At the ship repair plant of PJSC Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company they want to create a modern industrial park called Kiliya The park's presentation is scheduled for the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2024) in Berlin This was announced by the company's CEO the UDP plant in Kiliya is perhaps the only one in the country continuing repairs and construction of the fleet it is the only option for creating a shipbuilding base on a national scale "The plant is located 47 kilometers from the Black Sea an experienced team of over 300 specialists and the ability to accommodate new productions (out of 19 hectares of the plant's territory we only use 9 hectares)," Moskalenko wrote He also added that there are already several proposals from foreign companies regarding locating joint production in Kiliya Shipbuilders from Baltic countries could become the first residents of the "Kiliya" industrial park Ojochenemi Onje $(document).ready(function(){(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({})}); abstract form and its eyes tilted slightly towards the heavens this rare complete idol from Anatolia is set to be a highlight of Classic Week in New York the Guennol Stargazer is one of the finest and largest preserved Anatolian marble female idols of Kiliya type — and will be offered in the Exceptional Sale  on 28 April at Christie’s in New York (estimate on request) The Guennol Stargazer is from the Chalcolithic period and is considered to be one of the most impressive of its type known to exist It is further distinguished by its exhibition history having been on loan at The Metropolitan Museum of Art at various periods from 1966 to 2007 ‘Stargazer’ is the colloquial title derived from the slightly tilted-back angle at which the large head rests on the thin neck thus creating the whimsical impression of the figure staring up at the heavens There are only about 15 nearly complete idols that survive Most of the complete examples have been broken across the neck suggesting that the sculptures were ritually ‘killed’ at the time of burial The last marble example of Kiliya type to have appeared at auction was The Schuster Stargazer, which sold at Christie’s New York on 5 June 2005 for $1,808,000 ‘The Guennol Stargazer is an iconic work of art and one universally recognised as the finest Kiliya idol in existence,’ states G International Head of Antiquities at Christie’s The sleek and abstract form of this extremely rare work was a source of inspiration for 20th-century masters such as Brancusi The Guennol Stargazer was a part of the Guennol collection which was formed by prominent art collectors Alastair Bradley Martin and his wife ‘Guennol’ is the Welsh word for ‘Martin’ and the choice of Welsh is an allusion to the place where the couple spent their honeymoon The Stargazer was acquired by the current owner The exceptional nature of the objects included in the Guennol Collection is legendary — in December 2007 the Guennol Lioness setting a record price at auction for an ancient work of art The President of the Nigeria Association of Auctioneers (NAA) has advised the public to disregard any training programs organized by unrecognized institutions or organizations for auctioneers Alhaji Kiliya emphasized that auctioneering is a specialized field requiring expertise “You cannot just enter a sector and train people without having proper knowledge or authority in that field,” he stated as the regulatory body for auctioneering in Nigeria is unaware of any institute authorized to train auctioneers He called on organizations claiming to provide auctioneering training to present evidence of their contributions to the development of the profession I challenge any institution to show what it has done to advance auctioneering in Nigeria,” he added Alhaji Kiliya noted that under his leadership the association has made strides in uniting and professionalizing the sector He revealed ongoing collaborations with Ahmadu Bello University to establish a formal course in auctioneering a move aimed at standardizing the profession and providing academic credentials for practitioners “My tenure has been about growth and education We have exposed our members to new methods and practices to elevate this profession,” he said He further clarified that auctioneering requires hands-on experience and progression through various stages of learning Kiliya cautioned against misleading comparisons between auctioneering in Nigeria and other countries asserting that local realities and regulations differ significantly “Some claim we should practice like the USA It’s like asking the Nigerian president to preside over another country,” he remarked Alhaji Kiliya also warned against illegal auctioning practices highlighting that some organizations have faced legal action for improper activities He reassured the public that the NAA operates strictly within the framework of the law and urged Nigerians to avoid falling victim to unauthorized entities claiming to train or organize auctioneering programs the Nigeria Association of Auctioneers is the only authorized and experienced body to handle auctioneering matters in the country,” he concluded This statement reinforces the association’s commitment to professionalism and the protection of the public from exploitation in the auctioneering sector © 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved © 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Residents of a township in the middle of the Taklimakan Desert are being relocated to new Zhang Boning reports for Xinhua from Daliyabuy Editor's note: This is the second in a series of stories focusing on the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Imin Matkurban bought some vegetables before returning home Through forests of desert poplars and rose willows the car carried Imin over