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 MAN WAS ARRESTED ON THURSDAY FOR DUPING OVER 33 MEN ON INSTAGRAM.{PHOTO}.

                            According to the Nation,a  year old suspect,Falope Oluwole,arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad {RRS} of Lagos State Police Command,has disclosed that he duped over 33 men while pretending to be a lady on Instagram.Falope according to a statement by the Police was arrested when officials of the RRS decoy team,who had been monitoring him for some weeks,trailed him to a popular club in Ikeja City Mall on thursday evening.The officers were reported to have monitored him,and those he was interacting with at the club before arresting him and colleague late in the night.It was gathered that the suspect recently celebrated his birthday at Hard & Rock,Llekki,Lagos,week before his arrest,where he spent over half a million on food and drinks.The suspect,a 100 level part time student of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism,Ogba,Lagos,who allegedly confessed committing the crime,said that he has been in the business for more than two years.The Police revealed that Falope's activities on instagram was placed under investigations when it received a complaint about an Instagram handle @blackberbiedol,used for criminal activities,which was later traced to him.Apart from @blackberbiedoll,which he prominently used for fraudulent activities,he maintained @froshwhite007 and @froshwhite separately for same purpose.The complainant,Bernard stated that he got a friend request from @blackbarbiedoll.''Apparently,the picture on the account was that of a lady.The lady in question messaged me on BBM.Honestly,I thought I was chatting with a woman who claimed to be in Nigeria at the time.''She lied to me that her father was a Nigerian and her mum,a Kenyan,and so we got talking.At a point,she lied that she was building a beauty outfit in Ikota Shopping Mall,VGC and that she was in need of some money to complete the mall'', Bernard added.He explained further,''I had to transfer N1 million to her.Weeks later,I grew suspicious of the account name Olawole Israel Oluwaseun Falope.I ran a search on Google,and then discovered it was all scam.RRS investigators confirmed that he was following a lot of Nigerian celebrities on Instagram but they could not confirm if any of them fell prey to Falope's antics,as many his Instagram chats with them got no response.They added that a Ghanian business man who Falope claimed to have met at a popular club in Nigeria rebuffed his request to engage him in a chat.They noted that Falope claims of being a halfcast,Fashion designer,stylist,cosmetologist,model were all part of his fraud  to make people fall for him.He was never a trainee or a specialist in any of this.Our source added that he is not an half cast as he claimed to be,rather he blached his skin.''He didn't deny this claim.He admitted bleaching his skin to escape the taunting of girls that he was a very ugly guy'',the source stated.Items recovered from the suspect included,an iphone 6,1 Samsung Galaxy A5,an Apple tablet,hand and neck chains,some new notes and a handbag.Confirming the development,the Police Public Relations Officer,Suprintendent Dolapo Badmos,warned Nigerians to be careful on the internet because scammers are on the prowl world wide.The suspect has been transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department {SCID} for further investigations.
                        

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