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...

A RADIO BROADCASTER IN PHILIPPINES,SHOT DEAD TODAY.

                 Today thursday,a radio broadcaster 46 year old Cosme Maestrado was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in the southern Philippines.The victim is the third media professional to be killed in the past two weeks.He was shot dead by a lone gunman near a shopping centre in a busy street in Ozamiz city,about 780 kilometres south of Manila.The victim was a hard hitting radio commentator in Ozamiz,criticizing corruption and other abuses of government officials in the area.Maestrado survived a previous attack in November 2011.Investigators are still determining the motive behind the attack.Last week two media professionals from the eastern province of Sorsogon and the southern province of Davao were killed by unidentified gunmen.Maestrado was the sixth journalist killed in the country this year,and the 30th since President Benigno Aquino took office in 2010,according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.Presidential Communications Secretary,Herminio Coloma,urged the police to immediately resolve the attack.He said in a statement that ''We strongly condemn the killing.The local police have been directed to identify and arrest those responsible for the killing''.One more photo below.                                                  

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