INDIAN BILLIONAIRE GAUTAM ADANI CHARGED IN U. S. FOR ALLEGED BRIBERY, FRAUD. (PHOTO).
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US for alleged bribery, fraud Gautam Adani, the chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, whose business empire extends from ports and airports to renewable energy,has been indicted in New York over an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud scheme, United States prosecutors have said. The authorities on Wednesday charged Adani and two other executives at Adani Green Energy, his nephew Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, with agreeing between 2020 and 2024 to pay more than $250m in bribes to Indian government officials to obtain solar energy supply contracts expected to yield $2bn in profits. Prosecutors said the renewable energy company also raised more than $3bn in loans and bonds during this period based on false and misleading statements. Shares of Adani Enterprises, the group's flagship firm, closed down 22% on Thursday. Other group firms also closed in the red. Adani Green Energy, which is the firm at the c
President Goodluck Jonathan,will vist the village from where the school girls were abducted a month ago by Islamist rebels group Boko Haram.It will be Jonathan's first visit since the kidnappings to Chibok village.He will travel on to a regional security summit in Paris at which boko haram will be discussed.Alice Friend,the Pentagon's principal Director for African Affairs said ''The Depart has been deeply concerned for some time by how much the Government of Nigeria has struggled to keep pace with boko haram's growing capabilities.The Nigerian security forces have been slow to adapt to the threat from the islamist militant group.Our intent is to support Nigerian efforts to recover the girls and help catalyze greater efforts to secure the Nigerian population from the menance of boko haram''.More photos below. 
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