DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous Political,Trade, Economic as Well as Security and Consular Issues Highlighted Nigeria and India agree to increase engagement to boost volume of trade and economic activities between the two countries.The two countries also agree to pursue diversification with innovative suggestions for achieving the boost via such areas as mineral lease for infrastructure development and financing for term periods, including the establishment of special economic zones for production,manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and agriculture,while seeking the setting-up of Indian firms in Nigeria. The above was part of the outcome of the second round of Foreign Office Consultations between the two countries, held, Thursday, in New Delhi. According to a release by the Nigeria High Commission in New Delhi, the Nigeria delegation was led to the meeting by Amb.Gabriel Tanimu Aduda, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria,while the India side was led by Shri Damu Ravi...

Daily Rendezvous Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has issued an Executive Order for the confiscation  of Tricycles/Motorcycles used by miscreants and Shila boys to facilitate their operations  in the three Local Government areas of Girei, Yola North and Yola South. The Order which can be cited as “Adamawa State Confiscation of Tricycles/Motorcycles Executive Order No. 2 of 2022 comes into effect on 6th April 2022 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 miscreants, hoodlums, Thugs, Shila boys 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 cont...

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...

Billy The senator representing southern Adamawa at the national assembly,, Rev. Binos Dauda Yero, has hit the ground running at the red chamber, as the senator has raised an alarm that five of the nine local governments in his constituency have been under constant armed herdsmen attack and that thousands of locals in the Northeast have been forced to live in IDPs camps. Binos made the remarks, while making contributions to a motion raised on the floor of the Senate. Binos said, while it is critical that the security situation in the country is addressed, it is equally pertinent that the federal government addresses the situation of thousands that have been displaced by the onslaught and have been deprived of the comfort of living in their ancestral homes. He pointed out that deplorable humanitarian situation in his senatorial zone cuts across the north east geo-political zone and would continue to fester unless it is immediately addressed. Binos said, "Our people have been di...

By Billy Graham Abel Yola Action Against Hunger has decried the death of one of its staff and six others who were abducted and are yet to be found, following an attack on its aid convoy enroute Damasak, in Borno, on Thursday. This is contained in a statement issued by the Country Director of Action Against Hunger, Shashwat Saraf, Friday. Saraf said, "On Thursday 18 July, 2019, a convoy of vehicles was attacked on the road to Damasak, Borno state, Nigeria. "One of the drivers was killed, while one Action Against Hunger staff member, two of the drivers and three health workers are missing. "We are deeply saddened by this tragic incident as these are colleagues dedicated to providing life-saving assistance to individuals and families affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the north east of Nigeria." Action Against Hunger expressed concern for the safety and safe return of their staff saying, "We are very concerned and want to ensure that they are sa...

Billy The Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, says his  government is will set machinery in motion to receive back home, the about four thousand Adamawa refugees that have been residing in Cameroon. Fintiri made the remarks when he received the delegation of the Technical Working Group for repatriation of Nigeria Refugees in Cameroon at the Council Chambers of the Government House, Yola. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said, "The state government is ever ready to facilitate the repatriation exercise and will constitute a technical committee to support the refugees when they return home." He commended the Group and the Camerounian authorities for keeping the refugees safe and expressed the willingness of his administration to support the group in the task ahead. Earlier in her remark, the leader of the delegation who is the Federal Commissioner in charge of National Refugees Commission, Sadiya Umaru Farouq said, the visit was designed to intimate the Governor on the plan t...

Billy The candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) in the 2019 presidential, Obiageli Ezekwesili, popularity known as Oby Ezekwesili, has traunced the National Livestock Transformation Plan (Plan) of president Muhammadu Buhari as a that is bereft of context and legitimacy from the Nigerian people as it oversimplifies ongoing bloodbath in the country. Oby said the context within and for which the NLTP was conceived and proposed as a solution was bleeding red with the blood of innocent Nigerian lives. "Blood on the Dance floor, right!" My take not hers. Obi made these scathing critique in a couple of tweets via her Twitter handle with a tweet thread tagged #PublicPolicy201 She said, "My mantra as a Policy enthusiast is, “To get the right answer, one must ask the right question”. Governments do well when they think through what problem any of their proposed Policy seeks to solve. Ask the right Question if you want to get the right answer(s). "New Y...

Billy The Adamawa state police command has in a clamp down operation arrested about 151 criminal gang members including three twelve year old boys, suspected to the criminal elements terrorising members of Adamawa communities. The police in its briefing said they arrested about eighty six Kidnappers and about sixty five members of the 'shila' criminal gang notorious for phone theft and harassment of members of the public. This was made known at a press briefing Wednesday, in Yola, Adamawa state. Among the one hundred and fifty one members of the gang paraded are three twelve year old boys and the oldest among the suspects paraded are four adults aged forty. While briefing members of the press, the state Commissioner of Police, Adamu Madaki said the suspected criminals were arrested with five AK47 rifles, ten cutlasses and knives, 128 ammunitions and 18 cartridges. He said, "The command recorded tremendous achievements through the sacrifices of some gallant officers in...

INSURGENCY: President Muhammadu Buhari Condoles Nigerians Over Fallen Airmen By Billy Graham Abel The president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the death of five Airmen, who died while providing air support to the officers and men of 145 battalion, Damasak, Maidugiri during a counter insurgency operations in Northeast Nigeria. The president made this known in his Twitter handle Thursday. Buhari said, "I mourn our Armed Forces personnel who lost their lives in a military helicopter crash in Damasak, Borno State, yesterday: "Our heartfelt condolences to the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, the Nigerian Air Force, and the families of the dead. "These fine officers and men lost their lives striving to guarantee our safety and protection as a people and a nation. "Flight Lieutenant Perowei Jacob Flight Lieutenant Kaltho Paul Kilyofas Sergeant Auwal Ibrahim Lance Corporal Adamu Nura Aircraftman Meshack Ishmael ...

Former chief of Defense Staff, AVM Alex Badeh killed By Suspected Gunmen Nigeria's former Chief of Defense Staff, Alex Badeh has been bkilled by unknown Gunmen  along  Abuja- Keffi road. Announcing his death in a couple of tweets on the official Twitter handle of the Nigerian Airforce, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola said, "It is with a heavy heart that I regretfully announce the unfortunate demise of former Chief of Defene Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, who died today, 18 Dec 18, from gunshot wounds sustained when his vehicle was attacked while returning from his farm along Abuja-Keffi Road.  "On behalf officers, airmen and airwomen of the Nigerian Air Force, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar, commiserates with the family of the late former Chief of Defence Staff over this irreparable loss.  "We pray that the Almighty God grants his soul eternal rest."