countless sand dunes to his home in the middle of the Taklimakan Desert It took about seven hours for the 39-year-old shepherd to get home even though Yutian is no more than 300 kilometers from his home in Daliyabuy township Vegetables are difficult to find in the Taklimakan which was why Imin spent 50 yuan ($7.45) buying them in the county seat He and his family make a living by shepherding and planting Cistanche deserticola a parasitic plant known in traditional Chinese medicine as the "ginseng of the desert" Daliyabuy sits on the banks of the Kiliya River its name means "riverbank" in the Uygur language the renowned Swedish geographer Sven Hedin journeyed to the end of the Kiliya River to conduct research on the people of the area it wasn't until the 1950s that the settlement was officially named Daliyabuy by the government of Yutian The extremely poor transportation infrastructure means Daliyabuy's residents still lead traditional largely unaware of how quickly things are changing in modern cities around the world the local government has launched a relocation program it began moving the first 102 households to a site with government-provided houses and infrastructure Matkurban's family will be among the last group of households to be relocated They are now living out their final months in the "Sea of Death" before they move to the new site Daliyabuy will become a tourist attraction while Imin and all 216 impoverished households from Daliyabuy will embrace fresh An aerial view shows Imin Matkurban's house in a forest of desert poplars on the banks of the Kiliya River in Daliyabuy Imin (second from right) and his wife chat with neighbors A ferry across the Danube in the Odessa region should appear between the cities of Kiliya (Ukraine) and Kiliya-Veke (Romania) It will take at least a year to implement the plan but it is already known that representatives of the Romanian authorities and local residents perceive the idea of ​​the crossing positively The plans to create a ferry crossing from Kiliya to Kiliya-Veke became known after the trip of the head of the Kiliya united community Vyacheslav Chernyavsky to Kiliya-Veke where he held negotiations with representatives of the local authorities the idea of ​​the crossing was positively received in the mayor's office of Kiliya-Veke residents of the Ukrainian Kilia would like to be able to easily travel to the Romanian city beyond the Danube for everyday needs The new ferry crossing will be of local importance as both Kiliya and Kiliya-Veche are located away from the main motorways of the Danube region both from Ukraine and Romania the emergence of a new crossing will improve transport links between the south of the Odessa region and Romania and will also contribute to the development of tourism in the Danube Delta Currently, on the Danube section along the Ukrainian-Romanian border with a length of about 180 kilometers, there is only one checkpoint with a ferry crossing - this is the Orlovka – Isaccea crossing Event | Contact French | English he ventured into the beauty and wellness sector He created a management application designed to help beauty professionals digitize their entire value chain Diagne (photo) is a Senegalese serial entrepreneur and IT engineer a software company that provides a comprehensive management tool for beauty salons and spas Originally launched in 2015 as an online booking platform for beauty and wellness treatments the startup evolved into Kiliya.co in 2023 It now offers an all-in-one management software for beauty professionals This software provides a wide range of services to its users it offers marketing tools to enhance salons' online visibility He holds an engineering degree in information systems and computer networks obtained in 2012 from the School of Higher Studies in Information Systems Engineering (HEISI) in Morocco Diagne led the launch of the "My HealthLine" platform His mission was to connect doctors and patients to combat sexually transmitted diseases Please publish modules in offcanvas position these years in the auctioneering business and as their President I have handled several auction business for local government states and the federal government ministries agencies and private companies that require our services I am a consultant for the Bureau of Public Procurement I am a consultant with the Bank of Industry and a consultant with Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) I am also an asset management partner for Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) I have all these engagements because of my capacity and knowledge of the auctioneering business with  experience of 48 years in the industry and I never been challenged for any reason You are always advocating for open competitive bidding for auction sales in most of your press briefings What is the difference between open competitive bidding auction Nigeria was colonised by the British and we are giving three guidelines on procurement and disposal which are financial These are the guides we are conversant with in Nigeria and it is still the best and decent way of disposing of public properties We can not jettison our  training which is open competitive bidding auction sales where all potential buyers can see what they are buying and win by highest bidder most buyers of these unserviceable store items plants and machineries are local people who have the money to buy but because they don’t have the knowledge of the online auction (e-auction) they need to see things by themselves to ensure what they are buying even the regulation stipulate that buyers are allowed to see what they are buying before auction sales take place and that’s why we use to advertise the auction in the Newspapers so that people from far and near can come and see what they want to buy and this open competitive bidding generate more money because it a