Why govt must compel MDAs to use licensed auctioneers to dispose assets — Mafikuyomi, Unicorn Auctions CEO
*Says untrained officials, internal auction depts undermine transparency, revenue generation *Argues auctioneers can help recover billions in trapped assets By Nnamdi Ojiego Auctioneering is often associated with distressed assets, court orders and the sale of property. But Dr Ayodeji Fred Mafikuyomi, Chief Executive Officer of Unicorn Auctions Limited, says the profession has a much wider […]
Digital switchover will boost viewership experience — Zhang, StarTimes CEO
StarTimes has already shown their worth in the past seven years, changing a lot in the pay-television market. For example I can still remember in 2010 when StarTimes just launched in Nigeria, if you want to buy a competitor’s decoder you have to pay N27,000. During this period the exchange rate was just about N120 to one dollar. Today, 2017, seven years later, the exchange rate has gone up to N360.
Mohammed Uba Garba: A requiem for smugglers
A cursory examination of our society today will show some damning malfeances such as drug use and abuse, prostitution, human trafficking and smuggling. To curtail these challenges, government had set up agencies to deal with them but still they continue to fester.
You engage in double speak on Biafra, Ambassador tells Igbo
Ambassador Soni Abang is one-time Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State and former Nigeria Ambassador to Mali. In this interview, Abang speaks on the agitations for Biafra and restructuring among other issues of national importance.
We’ll recover our stolen wealth —Hon. Agbonnayinma
Sunday Vanguard had a chat with Hon. Agbonayinma on efforts so far to recover the proceeds from the sale of the stolen crude oil.
Python Dance will not help Nigeria if key issues are not resolved – HRM Ararile, retired AVM
The Ovie of Umighwa – Abraka Kingdom in Delta State, HRM Lucky Ochuko Ararile, Avwaeke 1, says it is as if Nigeria is fighting a war that is undeclared because we have the same issues with Somalia, Congo Democratic Republic and Afghanistan, all of which are at war. The retired air vice marshal in the Nigerian Air Force also says Nigeria’s unity is negotiable.
