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...

COURT ORDERS FANI KAYODE TO REMAIN IN EFCC CUSTODY FOR 21 DAYS,TODAY.{PHOTOS}.

                  The EFCC today monday May 23,2016,secured an order from Justice B.O Osunsanmi of Magistrate Court of Lagos State,sitting at Ikeja to remand the former Minster of Aviation,Feni Fani Kayode.Justice Osunsanmi gave the oder of remand after the Commission's counsel,Nkeruwam Anana moved an application before the court urging his lordship to remand the suspect pending conclusion of investigations in the matter involving fraudulent conversion of the sum of N840,000,000.00 {Eight Hundred and Forty Million Naira} transferred from Ministry of External Affairs to Jointrust Dimensions Nigeria Limited account.Anana quoted the company's account number as 1010740698 domiciled in Zenith Bank Plc.Fani Kayode is also suspected to have conspired with a former Minister of Finance and PDP campaign leader Nenadi Ester Usman,and Jointrust Dimentions Limited to perpetrate this heinous crime by fraudulently converting to their personal use and the use of others the total sum of N1,500,000.000.00 {One Billion,Five Hundred Million Naira only}.The order of remand however was in accordance with section 264 {1} of the Admistration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State,2011 which states that ''Any person arrested for any offence triable on information shall within a reasonable time of arrest be brought before a Magistrate for remand and the Magistrate shall have powers to remand such a person after examining the reasons for the arrests exhibited in the request form filed by the police,and if satisfied that there is probable cause to remand such person pending legal of the Director of Public Prosecutions or the arraignment of such persons before the appropriate court or tribunal''.Justice Osunsanmi however granted the application of the prosecution to remand Femi fani Kayode in EFCC custody for 21 days pending when investigations be concluded in order that the suspect will not influence or interfere with the investigation process.More photos below.                                                                                                    

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