system of auction that has a competitive way of selling Most buyers want to see before they buy and not to go for online bidding that is a borrowed system Nigeria is not yet mature for it to take shape it is not backed by law and not recognised by the Bureau of Public Procurement policy and not in the Act of BPP neither Financial Regulations A system of auction that is not approved by the National Assembly cannot be adopted in Nigeria We are not used to it and if the government wants to introduce it and implement it it should be backed by the law because what is not backed by the law is an illegal practice Online auction or e-auction has a lot of challenges because most of the people who participate in it always complain of buying something and at the end not seen what they buy because of scammers Scammers are penetrating into the system and in most cases it ends up in litigation they are misleading people and my opinion as the National President of Nigeria Association of Auctioneers online auction in Nigeria is an illegal auction and those propagating online auction practice do so for their selfish reasons because it is not backed by the law How about disposal of government properties by allocation is it legal Anything unserviceable cannot be allocated by anybody but there are exceptional cases either to the Department of Antiquity or Technical Institutions where those unserviceable items can be for studies or practical use or archives Something that has been used by our precious leaders we take it to archives for history but anything that should be sold can not be by allocation because allocation is under declaration Government has the right to buy brand new vehicles to give to Ministries MDAs  also spend money to follow it up to a conclusive end to ensure their proper disposal when they are beyond economic repairs Allocation is a wrongful way of disposing of government properties and anybody who does allocation of Government properties is under-declared the properties but anything that should be sold for transparency and accountability must be by open competitive bidding sales of Auction system Considering your wealth of experience in the auctioneering business and as the National President of NAA what provisions have you made for the young inexperienced and new auctioneers to learn Auctioneering profession has rules and regulations guiding the sales of government properties and when you want to sell government properties you have so many legitimate duties to provide and not only to ring a bell When I became the National President of Nigeria Association Auctioneers I made an effort and affiliated the auctioneering body with some institutions for training and retraining of my members in the business to equip themselves with the certificate and relevant knowledge Institutions like Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria and South African College of Auctioneering that is why public services engage us to dispose of the unserviceable to be their guide as we protect the interest of the general public and the image of the government We are certified from South African College of Auctioneering which is a world standard auctioneering institution that can enable any of our members to practice in any part of the world I also have a Diploma of Auctioning from the South African College of Auctioneering and I attended several Courses during the time of my engagement with Government as a public servant in the defunct North-West State/Sokoto State The Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) and other security agencies seized goods including vehicles and many other items Have they been engaging your members in the disposal of these items the Nigeria Custom Service use to engage our members in the disposal of those seized items but along the line when their is a change in hierarchy and position in Customs they don’t do as they use to do before but we have written a letter to their Controller General for a Courtesy call so that we can robe minds and find the best way forward to ensure they follow the rightful way for the disposal of public properties and this is because they have a lot of items for disposal and some of the items are perishables Some of the items have short life span and as a result of delay in disposing of them the government is greatly losing instead of revenue to be generated for national funding This question on Custom has also brought up the issue of an imposter who is going about the media houses claiming to be the National President of Nigeria Association of Auctioneers He has rights like every other Nigerian citizen to his own opinion on issues bordering Customs or any other government agency but he should not be doing that in my capacity He has a court order restraining him because he was never elected he has committed a contempt of court standing order Sometimes you don’t have to allow people to mislead you the media houses granting him interviews are supposed to do a fact check on him to determine the authenticity of his claim but they are not doing that Imagine someone claiming my position and even trying to spoil the image of an institution as big as Nigeria Custom Service He doesn’t have the basic auctioneering knowledge to talk about Customs matters © 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved. You advised the Federal Government against using a committee for the disposal of recovered assets, what are your reasons? Also, auctioneers that are appointed to dispose the assets can keep record of each item sold, within and outside Nigeria. This is because any time an auctioneer does business of disposal he must keep record for future reference. Auctioneering business has legal implications. It is not all cases that every auctioneer can handle; hence he must be appointed according to the rules and regulations of auctioneering business and