ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
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...
According to Manish Singh,The Bombay High Court has ruled that it is not illegal to watch pirated content on the web.The ruling addresses a somewhat misleading notice posted by internet service providers in India last month which said that ''viewing'' copyright infringing content too is a punishable act under Indian law.Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Cout ruled that only when a user distributes a copyright infringing content that he or she is committing an offense.''The offense is not in viewing,but in making a prejudicial distribution,a public exhibition or letting for sale or hire without appropriate permission copyright-protected material,'' he said.Several internet service providers in the country began warning customers last month when they visited several torrent and file sharing websites.The warning said that ''viewing,downloading,exhibiting,or duplicating an illicit copy of the contents {...} is punishable as an offence under the laws of India,including but not limited to under Sections 63,63-A,65,and 65-A of the Copyright Act,1956,''.
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