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 BAGS TWO YEARS JAIL TERM FOR N10.7MILLION FRAUD.{PHOTO}.

Image may contain: 1 person, close-up                                                Justice A.I. Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar,Cross Rivers State has convicted and sentenced one Patrick Egbe Ekpolo to two years imprisonment.The convict who was ordered by the judge to restitute the entire sum N107 million to the victims however gave the convict an option of One Hundred Thousand Naira fine in lieu of the sentence.
The convict was first arraigned sometimes in August,2015 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,on a three-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque.He later changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on an amended oone count charge bordering on issuance off dud cheque to the tune of N10,700,000.00 {Ten Million,Seven Hundred Thousand Naira}.
The charge reads: ''that you Patrick Egbe Ekpolo on or about the 27th day of June,2014,at Calabar with the Jurisdiction of this honourable Court with intent to defraud did obtain the sum of Four Million,Two Hundred Thousand Naira only {4,200,000.00} only from Ikuroye Magnus and Nonso Ndefo on one hand snd Six Million,Five Hundred Thousand Naira only {N6,500,000.00} from Uzochukwu Amaukwu under the pretence that a contract was awarded to you and the monies will be used for the purpose of buying and supplying Automotive Gas Oil {AGO} to Unicement in Calabar,a pretext you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1{1}{a} of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1{3} of the same Act.
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