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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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ISLAMIST MILITANTS,SEIZED MALIAN ARMY BASE TODAY.

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                        Today tuesday it was reported that suspected Islamist militants seized control of an army base in the central Malian town of Nampala today tuesday.The deputy mayor of Diabaly Ousmane Diallo says that ''The army is regrouping in town {Diabaly} and is preparing a counter-attack to retake the base,which fell into the hands of the assailants''.Officials had no information on casualties.Armed men in four-wheel drive vehicles and on motorcycles attacked Malian forces at several positions in Nampala at around 0500GMT.despite th presence of an 11,000 strong peacekeeping force,militants have reorganized and continued to launch attacks across Mali and the wider West Africa region.One more photo below.                                                                                           
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THE SENATE HELD A CLOSED DOOR MINISTERIAL BRIEFING TODAY,ATTENDED BY THE CBN GOVERNOR.{PHOTO}.

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                  Today,the Senate held a closed-door Ministerial Briefing,which was attended by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria {CBN}.The purpose of this engagement was to gauge the effectiveness of the monetary and fiscal policies that have been adopted to salvage the current economic situation in the country.At the briefing,Senators questioned the CBN Governor on the recent changes made to Nigeria's foreign exchange management policy; the determination of foreign exchange rates; the monetary policy of the Federal Government; the challenges being experienced by many commercial banks; and the need to diversify and grow Nigeria's economy for better performance.Moving forward according to the Senate President 'Saraki,the 8th Senate will continue our collaborative approach of working to bring succour to the Nigerian people in the form of effective oversight and innovative legislation.
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POLICE ARREST KIDNAPPERS/KILLERS OF 'OLALEKAN OGUNRANTI',MD OF TODAYS PRINTS LTD.{PHOTOS}

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                The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the murderers of late Olalekan Ogunranti,Managing Director,Todays prints Ltd.The late Olalekan Ogunranti was kidnapped on May 16,2016 by some unknown gunmen in Osun State.However,with the slow pace of the investigation,the Inspector-General of Police,Ag. IGP Ibrahim Idris NPM,mni on assumption of office ordered the Intelligence Response Team {IRT} of the IGP's Monitoring Unit to take over the matter and ensure the arrest of the culprits in record time.Th Intelligence Response Team swung into action using all the technical resources of the Force available to them for the arrest of five prime suspects.These include:-  1. Asimiyu Agboola 2. Adesina Meyidan 3. Ramoni Afolabi 4. Akeem Akorede 5. Coker Daniel. Coker Daniel,one of the suspects and a 32 year old graduate,in his confessional statement led IRT operatives to Ibukun River in Ibukun local government area of Osun State where the mutilated body of the late Olalekan Ogun
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THAT MOMENT WHEN KANYE WEST SECRETLY RECORDS YOUR PHONE CALL,THEN KIM POSTS IT ON THE INTERNET.-TAYLOR SWIFT.{PHOTO}.

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                                                      Taylor Swift took to her social media to post that picture statement below few hours ago which she captioned ''That moment when Kenya West secretly records your phone call,then Kim posts it on the internet''.The picture statement reads ''Where is the video of Kanye telling me he was going to call me 'that bitch' in his song?.It doesn't exist because it never happened.You don't get to control someone's emotional response to being called 'that bitch' in front of the entire world.Of course i wanted to like the song.I wanted to believe Kanye when he told me that i would love the song.I wanted us to have a friendly relationship.He promised to play the song for me ,but he never did.While i wanted to be supportive of Kanye on the phone call,you cannot 'approve' a song you haven't heard.Being falsely painted as a liar when i was never given the full story or played any part of
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AMBODE SAID THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO RESCUE IBA MONARCH & OTHERS +CONVENES EMERGENCY SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING.{PHOTOS}.

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                   Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwumi Ambode yesterday monday presided over an emergency security council meeting attended over an emergency security council meeting attended by heads of security agencies in the state,just as the State Government assured residents that efforts are being out in place to make kidnapping a thing of the past in the State.Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting,Lagos State Commissioner of Police,Mr Fatai Owoseni said government and all security agencies in the State are bordered about the emerging crime of kidnapping,and that efforts are on to rescue all those kidnapped recentl in the State including the Oniba of Ibaland,Oba Yushau Goriola Oseni.''What we want to assure the people is that we are putting efforts together to ensure that not just the monarch is rescued and we bring those criminals of justice''.Owoseni said.He added that the emergency security council meeting was principally to holistically appraise the secu
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THE SECOND LADY OF THE UNITED STATES,IS IN MALAWI AFTER VISITING ETHIOPIA OVER THE WEEKEND.{PHOTOS}.

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                      The wife of the Vice President of the United Dr Jill Biden,is visiting Malawi currently after Ethiopia's visit and will head to Niger next in a trip that has her forcusing on women's rights,immigration and education.Dr Jill is touring the three African countries to promote girl's education and women's empowerment.Dr Biden started off her three-country visit to Africa in Ethiopia this past weekend for the first time,she talked in Addis Ababa during a graduation of the Girls can code program which teaches high school girls the essential computer technology and IT skills to aid them in attaining higher education.According to the second lady fewer than 2 percent of university STEM graduates in Ethiopia are females.''You're women of action.There's nothing you cannot do if you have confidence in yourself''.More photos below.                                                              
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