LAGOS COURT JAILS NOGASA CHAIR, FATUYI PHILLIPS 21 YEARS FOR N43. 5M FRAUD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
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
UNICEF says it has disbursed N53 million to 209 School Based Management Committees {SBMCs} for the improvement of girl-child education in Zamfara stare in northwest Nigeria.The Chief of UNICEF Sokoto field office,Mr Mohammed Mohiuddin,said the fund was part of an intervention on Girl Education Project Phase 3 {GEP 3} by the UKID/DFID and managed by the UNICEF.The project,he said,was designed to be implemented over eight years,from 2012 to 2020,during which one million additional girls were expected to be enrolled and retained in schools in the five states under the scheme.The field officer said, ''an estimated 1.9 million boys would also benefit from the investment through improvements in teacher quality and school governance.An estimated 155,580 girls were expected to be added to the number of girls in school by the time the project rounds off in 2020''.Mohiuddin said each of the schools management committees would receive N250,000 directly into its account for the improvement of the schools to enrolment,retention and improved learning.
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