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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

BEYONCE WAS NOMINATED 11 TIMES,AS THE MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS NOMINATIONS WERE REVEALED TODAY.

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                                                The MTV Video Music Awards nominations were revealed today tuesday,and Beyonce and Adele are leading the park ahead of this year's ceremony.While Beyonce scored 11 nomination,Adele also raked in an impressive eight nominations.The pair will compete for the night's top honour in the form of Video Of The Year,alongside Kanye West,Drake and Justin Bieber.Kanye West is nominated for his controversial 'Famous' video,which sees him and his wife KimKardashian lying nude in bed with wax figures depicting celebrities including Taylor Swift naked.There are also naked wax figures of Cris Brown,Rihanna,Caitlyn Jenner,Amber Rose,Ray J,Anna Wintour,Donald Trump,Bill Cosby and George W. Bush.The song and its video have already generated plenty of controversy,in particular for its lyrics about Swift:'I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex/why? i made that bi--h famous''.Justin Bieber too was also nominated and the awar

LAGOS STATE GOVT IS SET TO RECRUIT 1000 TEACHERS,IN LAGOS STATE PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

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                            In a bid to improve teaching and learning in Lagos State public secondary schools,the Government is set to recruit additional 1000 teachers to fill the vacancies in the classrooms.The was made public today by the Deputy Governor,Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule at the flag-off of the sensitization seminar on Healthy Living for staff of the Post-Primary Teaching Service which was organized by the Teachers Establishment and Pensions Office {TEPO}.The Deputy Governor urged the teachers to support Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's administration in its drive to take education sector to higher level,adding that the government is very sensitive to the plight of teachers and committed to building their capacity building and ensure adequate welfare package to serve as motivation.She also intimated the teachers that full rehabilitation of schools would soon commence to upgrade the facilities and give the schools a new look.Adebule equally noted that the issue of security in t

AMBODE FLAGS OFF EPE-MARINA LAGOON RECLAMATION TODAY+THE DUBAI-LIKE PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED IN AUGUST.{PHOTOS}.

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                      Lagos State Government,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today tuesday embarked on extensive inspection of on-going projects across the State,where he equally flagged off the world class Epe-Marina Lagoon reclamation project aimed at giving a quantum leap to the tourism potentials of the State.Governor Ambode,who was accompanied on the inspection tour by top government functionaries,said the lagoon reclamation projects in Epe and Badagry,upon completion,would look like that of Dubai in United Arab Emirates {UAE}.He assured that the Badagry-Marina Lagoon reclamation project would be completed by the end of August,this year.Governor Ambode said ''We want to actually duplicate what you see in Dubai-Marina.This is a whole stretch of two kilometers of real estate and new tourist centres that we are putting in Epe and Badagry at the same time.We believe strongly that coming out from our retreat that we said we are going to grow the IGR of Lagos State by 2017 to N30billion and

QUEEN ELIZABETH,PHOTOGRAPHED VIEWING ALL HER DRESSES SHE HAD WORN FOR 90 YEARS AT VARIOUS OCCASIONS.{PHOTO}.

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                     The Queen attends a private preview of the Royal Collection Trust's 'Fashioning a Reign: 90 Years of Style from The Queen's Wardrobe' exhibition at Buckingham Palace.Spanning ten decades,from the christening gown worn by the month-old Princess Elizabeth in 1926,to the vivid green ensemble worn by The Queen at this year's Trooping the Colour,the exhibition explores ceremonial and military attrire,dress for State occasions and overseas tours,oufits for family celebrations,and Her Majesty's support of British design.                                                    

CONGOLESE MUSICIAN KOFFI OLOMIDE,ARRESTED IN HIS COUNTRY & SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT & BATTERY.{PHOTOS}.

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                      Koffi Olomide,who was caught on camera on friday kicking one of his female dancers right infront of police officers,though he later denied assaulting her her,was just arrested in his home country Congo 'Kinshasa'from his house .The reason for his arrest is still unclear,but it comes after the 60 year old musician assaulted a dancer at the Komo Kenyatta International Airport,over the weekend an incident that led to his deportation and cancellation of his show at Zambia's Agricultural and Commercial society,where he was scheduled to perform at the 90th edition.According to another source,he was charged with assault and battery,the source claimed that he has been charged to one year imprisonment for the offence.More information later.More photos below.                                                               

MALAWI SEX RITUALIST,ARRESTED AFTER HE HAD SLEPT WITH HUNDREDS OF GIRLS DESPITE BEING HIV POSITIVE.{PHOTO}

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                     It was reported today that Malawi authorities have arrested a man who featured on BBC as being involved in initiation ceremonies meant to ''cleanse' young girls by having sex with them.The arrest order is reported to have come from the country's President Peter Mutharrika.Eric Aniva had been featured by the news agency as being a 'hyena',a nickname to refer to persons who engages in the practice.He revealed that he was HIV positive,but despite that,he had slept with more than 100 young girlsThe sex cleansing practice is a traditional custom endorsed and funded by some communities in southern Malawi but the government has been trying to stop it.The BBC reports the director of communication at State House Bright Molande as saying that the president was disturbed by the revelations made in the story and has vowed to crackdown on the cultural practice.                                           

2 MEN WERE ARRAIGNED IN KANO HIGH COURT TODAY,FOR $530,000 SCAM.{PHOTOS}.

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                             Honourable Justice Dije Aboki of Kano State High Court has granted and application for leave to prefer charge against the duo of Saminu Umar Tar'ambu and Ahmed Maiturare of popular Kantin Kwari Textile Market,Kano City,brought by the EFCC.The prime suspect,Ta'ambu,was alleged to have approached Mathias Hee,a Swiss National and owner of Okutex,a textile manufacturing company sometimes in July,2015,requesting for the supply of fabrics totaling $530,000 under the pretence that he acted on behalf of Kano State Government.He forged documents titled Authorization to transfer to foreign account purported to have been issued and signed by the authorities of the Government of Kano State.Since the supplies,Ta'ambu failed to honour his part of the bargain and has refused to remit the amount as agreed.The matter has been adjourned to 5th of October,2016,for arraignment.One more photo below.