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

2 PEOPLE DIED AFTER A TELECOM MAST & BILLBOARD FELL ON THEM IN PORT HARCOURT.{READ}.

Image result for telecom mast                        According to PM News,two persons,a 16 year old girl and 45 year old local football coach are said to have died in the Nkpolu-Orowuoroku area in Mile 3 in Port Harcourt when a telecommunication mast and billboard fell on them during an hour long rain accompanied with thunderstorms.The female victim whose immediate identity remains unknown was said to have been under a giant umbrella assisting her mother to sell her wares when the mast suddenly collapse on a giant billboard and fell on the girl who died immediately.According tto a witness,''We were about to start football practice when rain started falling with heavy wind.Suddenly,the telecommunication mast fell on a billboard which fell on her.A pole also fell on the football coach''.The mother of the girl who was in a state of shock said ''We are selling at Nkolu here.My daughter was helping me to sell when suddenly the rain started falling with heavy breeze which now fell the mast and the billboard that collapsed on my daughter''.The River State government through the Rivers State Signage and Outdoor Advertising Agency has warned that it will prosecute any outdoor advertising billboards in the state.The Acting Chairman of the Outdoor Advertising Agency,Chukwudi Dimkpa,said this during the inspection of the outdoor advert billboard and the telecoms mast that collapsed.Dimkpa attributed the collapse to lack of maintenance of the billboard and the use of substandard materials for their billboards.He said the rain of yesterday exposed the substandard nature of the billboards erected by the outboard advertising agencies in the state.He said that the agency will start the full implementation of the outdoor advertising law in the state to checkmate excesses of advertising agencies.
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