the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) act. Between secret and open competitive bidding, which one is better? A secret bidding is a hidden agenda; very few people participate and benefit in it, but in an open competitive bidding, the public will witness and put their interests according to what the regulation states. The highest bidder gets it and government generates more revenue. Secret bidding is like an under-declaration of government’s properties. In secret bidding, government is always losing while it is gaining in open competitive bidding. The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is the regulators for procuring and disposal, therefore, public servants, including auctioneers, must comply with its policies. There is the need to ascertain the capability of the auctioneer and whether he has all the relevant documents and experience. Therefore, ministries and parastatals must comply with the policy of the BPP before appointing an auctioneer; if not, they would be violating the public procurement act. In the course of your business, do you sometimes experience a situation where public servants indicate interest in some of the items declared for auction?   We have a good understanding because we are stakeholders. Whenever we see anything going contrary with the BPP act, we draw their attention. They also checkmate auctioneers who are appointed to dispose items. As you do your business, how do you ensure that government is not cheated, and how do you protect the interest of the public? Government will not be cheated if the prescribed assignment is carried out properly. An auctioneer must ensure that he pronounces auction items to the nation widely for interested buyers. He ensures that the sale is transparent and based on laid down procedures. What is the role of the judiciary in the sale of recovered assets? The judiciary is the institution that recovers assets. Auctioneers are principal partners to the judiciary because we are the only recognised body that can dispose items in a way that both the government and the public will be protected. Whoever does an auction sale without engaging the services of auctioneers is doing so at a great risk. There are complaints that most of the recovered assets are defected by different circumstances, how can the auctioneers assist the Federal Government to recover part of the lost values? It is true that some of the recovered assets are overdue for disposal. It is due to the long standing litigation on some of the items. The items become defected as a result of wear and tear. It is the responsibility of auctioneers to sell the items through open competitive bidding so that government will generate more revenue, and values can be salvaged. Are government institutions and agencies engaging the services of auctioneers? Many government institutions and agencies are currently working with us, and we are very happy with them for doing the right thing. I am advising government to stop secret bidding. They should engage the services of auctioneers who are professionals. Government should consider so many items that are abandoned in some ministries and parastertals. For example, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has some hazardous materials that can be sold back to manufacturers. And we are ready to assist government to pinpoint areas where there are loopholes. 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Alhaji Aliyu A Kiliya is the national president of the Nigerian Association of Auctioneers (AAU) and a certified consultant to the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) Kiliya who has spent 46 years in the auctioning industry said the federal government can generate over N4 trillion from the ongoing efforts to auction recovered assets by the presidential inter-ministerial panel What role did your association play to get to this stage of auctioning of recovered assets when the federal government wanted to seek foreign loans we started agitating for auction of recovered I also made calls to Mr President through press statements that the funds generated from the auctions would be enough to fund their projects rather than borrow I continued to make similar calls to Mr President and I did not get the attention at that time I made the same call that all recovered assets be sold and used to fund the budget of 2019 the president formed an inter-ministerial committee that looked into all these matters The committee has various government agencies participating We thank the honourable Minister of Justice who has given his time to ensure that the president has carried out what he promised the committee started the work inviting all auctioneers that expressed their interest to come and submit their bids We were also invited as stakeholders to participate as observers to show our experience and to guide and see how the work will go forward as experienced auctioneers in the field How much do you anticipate could be generated from the auctions There are so many ways of generating revenues in auctions it is going to be given to auctioneers to invite potential buyers from far and near The competitive sales would generate more revenue what they are anticipating may be even more than that From what I have seen from the recovered and forfeited items What advice do you have for the committee and the 2,000 firms that applied for the auctioning It is good that the committee as well as the ministry are going forward with the exercise It is also good that most of the stakeholders were invited to come and witness how the process would begin But my advice is that this is a special auction that needs experienced people to participate in and involves a lot of special materials It is good to safeguard the exercise from any litigation when experienced auctioneers handle it in the way that is provided by the Bureau