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

REPS WORRY OVER SUSPENSION OF BETTA EDU, URGE FG TO HASTEN INVESTIGATION. (PHOTO).


 Reps Worry Over Suspension Of Betta Edu, Urge FG To Hasten Investigation


The House of Representatives is expressing concern that following the suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, DR Betta Edu, the implementation of the Social Investment Programme has been halted and is affecting the masses who need these intervention the most.


Following deliberations on the floor of the Green Chambers today, the lawmakers expressed worry that halting these humanitarian programs at a time of increasing hunger and inflation is not good for the country.


The House further asserted that it is disturbed by the recommendation that the social investment programme is to be managed by the Minister of Finance, Olawale Edun.


According to the Representatives, this move is an anomaly and as such the statesmen urged the Federal Government to expedite investigations regarding the suspended minister of humanitarian affairs.

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