DAILY RENDEZVOUS

By PA BALOGUN ADEOTI ISHOLA A deep search for the golden and youthful political technocrat for the Nigeria Vice Presidency may not be farfetched now that the  ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken the right steps in the right direction.   You may want to ask me of what directions I am speaking about.  And as an elder citizen of this country, I will like  my readers, great Nigerians to know that I am a Nigerian, non partisan and one of the analysts on issues of public concern, whose opinions are devoid of sentiments of any sort.  Now that all political parties in our noble nation that are duly registered by the Nigerian political umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), have chosen their presidential candidates and now in frenzy searches for marketable complement to be the next Nigerian Vice President by 2023. After a thorough research based on Qualities, Competence, Nationalism and Patriotism of a suitable candidate t...

Daily Rendezvous How Binani/Dickson Combination Could be Lethal for PDP Since the emergence of Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Binani as the flagbearer of APC in Adamawa, tongues have been wagging about her capacity to defeat the incubent government of PDP, of Gov Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. It's no longer news that the emergence of Binani was a kind of a pleasant surprise to public analysts and commentators on social, political and public affairs. Binani, is a force of nature, an enigma revealing the truth of the real complexion of our demography, the statistics suggest, is largely women.  Given that reality, what are the chances of Binani againt Gov. Fintiri? What possible tricks could she pull off this time around? - The First female governorship candidacy in itself is a plot line that has a life of its own. Women groups, local women, international bodies promoting  women's cause, among several other groups could rise to her aid and trump up her cause and that could constitute a ...

Daily Rendezvous The 9th Round of Annual Process of Political Consultations between the Governments of Nigeria and the Swiss Confederation, ends in Bern,the Switzerland capital city with discussions focused on matters of mutual interests. The meeting,which is also known as "Nigeria-Switzerland Days 2022" discussed the long- standing bilateral and multilateral co-operation between Nigeria and the European country. The meeting brought into sharp focus and examined indepth issues of mutual interests bordering on migration and development,peace and security in Nigeria and the African continent, as well as, asset-recovery,trade and investment. In addition to the above,the meeting also discussed the fight against trafficking in persons, capacity-building,youth employment and job creation, assistance, human rights, as well as, co-operation in legal matters among other important subjects-matter. According to a release by  the Ministry of Foreign Affairs monitored in Abuja...

Daily Rendezvous The senator representing southern Adamawa senatorial zone, Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe has again continue to show his outstanding quality and class as his newly launched hospital Hospital in Wheels has reached out to the people of his senatorial zone with his free medical interventions. This time the Hospital-On-Wheels medical outreach has moved to the surburb of Kojoli in Jada local government area of Adamawa state, taking outstanding and quality healthcare services to the hard-to-reached people of Kojoli. Speaking during the flagging-off of the exercise, the senator said his desire is to ensure that citizens who hitherto do not have access to medical care because of lack of financial support or distance, are reached with the required support and medicare in the form of diagnosis, drugs and treatment.  He stressed that getting quality healthcare delivery to the rural populace has been at the top of his policy and programs. “One of the challen...

Daily Rendezvous The chairman of the correspondents' Chapel of the NUJ, Adamawa state chapter, Comrade Padio Phineas, the Media has a responsibility to uphold good in the society and raise the alarm when the system is dysfunctional. Padio said, the media is at the fore of promoting good governance and that as members of the fourth estate of the realm, it is obliged to being to the limelight actions and inactions of government and people in power for public good. Padio made the remarks during press conference, preceeding the unveiling of a Magazine designed to mark Democracy and to highlight governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri's three years in office.  The leader of the correspondents' in Adamawa said, functions of the journalist does not start and end in critisising government or People in power but include also promoting noble and responsible governance as it is clearly displayed in Adamawa. He said, "The Correspondent Chapel of the  NUJ, has produced a document...

Daily Rendezvous By Mansur Aramide, Yola One thing most aides to Governor Ahmadu Fintri have not failed to notice is the governor’s resilience and style of leadership.  The workaholic governor has in the past year demonstrated that transparency in governance can go a long way to enhance public understanding and goodwill.   Adamawa State ranks among the states in the federation with low accruals from the Federal Allocation of distributable income in addition to low internal revenue generation. Yet the way and manner the governor have tackled project conception, implementation and funding make it seem as if he has much money stacked somewhere.   The Director-General (Media) to the governor, Mr. Solomon Kumangar, describes his principal as a go-getter, remarking that keeping up with his pace in governance requires aides to be up and doing almost 24 hours a day. “It has been challenging, but a fruitful experience,” he says.   He disclosed the governor believe...

Daily Rendezvous Reports filtering in suggests that the District Head of Lafiya, in Lamurde, Adamawa state has been arrested wirh respect to the violent conflict that brokeout in sone parts of Lamurde and Guyuk local governments in Adamawa state. Rendezvous reliably gathered that about six residents of the community were killed, several injured and properties worth millions of naira were destroyed as a result of the conflict. Locals told said that at about noon time on Thursday, security operatives stormed the residence of the district head of Lafiya, Dominic Minekaro and arrested him as a result of the conflict in Adamawa border with Gombe. It is still however unclear why he was arrested but the manner and how the village head was nabbed drew a lot of questions whether it was in tandem with police protocol as locals close to the district head said he should at least have been invited by the police. Violence had broke out on Monday, between the lunguda natives f...