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

BORNO'S COVID-19 UPDATE: 44 CONTACT-PERSONS TEST NEGATIVE,2 RESULTS AWAITED,DEPUTY GOVERNOR REVEALS TODAY.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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 Borno’s Covid-19 update.
(5:30pm; Tuesday, April 22, 2020)
44 contact-persons test negative, 2 results awaited, Deputy Governor reveals
... Borno’s confirmed cases now 4
Of the 104 persons believed to have had contacts with Borno’s Covid-19 index case, 48 persons have been tested and of them, 44 persons have tested negative to coronavirus while two persons tested positive and two results are being expected.
The state’s deputy governor who serves as chairman of the high powered response team, Umar Kadafur has revealed.
He said the two postive cases were those already announced from an update released by the National centre for Disease Control, NCDC on Monday night.
The deputy governor gave the update at the first in series of daily media briefings by his team, which held at the multipurpose hall of the government house on Tuesday afternoon.
Kadafur told journalists that Borno has four cases as at Tuesday evening which combines the index case, two persons who had contacts with him and a citizen of Borno state who tested positive in Gombe after he came in from Lagos. The citizen has been moved from Biu to an isolation centre in Maiduguri and he is being monitored.
He said the patient is currently being managed by his response team in Borno state.
The state’s commissioner of health, Dr Kwayabura explained that a competent team is in Pulka where an index case emanated, carrying out different measures.
He assured that the state’s response team was in control of the situation.
Commissioner for Home affairs, information and Culture, Babakura Abba Jato assured the public that the response team will be providing daily updates to keep everyone informed.More photos below.
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