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

NASARAWA STATE,CONFIRMS 1 OF THEIR PILGRIMS DIED IN THE HAJJ STAMPEDE.

              Today tuesday,it was confirmed that one pilgrim from Nasarawa state,died while two others were missing in the Saudi Arabia stampede.The confirmation was contained in a statement by the board's Public Relations Officer,Mallam Abdulrazaq Mohammed in Lafia.According to the statement,one of the 54 Nigerian pilgrims confirmed dead by National Hajj Commission {NAHCON} in a stampede in Mina,has been confirmed to be from Nasarawa state.It added that two oither pilgrims from the state who were declared missing had not beed found.The dead pilgrim,the statement said,is Mallam Ahmad Mainasara from Gadaukr community in Toto Local Government Area of the state.It said that the deceased and a close companion were on their way to Jamrat {stoning} when he met his untimely death which was witnessed by the close companion who narrowly escaped the stanpede.It gave the name of the missing person as Mallama Rashida Shuaibu,adding that the name of the other,who hailed from Keffi had not been confirmed.The board explained that its Executive Secretary,Mallam Abubakar Nalaraa,led other board members on a room to room search for pilgrims from state at the holy land to take the stock of pilgrims from the state''.

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