ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE   ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).   The requests followed the resignation of Engineer Farouk Ahmed of the NMDPRA and Gbenga Komolafe of the NUPRC. Both officials were appointed in 2021 by former President Buhari to lead the two regulatory agencies created by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).   To fill these positions, President Tinubu has written to the Senate, requesting expedited confirmation of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan as CEO of NUPRC and Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA.   The two nominees are seasoned professionals in the oil and gas industry.   Eyesan, a graduate of Economics f...

BOKO HARAM LEADER SHEKAU,IS CHARGED WITH CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY BY SPAIN,YESTERDAY.

              Yesterday thursday May 28,Spain's stste prosecutor charged the leader of Nigerian Islamic group Boko Haram,Abubakar Shekau,with terrorism and crimes against humanity over a 2013 attack on a Nigerian town in which a Spanish nun was assaulted.Spain has pioneered the use of universal jurisdiction,the concern that crimes against humanity can be prosecuted across borders,in instances such as when a Spanish Judge issued an arrest warrant for Chile's Augusto Pinochet in London in 1998.The Boko Haram case arises from a militant attack on the eastern Nigerian town of Ganye on March 22,2013 in which atleeast 25 people were killed.Court papers issued yesterday thursday said militants assaulted the nun,Maria Jesus Mayor,in Ganye before she was able to escape into hiding and was later rescued by Nigerian security services.For Spain to carry out universal jurisdiction,there must be a Spanish connection,such as a Spaind victim of perpetrator.In the Boko Haram case,the state prosecutor used the fact there was a Spanish victim to bring a genetic charge of crimes against humanity and terrorism.

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