LAGOS COURT JAILS NOGASA CHAIR, FATUYI PHILLIPS 21 YEARS FOR N43. 5M FRAUD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 Lagos Court Jails NOGASA Chair, Fatuyi Phillips 21 Years  for N43.5m Fraud    Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, November 18, 2024, convicted and sentenced Fatuyi Yemi Philips, Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, to 21 years imprisonment for N43.5m fraud.   The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 5, 2022, arraigned Philips alongside his firm, Oceanview Oil and Gas Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N43, 502,000.00   Count one reads: "Fatuyi Yemi Philips and Oceanview Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited, on or about the 28th day of September, 2016 at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the aggregate sum of N43, 502,000.00 from Elochukwu Okoye and Elebana Unique Ventures Nigeria Limited on behalf of WAPCIL Nigeria Limited under the false rep

SOUTH SUDAN ARMY VS REBELS,READ TO THE END.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir sits after he signed a peace agreement with South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar in Addis Ababa May 9, 2014. REUTERS-Tiksa Negeri          Today sunday,South Sudan's army and rebels forces accused each other of breaking a ceasefire hiurs after it came into effect,charges that will frustrate international mediators who had pressured both sides to stop the ethnic fuelled conflit.On friday,President Salva  Kiir and rebel Commander Rick Macha met face to face to sign the cease fire deal the second time,after both side have promised to stop fighting.The latest ceasefire was signed late on friday and all fighting was supposed to stop 24 hours later.Rebel military spokes man Lul Ruai Koang said ''The army launched attacks in Unity state and upper Nile state,another oil producing region.Swelling on upper Nile rebel positions began a few hours before the ceasefire deadline but continued after it into sunday morning.The latest violation of the agreement to resolve the crisis in South sudan shows that Kiir is either insincere or not in control of his forces''.Mediators had demanded Kiir and Machar meet for face to face talks in Ethiopia this time,rather than leave any ceasefire to negotiators,to ensure a personal commitment to making it hold.Also,East Africa leaders and China formally signed agreements today sunday for the construction of a new multi billion dollar railway linking the Kenya port of Mombasa to Nairobi and running into neighboring states.The deal was signed in Nairobi.More photos below.                                                                South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar speaks after he signed a peace agreement with South's Sudan's President Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa May 9, 2014. REUTERS-Tiksa NegeriRwanda's President Paul Kagame, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (L-R) pose for a photograph after the signing of the Standard Gauge Railway agreement at the State House in Nairobi May 11, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Pool

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