DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous  By Mr. Matthias Schmale, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people are facing the painful consequences of a deteriorating food security and nutrition crisis. Food insecurity means not knowing when or where your next meal will come from. It means, in essence, not being able to meet the basic needs for yourself or your family. As a result, countless families are forced to make alarming sacrifices to survive. Many, particularly children, are at risk of not making it through the lean season. According to the latest food security assessments, 4.1 million people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States – three of the states in north-eastern Nigeria, are at risk of severe food insecurity in this lean season. People’s resilience and coping mechanisms have been devastated by more than a decade of conflict. As food insecurity worsens, so does the risk of malnutrition. In 2022, 1.74 million children ...

Daily Rendezvous The UN Residents Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, has expressed concern over the spate of violence by Non State Armed Groups (NSAGs) in Northeast Nigeria leading to the killing of about 30 Civilians, injuring 57, destroying over 500 homes and displacing over 10, 000 locals in Guyuk and Lamurde local governments of Adamawa state. The Humanitarian Coordinator said, some 32 Internally Displaced Persons have also been killed in Mudu village in the outskirts of Dikwa, all between the months of May and June, 2022. This is contained in statement issued by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Schmale said, these strings of violence are endangering the lives of civilians and hampering humanitarian efforts at securing and delivering assistance to millions who are in need in  northeast Nigeria. The statement reads, "I am gravely concerned about the recent waves of violence affecting civilians in north-e...

Daily Rendezvous The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martins Griffiths has allocated US$15 million emergency funding from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support urgently needed humanitarian assistance in north-east Nigeria.  “The food security and nutrition situation is deteriorating, with more and more families pushed towards vulnerability, and forced to resort to negative coping mechanisms including child labour and early marriage,” said the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (a.i) for Nigeria Mr. Matthias Schmale.  “As desperation pushes extremely vulnerable people to the edge, food and nutrition assistance is critical for their survival. The $15 million CERF allocation comes right on time to respond to the most urgent needs of people at extreme risk as we appeal to Member States to provide the resources we urgently need.”  The CERF allocation will enable humanitarian...

Daily Rendezvous A total of thirty-seven (37) terrorist elements in the northeast, with seventeen (17) said to have been arrested. Twenty-One (21) assorted arms as well as one hundred and seventeen rounds of different calibres of ammunition, and four gun trucks were captured from the terrorists. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Benard Onyeuko disclosed this during the bi-weekly press briefing on the operational activities of the Armed Forces of Nigeria within the last two weeks, held at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja. He said in the last two weeks, a total of sixteen abducted civilians have been rescued, while eight hundred and sixty-three terrorists and their families have surrendered to the troops. “Within the past 2 weeks, own troops aggressively sustained their operations on the terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements by maintaining offensive engagements in all theatres of operation within the country, which recorded appreciable...

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 The Member Representing, Ganye, Jada, Toungo and Mayo Belwa in the Federal House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas, said the ongoing revalidation of membership for party members across the country is a timely step in strengthening the party to take over governnent at all levels in the country. Namdas said, APC in Adamawa is ready to clinch power and aust the current government from power buoyed by the current re-registration and revalidation exercise. Namdas made the remarks shortly after re-validating his membership at Ganye 3 Ward, Ganye local government area of Adamawa state.  The lawmaker who is also the chairman of the House of Representatives committee on army commended the caretaker leadership of the party under the Yobe state governor, Maimala Buni for ensuring that the exercise is conducted and successful. "The journey of APC to take over the government in Adamawa and also to retain government at the national level has just begun. The regi...

Daily Rendezvous   - Northern Group Says It Regrets Supporting Buhari in 2015 - Says it's Ready For Violent Confrontation with Protesters - Praise Bala Mohammed for Outstanding Display of Leadership The North's most influential youth group and onw of the country's most potent political and social mobilisation group, The Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) has emphatically said it is for now done with backing any presidential candidate from the north west side of the country, with respect to 2023. The NYLF, is undoubtedly, the most influential northern youth groups, with an impeccable history of influencing electoral outcomes not only for the region but for the country at large. The Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NLYF), which is a group fully backed by northern elders Forum with the mobilisation capacity of about forty two (42) affiliate northern youth bodies formed in 1990, has for the first time in its history, turn, its back on providing political or mobilisati...

Daily Rendezvous Northeast governors forum has began to strategise how to intergrade the 'Almajiri' system into formal system of western education in order to stem the tide of unemployment among young people in the zone as a result of lack of education. The chairman of the North East Governors Forum and governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, kick-starting the meeting said, the recent youth restiveness witnessed in the country is a direct result of a blooming youth unemployment in the north east and the country at large and that government has a responsibility to create avenues for gainful employment and engaging the youth in productive ventures in order to curb the security threat posed by unemployment. Zulum said, education remains the most potent tool in addressing unemployment and creating gainful employment for youths in the north east region in order to curb the menace of insurgency and kidnapping. Zulum made this known in his opening remarks at t...