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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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A HOUSE BOY DAVID IDAH,WHO KILLED A MAGISTRATE IN ABEOKUTA,WAS SENTENCED TODAY TO DEATH BY HANGING.

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                                            According to sources,a 26 year old house boy David Idah who murdered a retired Senior Magistrate Mrs Olufunmilayo Timeyin,was today wednesday sentenced to death.Justice Abiodun Akinyemi today wednesday sentenced the accused who hails from Benue state and worked as a domestic aide for the late senior magistrate,to death by hanging.The convict had on March 28,2014,killed the 65 year old magistrate at her residence in Laderin Housing Estate,Abeokuta,hacking her with machete before slaughtering her about 3pm.He attacked the magistrate because she sacked him after he was caught stealing.He however returned to the house,scaled the fence before killing the retired magistrate.The convict was arraigned on April 4th 2014,in Abeokuta Chief Magistrate court on one count of unlawful killing.The offence contravened sections 316 and 319 of the Criminal Code Law of Ogun state,2006.
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MY COMING TO COACH THE SENIOR TEAM IS TO SERVE OUR FATHERLAND NOT WAR-SUNDAY OLISEH.

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                             40 years old Mr Sunday Oliseh,who was appointed as the new coach of Nigeria said today wednesday that ''We are not doing Nigeria any favour.My coming to coach the senior team is to serve our fatherland,we have not come to fight war''.Yesterday tuesday evening,Sunday Oliseh who was the former Super Eagle Captain and his assistants had a 90 minute meeting with the Nigerian Football Federation {NFF} Technical and Development Committee,headed by Chief Felix Anyansi Agwu,where he unfolded his plans for the Super Eagles.After the meeting,the NFF Executive Committee received the report of the Technical and Development Committee,and unanimously adopted the recommendation to hire Oliseh as the new Super Eagles Head Coach.Oliseh's first assignment will be in the away African Nations cup qualifier in Tanzania in September.
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AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO NIGERIA,SAID I,300 NIGERIANS HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO DIFFERENT AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES.

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                                                   The Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria,Mr Jonathan Richardson,disclosed this yesterday tuesday that 1,300 Nigerian students have been admitted into different Australian universities this year.Richardson said this in a statement issued by the Commission's Research and Public Affairs Officer,Mr Okokon Odiogenyi,and made it available to NAN in Lagos.''The High Commissioner will speak on Australia's place in the world and its bilateral engagement with Nigeria.He will also invite the students to attend the Australia Future Unlimited West Africa Education Exhibition Scheduled to hold in Lagos in September.The Exhibition is expected to provide Nigerian students with an opportunity to engage with Australian Universities and learn more about opportunities for pursuing postgraduate study in Australia''.The statement enjoined young Nigerians to avail themselves of the existing educational opportunities in Australia.He
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81 PEOPLE INJURED,AFTER A MOUSE TRIGGERED A PANIC YESTERDAY IN A CASABLANCA MOSQUE.

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                 According to the Moroccan news agency,a mouse triggered panic and a crush in a Casablanca Mosque,living more than 80 people injured,mostly women.The incident occurred in the city's Hassan II Mosque,which was packed during evening prayers yesterday tuesday,the holiest night night of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.Sources said ''Eight one people,mostly women,suffered light injuries and fractures while some of them fainted''.The panic broke out after a woman raised the alarm over the mouse,sparking a sudden exodus of screaming worshipers.Among those needing treatment was a pregnant who suffered a double fracture in the leg and has been kept under surveillance in the hospital.
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