National Assets
2 Sep 2024
That assets of the Federal Government of Nigeria are, on the authority of a foreign court, seized for alleged default in contractual obligation by Ogun State is most embarrassing.
7 May 2024
President of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Victor Alonge, has regretted that since independence over six decades ago, the most populous black nation has yet to undertake a credible valuation of its national assets.
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The President and Founder of MAAUN Group of Universities, Prof. Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, has applauded President Bola Tinubu for appointing Prof. Abdullahi Shehu Ma’aji as the Managing Director of the newly established North-West Development Commission (NWDC). Prof. Gwarzo gave the commendation last weekend when he received Prof. Ma’aji, who paid him a courtesy visit at…
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A one-time senator who represented Cross River South Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate, Florence Ita-Giwa, has said that female senators have passed the state of sexual harassment. The former senator made this senator while weighing on the sexual harassment allegations involving Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and Senate President Godswill Akpabio in an interview with Arise News…
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The seven suspects standing trial for the murder of Mojisola Awesu, a final year female student of Kwara State College of Health Technology Offa, on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to the charges before Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the state High Court, Ilorin. The suspects were remanded in a correctional facility at the last court session…