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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

ACTOR JOSEPH BENJAMIN,BECAME JONATHAN IN A NEW MOVIE BY BOND EMERUWA.

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                The picture above is a clip from the movie titled ''Hidden Hunger'' and the movie is produced by Bond Emeruwa.The movie is about a young man's adventure and a village's revolution towards a better future.Jonathan {Joseph Benjamin } a young NYSC corps member from the big city,travels to the village to serve his country.Little did he know it would change his life forever.Other Nollywood stars that featured in the movie includes Ebele Okaro,Queen Nwokoye and Tony Akaposheri.I heard it is now available in the market and i have been getting good reviews from people that have also the movie.Nigerians we should learn to patronize our own made in Nigeria movies,so that our entertainment industry will become one of the best in the world.

DESMOND TUTU,TO REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR AN INFECTION NOT RELATED TO HIS PROSTATE CANCER.

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                          83 years old Veteran South African anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu,his daughter Mpor said today thursday that her father will remain in hospital for several more days to fight a persistent infection that is not related to his prostate cancer.Her father Desmond Tutu who has been living with prostate cancer for 18 years,has been placed on a stronger course of intravenous antibiotics since being hospitalized in Cape Town on tuesday.''We are confident that he will recover well from treatment and his doctors are also quite satisfied that his cancer remains dormant and well under control''.

GOVERNOR AMBODE,VOWS TO COMPLETE THE RAIL PROJECT FROM MILE 2 TO MARINA IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

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                 Governor of Lagos state Akinwunmi Ambode has vowed to complete the Blue Light Rail project from Mile 2 to Marina in the next 12 months.Today thurday,the governor inspected the works done on the rail project said his administration is determined to complete the project at the shortest time possible.He said he decided to inspect the project in order to quickly mobilise the contractor to expedite action so that the project could be completed on time due to its importance.''The Mile 2 Badagry Expressway is very important to all of us and like we said,it's a project that we must finish.It's a project that i would like to be completed withing the shortest possible time.So i'll like to see greater work done on the road project itself.On the rail project,like we have said,we are going to mobilise immediately to see that what has been done from Mile 2 to National Theatre is continued to Marina within the next 12 months.We should be able to put to use whateve

ALSHABAB TOP COMMANDER DULYADIN GAMADHEERE,KILLED TODAY BY U.S DRONE ATTACK IN SOMALIA.

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               According to BBC,Kenya Alshabab top Commander and mastermind of the Garissa University attack Dulyadin Gamadheere has allegedly been killed in a US Drone attack in Juungal between Bardhere and Buur Hajje Somalia.Gamadheere had a Sh20M bounty on his head.Though reports of his death are yet to be confirmed.The man was the alleged mastermind of the terror attack on Garissa University in Kenya that has left at least 15 people dead and alot of people injured.The BBC reports states that two senior commanders from the Islamist militant group were today killed in a drone strike in south west Somalia.Several loud blasts were heard in the town of Bardere at dawn and the bodies were later found.reports by AFP said that Missiles were fired from an unidentified military aircraft striking al-shabab targets in southern Somalia early today thurday causing casualties.