban renewal projects , empowerment Programmes and rural infrastructure among others across the state. The people's power as manifested during the polls, remained the most potent force in any democracy and such victory should be viewed as a triumph for collective progress of the people of Adamawa State. Certainly, with these glowing and irrefutable votes of 430,86, the people of Adamawa State have sent a strong messa...

Daily Rendezvous  By George Kushi It is becoming expressly clear that anti-democratic forces are hell -bent on sabotaging due process in Adamawa state. The lessons of the past few days is a pointer to that following the foolhardy boast of Aishatu Binani and the inept handling of the governorship elections and consequent declaration that the election result is " inconclusive". Since Attahiru Jega introduced this despicable term some years back,Nigerians have come to associate it with falsehood and the criminal attempt to defraud the electorate. It is abundantly clear that " inconclusive" applies to areas where the APC appears to be losing elections.  The governorship elections screams loud in today's circumstances. With a whooping margin ,by far exceeding the results in Kaduna and Ogun states,the outcome of the results in Adamawa has been adjudged as" inconclusive" by a visibly biased umpire that has been caught on phone making highly compro...

Daily Rendezvous        By George Kushi Once again charlatans are at work. With nothing to do other than to create mischief,a hired pen is at work trying to conjure an image of criminal scheming that has failed to impress due to the fact that nothing is outside normal politicking.  From all indications,the Binani camp has been flustered and is desperate to hold on to imaginary narratives of posible political life-saving measures. In any event this new strategy will not work. The PDP campaign team is well aware of the desperation  that has forced the Binani camp to employ  writers whose styles exposes their identities. Even more interesting is that the perceived author  might be a fictitious Dahiru Sani sponsored to creat a diversion and corrupt the minds of a few gullible people. However,this article ,full of mischief demands scrutiny not because it has any merit ,but because false statements,coupled with irrational thoughts need expla...