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

RIVERS BURST IN EASTERN INDIA,FLOODING MANY VILLAGES AND KILLING 50 PEOPLE.{PHOTOS}.

               According to ABC,floods triggered by days of torrential monsoon rains have claimed more than 50 lives in eastern India this week,with millions of people affected by surging waters.Rivers burst their banks,flooding villages in the northeastern tea-growing state of Assam where 26 people died,Home Minister Rajnath Singh said.''The flood situation is really grim.Twenty-six people have died over seven days and some 3.6 million people are affected,Mr Singh said,following an aerial survey of the worst-affected districts.''No effect are being spared to help the people.The NDRF {National Disaster Response Force} and army are doing their best.Some 60 boats have been pressed into service to rescue people''.Thousands of people were sheltering in makeshift camps set up along highways and no higher ground in the flood-ravaged state.Severe floods have also hit the state of Bihar where 26 people have also died and several thousands have been displaced,the Press Trust India news agency reported.More photos below.                                                                                          

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