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

HULK HOGAN AWARDED $115 MILLION BY A COURT YESTERDAY,AFTER HIS SEX TAPE WAS RELEASED BY A WEBSITE.

                     Yesterday friday a Florida jury awarded 62 year old Hulk Hogan $ 115 million with the possibility of more after finding the Gawker website violated his privacy by publishing a sex tape of Hulk Hogan.After deliberating for six hours,the jury awarded Hogan $60 million for emotional distress and $55 million for economic damages.Hogan's attorney David Houston said ''This a victory for everyone who has had their privacy violated''As the award was announced,Hulk Hogan hugged his attorney.The case has drawn attention as a digital age test of a celebrity's privacy rights and freedom press under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.Gawker publisher Nick Denton said the website would appeal the verdict.A Gawker attorney previously said a loss could put the website out of business.Hogan whose legal name is Terry Bollea,had sought $100 million in damages over the edited video that Gawker,a New York based outlet known for gossip and media reporting,posted online in 2012.The jury of two men and four women agreed with Hogan that his privacy had been violated,that the violation had caused him harm and that Hogan had a reasonable expectation of privacy.Hulk Hogan a long time star of the World Wrestling Entertainment,said he did not know the consensual encounter had been recorded when it occurred nearly a decade ago in Bubba's home.Gawker's video included excerpts from a 30 minute sex tape the company obtained without knowing its origin.Hogan testified that he still suffers from the humiliation of a video that went viral.The video was viewed 2.5 million times on the Gawker site.Gawker said the posing was in keeping with its mission to cover true and interesting subjects,stressing that Hogan had made his sex life a public matter.Denton and the editor responsible for the post,AJ Daulerio,were called as defense witnesses.Both were named in the lawsuit and they stood by the post,which Denton said ''Stands up to the test of time''.More photos below.                                                                                                             

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