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

BENUE EXCO MEMBERS DONATE SALARIES TO COVID-19 FIGHT.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     The Benue State Executive Council has resolved that each member should donate N100,000 every month to the fight against Coronavirus in the state.
By this decision, the 28-member Executive Council will be contributing N2.8 million monthly till the battle against the spread of COVID-19 in Benue State is over.
Secretary to the State Government, Professor Anthony Ijohor, SAN, who made known the decision of the Council members today at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi, expressed the determination of the Samuel Ortom administration to sustain its proactive approach to tackling the pandemic.
He said members of Council voluntarily offered their salaries as part of their sacrifice for the survival of the state, in the face of COVID-19.
Professor Ijohor commended Governor Ortom for the visionary and dogged leadership he has continued to provide during very difficult moments in the life of the state.
Meanwhile, the Benue State Executive Council will on Sunday hold a joint meeting with the State Security Council and the State Action Committee on Coronavirus, to review the measures so far taken in preventing the spread of the disease in the state.
Governor Ortom who made this known today said the meeting will assess the situation with a view to ameliorating the pains the measures must have brought upon the people.
Terver Akase
Chief Press Secretary.
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