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

THE UNITED STATES IS SET TO SEND THEIR ''FBI'' TEAM TO NIGERIA TO HELP FIGHT TERROR.

                 According to The Herald,officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation {FBI} and other security experts have been sent by the United States to help the Nigerian government fight terrorism.The delegation,which comprised a team of the U.S Security Governance Initiative,is in the country as a follow up to its earlier visit in January.The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission,U.S Embassy,Alan Tousignant,disclosed this yesterday monday in Abuja.Tousignant led a security delegation on a courtesy visit to the Minister of Interior,Abdulrahman Dambazau.The Team leader,SGI,Stephen Nolan,said both countries were working to finalise and implement a Joint Country Action Plan {JCAP} which was a document that outlined a roadmap for a successful partnership.Mr Nolan,however,guaranteed that the upcoming polls in the U.S and the change of government in January 2017 would not affect the projct as they had been working hard to ensure its sustenance.He said ''I want to assure you that we have been working for the continuity and sustainability of this project,even after the Obama administration in January,2017''.

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