DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has condemned the killing of three persons on Jan. 2 in Rafin Bauna community in the Bassa Local Government Area of the state. The governor’s condemnation of the act is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Jos by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham. Lalong said the attack was another callous attempt by the enemies of peace to begin the new year with violence. He warned that the state government would resist such attempts with all resources available to it. The governor noted that the victims were on their way from Dutsen Kura to Rafin Bauna when they were ambushed and killed by assailants now at large. He directed security agencies to arrest the perpetrators and conduct thorough investigation into the incident to ensure that the assailants were arrested and brought to justice. Lalong said that government was committed to dealing with criminals and their activities, warning criminals, including kidna...

Daily Rendezvous Four APC govs storm Yola as PDP BoT member defects to APC Yola, the capital of Adamawa State was agog as three serving All Progressives Congress (APC) governors stormed the city to formally receive Sen. Grace Jackson Bent, a member of Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who defected to the ruling party. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State represented by his deputy, Lawrence Onoja, Gov. Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau State, and Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state, made a huge statement by storming Yola to celebrate the capture of the former Ruling party's board member, Grace Bent. In an elaborate ceremony attended by many party bigwigs within and outside Adamawa State, the National Chairman Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Committee (CCECC), Mai Mala-Buni, welcomed the new entrant saying that her decision to join the ruling party at this critical time was apt. Mala-Buni who was represented by former s...