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

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN RIVERS STATE SUSPENDS PRINCIPAL OVER ALLEGED WASSCE RACKETEERING.(PHOTO).



MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN RIVERS STATE SUSPENDS PRINCIPAL OVER ALLEGED WASSCE RACKETEERING


The Rivers State Ministry of Education says it has suspended the Principal of Community Secondary School, Borokiri, Port Harcourt over alleged West African Senior Secondary School (WASSCE) Examination fee racketeering.

Commissioner for Education, Professor Chinedu Mmom made the disclosure on Wednesday, 17th, May, 2023 to Journalists shortly after parents of students of the school who were excluded from writing the exams visited his office. Professor Mmom said he has also deployed another Principal to resume in the school immediately.

According to the Education Commissioner, he said the Principal agreed in the presence of Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Borokiri Police Division that he short-changed some students of the school for external candidates he collected money from. Professor Mmom also revealed that he has urged the DPO to detain the Principal for investigation.

Recall that some parents in a protest had stormed the school in the early hours of Wednesday, 17th of May, 2023 demanding to know the reason their children who registered for the exams were prevented from writing the exams.


 

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