of Public Procurement policy the president would achieve the objective he is looking for from the disposal It is good that the government has centralised these jobs within the premises of the ministry to be the custodian of whatever may come up Once the laid down procedures for the disposal are not followed there is every tendency there would be issues We are thinking that as these things are being handled by the Federal Ministry of Justice they would try their possible best to ensure that the auctioneers comply with the laid down procedure to avoid litigation They would use experienced auctioneers who have been long in this business and know the technicalities involved so that the objectives would be achieved What plans do you have for the teeming unemployed youth who may be interested in this business We are affiliated with the Bayero University’s Department of Business so that they can host training for our members both old and new on the disposal of public property Not everybody has knowledge in the disposal of government property but many are interested UPDATE NEWS: Nigerians can now earn US Dollars through domain flipping buy domain names for cheap and have it resold to earn up to $15,000 Join Daily Trust WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You The Nigeria Association of Auctioneers has conducted a plaza auction in a move hailed by bidders for its transparency and fairness attracted participants from various sectors who commended the process as open and well-organised reflecting the association’s commitment to accountability conducted in the presence of representatives from the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) to confirm the property’s readiness for use Speaking before the commencement of the auction the President of the Nigeria Association of Auctioneers assured participants that the process would be fair and transparent He emphasized that the property was fully complete and ready for immediate use by the buyer but only serious bidders should participate guided by auctioneering rules and regulations as a professional body,” Kiliya said The chief auctioneer and managing director of Areogun Resources Nigeria Limited encouraged bidders to approach the event with seriousness noting that the plaza was overdue for sale He explained that the winning bidder would be required to pay 10% of the agreed amount immediately “We will allow the winner some time to make the full payment after the bidding failure to do so will result in the forfeiture of the 10% deposit,” Otunba Ogunleye stated He also mentioned that other properties were available for auction and that the public would be informed accordingly They commended the organisers for conducting a transparent and professional auction Nigeria Association of Auctioneers (NAA) has disowned one Musa Kura who is allegedly parading himself as the group’s president urged fellow auctioneers and the general public especially government institutions not to be distracted by someone he described as an impostor is going around media houses granting audiences claiming to be the national president of Nigeria Association of Auctioneers He said they don’t have another national president except himself adding that he was democratically elected and that both the lower and the appeal courts have affirmed his position as the national president of NAA he should know that he has restraining orders from the lower court and the Appeal Court to stop parading himself as the president of the National Association of Auctioneers because he was never elected It is a very big issue on his side because he is going contrary to what the Court of Appeal has given a standing order,” he said Kiliya who advised Musa to be law abiding and stop misinforming the public said the gross disobedience to the laws of NAA will henceforth not be tolerated by his administration Kiliya who has been the president of auctioneers since 2016 and active participant in auctioneering subsector spanning over four decades “We have court judgements from the high court in our favour and the Court of Appeal in judgment delivered on May 8 FCT/CV/481/16 which Musa Kura and others appealed the judgment and their case was dismissed by the Court of Appeal and a standing order was issued “I was made to understand that he has been talking about the Nigeria Customs Service in the media If he has an opinion as a citizen of Nigeria who likes to comment on issues he has the right to exercise his fundamental human rights and not to pose as an impostor by claiming the position he is not We are the authentic body that has the right to talk about what the Nigeria Customs Service is doing about auction sales,” he said has issued an interim injunction on October 24 suspending any planned election or meeting by the Nigeria Association of Auctioneers The injunction was granted based on a motion ex-parte filed by Alhaji Aliyu Kiliya who sought to halt electoral and administrative activities by members and committees within the association Kiliya’s petition claimed that certain individuals were operating under unauthorised roles representing themselves as the association’s constitution review and caretaker bodies Justice Nwite’s order restricts these members from conducting elections although it allows them to continue identifying as committee members pauses the electoral process pending the outcome of a Motion on Notice which is scheduled for hearing on November 6 The case underscores ongoing internal disputes within the Nigeria Association of Auctioneers with various factions questioning the legitimacy of the current committee structures The court’s ruling seeks to ensure procedural compliance and maintain order until a more permanent resolution is reached The forthcoming hearing is anticipated to address the leadership structure and future elections of the association in greater detail