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
According to World Health Organisation {WHO},they said today thursday that there is a possibility that Ebola will spread faster in Port Harcourt than in Lagos because the arrival of the virus in Port Harcourt showed multiple high risk opportunities for transmission of the virus to others.''Patrick Sawyer infected one of ECOWAS official who recovered from the deadly disease but the Doctor Enemuo who treated him and died of Ebola continued to treat patients at his private clinic and operated on at least two people despite showing symptoms of Ebola,on August 11.August 13,his symptoms worsened,he stayed at home and was hospitalized on 16th August.Prior to his hospitalization,Doctor Enemuo had numerous contact with the community,as relatives and friends visited his home to celebrate the birth of a baby.Once he was hospitalized,he again had numerous contacts with the community,as members of his church visited to perform a healing ritual said to involve the laying of hands.Over the six days he spent in hospital,the majority of health care staff treated him while two doctors performed an abdominal scan at an ultra sound clinic the day before his death,Given these multiple high risk exposure opportunities,the out break of Ebola virus disease in Port Harcourt has the potential to grow larger and spread faster than the one in Lagos''.According to Nigerian Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said yesterday wednesday that a total of 255 people were currently under surveillance in Port Harcourt for signs of Ebola.
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