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

MORE THAN 2,000 MIGRANTS,WERE RESCUED OFF THE ITALIAN COAST,YESTERDAY.

                                According to an Italian source,Ship crews pulled more than 2,000 migrants from over-crowed boats in the Mediterranean yesterday friday,as people smugglers stepped up operations during two consecutive days of good weather.More than 7,100 people have now been plucked from international watrs since thursday,many of them on the dangerous journey from Libya.Ships belonging to Doctors without Borders,Migrant Offshore Aid Station,Italy's navy,the EU's border agency Frontex,and the bloc's anti-people-smuggling mission Sophia,all helped take the migrants off nine boats on friday.According to the the Interior Ministry in Italy,yhey said ''About 60,000 boat migrants have been brought to Italy so far this year''.One more photo below.                                                

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