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Kindly Share This Story: …As joint c’ttee regrets poor condition of Nigeria refineries By Davies Iheamnachor The National Assembly said it was working tirelessly to ensure the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, in April 2021. This came as the Joint Ad-hoc Committee of the National Assembly expressed regrets over the poor condition of the nation’s refineries, adding that PIB when passed would revive the refineries to function optimally. The joint committee of Senate and House of Representatives said this in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday, during a visit to Port Harcourt Refinery Company, in continuation of its oversight visit of the refineries in the nation. Speaking, Mohammed Mougunu, Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee in the House of Representatives on PIB, and Chief Whip of the House, noted that the committee was poised to pass the petroleum bill as soon as possible. READ ALSO: Nigeria’s oil output drops 15% to 1.5mb/d … [Read more...] about NASS to pass PIB April

ANDY JACKSON/STUFF Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta makes an announcement at the New Plymouth District Council regarding Māori wards. (First published Feb 1, 2021) Councils around Aotearoa can create Māori wards in time for 2022 elections unhindered by community veto after a law passed overnight Wednesday ending old rules slammed as “discriminatory” against Māori. The Local Electoral (Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act has passed under urgency. Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta only announced the proposed law change at the start of February – describing the then-existing law as “discriminatory” and fundamentally unfair to Māori. The Select committee hears submissions on bill proposing to ease creation of council Māori wards * In the pressure cooker of local politics, no one's going to be oppressed by Māori wards * Bridges leads National's angry response to Māori wards legislation ">new law will stop binding … [Read more...] about Fast-tracked legislation covering council Māori wards passes in Parliament

The Australian government has reportedly passed a new law requiring Google and Facebook to pay news outlets for access to their content. The Verge reports that the Australian government has passed a law that will force tech giants like Google and Facebook to negotiate a payment scheme with news outlets for access to their content or face arbitration. Josh Frydenberg, the Australian Liberal party’s deputy leader, stated: “This is a significant milestone. This legislation will help level the playing field & see Australian news media businesses paid for generating original content.” The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) stated that the new law will address “a significant bargaining power imbalance between Australian news media businesses and Google and Facebook.” The tech giants heavily resisted the bill, with Google threatening to pull out of the country entirely before announcing a deal with News Corp, and Facebook removing the pages of … [Read more...] about Australia Passes Law Forcing Google, Facebook to Pay News Publishers

2ND SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru after 8:14AM post : With an estimated $2,188.7M global through Sunday, Disney / Marvel ’s Avengers: Endgame has sailed past Titanic to become the No. 2 movie ever worldwide. The same goes for overseas where Endgame is also now No. 2 with a running cume of $1.569B . That’s after grossing a further $282.2M at the international box office in the sophomore session. Both globally and offshore, Endgame is still led by only Avatar . We earlier noted that Endgame was on its way to passing $2B global through Saturday, becoming only the fifth movie ever to hit that lofty benchmark (and Disney’s third). The 22nd MCU pic is now the fastest ever to the milestone — in just 11 days. Avatar , the previous record holder, did it in 47. With the Sunday estimates, there is now about $459M separating Endgame from Avatar overseas and roughly $600M worldwide. Related Story 'Peppa Pig' Studio eOne Greenlights Pre-School … [Read more...] about ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Passes ‘Titanic’ To Become #2 Film Ever Worldwide With $2.189B – International Box Office

A German man has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing information on properties used by the German parliament to Russian military intelligence, prosecutors have said. Identified only as Jens F in line with German privacy rules, the suspect worked for a company that had been repeatedly contracted to check portable electrical appliances by the Bundestag - the lower house of parliament. Federal prosecutors said he had access to PDF files with floor plans of the properties involved. The Bundestag is based in the Reichstag building, a Berlin landmark, but also uses several other sites. At some point before early September 2017, the suspect "decided of his own accord" to give information on the properties to Russian intelligence, the prosecutors said. Advertisement They allege he sent the PDF files to an employee of the Russian Embassy in Berlin, who was an officer with Russia's GRU military intelligence agency. More from Russia … [Read more...] about German man charged with spying after ‘passing parliament floor plans to Russia’