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

CAPE VERDE GOVT DEBUNK THE TRAVEL ALERT ISSUED BY THE US GOVT,OVER A NEW VIRUS ''zIKA''.

According to CCTV,Cape Verde has dismissed a travel alert issued by the US government over zika virus,saying the concerns were overblown and that the number of cases of the virus in the country was on the decline.The US Cerntre for Disease Control {CDC} extended its travel warning on friday to a futher eight countries,including Cape Verde,that pse a risk of infection with zika ,bringing the total number to 22.The virus zika is a mosquito borne virus spreading through the Caribbean and Latin America.Only about 20 percent of the infected cases display'' symptoms which are usually mild and include fever,join and conjunctivitis.The CDC warns that it can also be spread from pregnant women to foetuses and has been linked to a birth defect called microcephaly,in which babies are born with abnormally small heads and sometimes brain damage.Jorge Barreto,the representatives for Cape Verde's National Directorate of Health,said the warning did not constitute a travel ban but was intended to persuade women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant to take precautions.Barreto said ''The Ministry of Health believes that maybe there was a misunderstanding in the interpretation of the recommedation issued by the CDC.Wwe have seen a decreese in terms of notification of zika cases.Last week we recorded 126 cases and the week before there were 212 cases''.The Cape Verde government says it believes the virus was imported from Brazil.One more photo below.                                                                                                                                                   

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