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INDIAN BILLIONAIRE GAUTAM ADANI CHARGED IN U. S. FOR ALLEGED BRIBERY, FRAUD. (PHOTO).

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  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
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THE DEATH TOLL FROM BOKO HARAM ATTACKS IN MAIDUGURI YESTERDAY,IS NOW 37.

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                   Boko Haram gunmen killed 37 people in raids on five villages around Maidugury,the capital of Borno state.The Islamist militants,who arrived on motorcycles and in four wheel drive vehicles,fired into houses and shot fleeing locals during wednesday evening and the early hours of yesterday thursday.Malum Idrissa a member of a village defense group known locally as the Civilian Joint Task Force said ''Reports indicated a total of 37 people were killed by the insurgents during separate attacks and the villages attacked were around 90 KM from Maiduguri''.Details of the attack emerged a day after president Muhammadu uhari held a summit with regional counter parts to set up a joint military force to counter Boko Haram.
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GOVERNOR AMBODE,URGES PRESIDENT BUHARI,TO DECLARED JUNE 12,DEMOCRACY DAY.

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                         Today June 12,i remembered very well in 1993,then i was still in primary school,how Lagos was in chaos and all my fellow Igbo brothers and sisters were running back home after M.K.O Abiola's presidential win was annulled by General Ibrahim Babangida.So now,Lagos state Governor Akinwunmi Ambode,Prof Akin Oyebode and other activists have challenged President Muhammadu Buhari,to declare June 12 as Democracy Day in the country to immortalise the acclaimed winner of the June 12,1993 Presidential election the late Chief Moshood Kashimao Olawale Abiola.Abode and other activist made these statement today friday at the June 12 rally at the Lagos Television Ground,Ikeja in Lagos.''The June 12 should be declared Democracy Day in Nigeria to honour Abiola.The hope of the people was dashed when the June 12 election was annulled by General Ibrahim Babangida,and what the nation now enjoyed today was rooted in June 12.June 12 personifies our desire to liberate ourse
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RAPPER SNOOP DOGG,SET TO BECOME ''TWITTER'' NEW CEO.

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              Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo will officially step down next month following pressure from investors.Rapper Snoop Dogg has already told the world that he is ready to take over as the Head of the social messaging service.Snoop wrote on his Twitter account that ''I'm ready to lead @Twitter!!#Snoop for CEO-Snoop Dogg''.Well i wish him all the best.
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A MAN WITH THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL PENIS TRANSPLANT,IS TO BECOME A FATHER SOON.

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                          According to sources,the man who had the world's first penis transplant is to become a dad.The girlfriend of the 21 year old South African {Name withheld} revealed she is expecting their first child.Doctors said they were delighted about the success of the operation.The recipient,who has not been named received the new organ last year after a botched circumcision operation.The couple's baby is due in October Doctor Andre Van der Merwe,as pictured above,performed the ground breaking operation.He has given a lecture on the success of the operation.He said ''Initially we had no financial backing,no donors and many critics,but i am now happy to hear the recipients girlfriend is now four months pregnant.I am looking forward to performing more penile transplants.The operation took a team of surgeons nine hours and now the patient is sexually active.The recipient received the penis from a dead donor on December 11 last year.Skin from the inside of the
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