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

1,000 PEOPLE RESCUED OVERNIGHT AFTER THE TROPICAL STORM/FLASH FLOOD IN HOUSTON & TEXAS.{PHOTOS}.

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   According to a source in Texas Maggie Oghenovo who is also experiencing the flood shared this photo above on facebook for us to see the extent of the flood.According to CNN who is reporting today that ''Rescue workers in Houston and other parts of Texas renewed search efforts Sunday for residents trapped in their homes by Tropical Storm Harvey's rising floodwaters.More than 1,000 people were rescued overnight from record flooding in the area, authorities said. The storm so far has killed two people in Texas, said authorities, who added they expect the death toll to rise.Law enforcement agencies advised people trapped in their houses not to take shelter in their attics unless they carried axes so they could break through to their roofs and within sight of rescue workers.People told CNN they were stranded in houses and hotels and hoped for help now that morning has come to Texas."We are still stranded in our home with little kids and the water keeps rising," Houston resident Janet Castillo told CNN on Sunday morning. "We have called already to several numbers but no luck. We have (tried) but their lines are all busy or they don't answer."
Jake Lewis said he woke up to ankle-deep water in the Houston hotel where he was staying."We have nowhere to go," said Lewis, of New Braunfels, Texas. "If you go out and look at the service road it's flooded. I have a 2016 Chevy Silverado and the water is up to the door panels. The water keeps rising."
Image result for harvey flood in texasImage result for harvey flood in texasImage result for harvey flood in texasSteve Culver comforts his dog Otis as he talks about what he said was the "most terrifying event in his life." Hurricane Harvey blew in and destroyed most of his home while he and his wife took shelter there on August 26, in Rockport, Texas. Harvey made landfall shortly after 11 p.m. Friday, just north of Port Aransas, as a Category 4 storm and is the strongest hurricane to hit the United States since Wilma in 2005.

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