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 […]
War Against Corruption: Everybody is doing the wrong thing – Olisa Agbakoba
100 days after President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office, human rights lawyer and former President, Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, takes a critical look at the Buhari administration. According to Agbakoba, 100 days is not too early to judge the President, but the parameters used in judging him is what matters. He also takes a critical look at the role of the anti-corruption agencies in the fight against graft, the new oppositional role of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Agbakoba advises Buhari to implement the report of the 2014 Confab for a new Nigeria.
Saraki should go to Code of Conduct Tribunal and defend himself — Jiti Ogunye
In this interview with Jiti Ogunye, the erudite lawyer frowns at the issuance of orders that seek to scuttle court proceedings. Specifically, he advises Senate President Bukola Saraki to confront the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, and defend himself on the charges of fraudulent assets declaration levelled against him and, where he trumps the CCT, he should sue for damages
Jonathan doesn’t have money — Alamieyeseigha
In his days as the governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, otherwise known as DSP, was fondly referred to as the Governor-General of Izon Nation, because he presided over the only state with entirely Ijaw extraction and was seen as the leader of the struggle for the proverbial Resource Control in the Niger Delta. But his popularity and political career was cut short when he was impeached towards the end of December 2005 and replaced by his then Deputy Governor, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, who later became Nigeria’s President following the death of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2010.
Chibok girls can be rescued — Sen. Shehu Sani
The name, Shehu Sani, rings a bell in the global human rights community because of his antecedents as a defender of the less privileged in the society. But, in 2015, the activist decided to throw himself into the political turf and he won election to represent Kaduna Central on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC. But trust him not to be one who will look away if he feels threatened for any reason.
Buhari using appointments to correct marginalisation of North – Dauda Birmah
Buhari has come on a change agenda and he is not expected to behave in a manner in which you will see things as business as usual. He has to change things and he has to fulfill his promise of change to people and he is trying to understand the place and put fundamental changes in place because if you put a very heavy structure on a faulty infrastructure, the building will collapse.
