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
Today monday,Senior Secondary School 3 {SSS 3} student's of Queen's College Yaba,abandoned their mock examination today to protest the allegation of sexual harassment levelled against one of their teachers,Mr Olaseni Oshifala.While they put pressure on their teachers to let them out of the school gate,another group of protesters,who claimed to have been taught by Oshifala,stood outside the premises,condemning the allegations as falsehood.The sexual assault story was about one Chinenye Okoye,mother of the a JSS 2 pupil who claimed to be abused and molested by a drunken Oshifala when she left her hostel to relieve herself at night.The sory also claimed that,Oshifala,who teaches Integrated Science,was being protected by one of the vice principals,Mrs Kayode,who allegedly told principals,Mrs Kayode,who allegedly told Chinenye that he was untouchable.During today monday's protest,the pupils,workers and Chairman,Parents/Teachers Association,Mrs Beatrice Akhetuamen,denied the claims.As a result of the agitation,the Biology paper for the Southwest zonal Mock examination organised in preparation for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination {WASSCE} was delayed.More photos below. 
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