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

EKITI COMES TOP AS NECO RELEASES MAY/JUNE SSCE RESULTS.{READ}.

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     The National Examinations Council (NECO) has said that no fewer than 745,053 out of the 1,051,472 candidates that sat for this year’s June/July Senior School Certificate
Examination (SSCE) got five credits and above including English and Mathematics.
The figure which represents 70.85 per cent, indicates 1.11 percent increase in performance of candidates compared to 2016.
Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO Prof. Charles B. Uwakwe who announced the release of the result at the NECO headquarters in Minna Niger State capital on Thursday said: “this year’s senior school certificate examination was a huge success”.The result also shows that 947,850, candidates representing 90.14 percent passed with five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics compared to 88..61 percent in 2016, adding that “this represents 1.63 percent improvement compared to last year”.
He disclosed that despite the Examination Council’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice, 50,586 (4.81%) candidates were involved in various forms of examination malpractices, saying that 276 schools were involved in what he called “mass cheating” in 34 states of the federation.
The Registrar pointed out that this figure shows 0.52 percent increase in cases of malpractice compared to 2016, stressing that as a result of this, “six schools were derecognized.
Kebbi state came first as the state with the highest cases of malpractice, recording 8,124 cases representing 16.05%.
Also, 23 supervisors who aided malpractice in one way or the other have been blacklisted.
The breakdown of the results state by state indicated that Ekiti State came first with the highest number of candidates who passed with five credits and above in both English and Mathematics with 85 percent.
Professor Uwakwe maintained that the success recorded this year could be attributed to both external and internal factors, adding that “NECO candidates are examined based on Nigeria modern curriculum while the new cream of staff, as well as synergy with other bodies responsible for designing Nigerian curriculum, contributed immensely”.
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