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

LAGOS ISSUES 21-DAY ULTIMATUM TO BONDED TERMINAL OWNERS.

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     The Lagos State Government has given a 21-day ultimatum to owners of bonded terminals in Ajegunle, Ajeromi Ifelodun area of the State to vacate their current locations.
The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye disclosed this on Monday after a closed-door meeting with the Commissioner of Police Mr. Edgal Imohimi and owners of the terminals at the State Police Command Ikeja.
Ogunleye, who attended the meeting in company of the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Security Mr. Yinka Akinrinde, also directed trailers parked on various Streets in Ajegunle and Olodi Apapa to vacate the Streets, stressing that the bonded terminals are located in residential areas thereby conflicting with the State’s Urban and Regional Planning Law.
He said the illegal siting of the terminals had disrupted the socio-economic lives of the people of Ajegunle and its environs, causing hardship to motorists.
Recall that the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode had on the 26th of July 2018 led a team of members of the State Executive Council and Security operatives to the premises of the terminals and ordered their immediate closure.
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