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

USORO LEAPS TP GOLD IN U. S, MEET. (PHOTO).


 Usoro leaps to gold in US meet


Nigeria’s Long jumper, Ruth Usoro leapt to the pole position in the women’s Long Jump of the Ed Murphey Classic in Memphis, United States last weekend with a jump of 6.70m.

She had just two legal jumps out of her rounds in only her first competition since she won the triple jump event at the African Games about four months ago.

Chanice Porter of Jamaica came in second with 6.50m, while Tyra Gittens of Trinidad and Tobago was in third with 6.35m.

This effort serves as a morale booster for the student at Texas Tech University, who was earlier this week named as part of the Nigerian team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Usoro is one of a few Nigerian athletes tipped to reach the final of their respective events in Paris. She competed in the 2023 World Athletics Championships long jump in Budapest and won gold in the triple jump at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana, in March.

On February 26, 2021, Usoro jumped 6.82 m in the long jump to meet the qualifying standard for the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. It was the 2nd-best jump in the world for the season at the time and the 3rd-best on the Nigerian all-time list alongside Ese Brume.

The 8th  Annual Ed Murphey Classic is part of the PUMA American Track League. The 2024 event is categorised as a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event and is broadcast live on Peacock.

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