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
The purpose for these classes is to counter the message of violence promoted by Boko Haram militants.A school named al-llmu Nurul Hayat Islamiya,is teaching a new curricumlum based on peace and tolerance in an effort to dilute the influence of the militants.The initiative,recognized state wide is under the guidiance of Jama'atu Nasril Islam,the umbrella organization for Muslim groups in Nigeria.The Jama'atu Nasril Islam campaign has set up a battle for the hearts and minds of the Local Youth,with Boko Haram on one end and community leaders on the other hundreds of Islamic schools across Maiduguru are also teaching young Muslim children and youths,the dynamics of peace.Mohammed Abdullahi,Director of Religious Affairs for Borno state said ''Boko Haram started preaching in islamic schools and Mosque across Maiduguri and we realized that they were using Islamic schools to promote their violent ideology to youths''.
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