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

A BAKERY WAS RECENTLY SEALED UP IN NIGER STATE BY NAFDAC FOR USING POTASSIUM BROMIDE.

                               Mr Anikoh Ibrahim,the State Coordinator of National Agency For Food And Drugs {NAFDAC},disclosed this today wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria {NAN} in Minna.He said the action was taken during an unscheduled visit to the bakery.Ibrahim said that the agency would continue to sensitise master bakers in the state on the danger of using substances like that for edibles.He said ''We have started inspection and sensitization visits to bakeries in Niger State,particularly those in the rural areas.When consumers see such bread in the market,they will be attracted to buy it because it is swollen owing to the patassium bromide content.Bromide causes cancer.So,we tell producers not to include it in the process of making food or edibles.Such substances are not good for our body''.He further said that the closed bakery would be reopened for business after the payment of the stipulated fine by the agency as well as proper registration renewal.

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