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

85-YEAR-OLD EX-DG OF IMO BROADCASTING CORPORATION,ALLEGEDLY STABBED HIS WIFE TO DEATH.{PHOTO}.

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     A former Director-General of the Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), Mr. Theophilus Okere, has allegedly stabbed his wife to death at Imerinwe community in the Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of the state.
Aged 85, Okere was said to have carried out the act unknowingly.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted a source as saying the former DG had been suffering from dementia, a term for diseases and conditions characterised by a decline in memory, language, problem-solving and other thinking skills that affect a person’s ability to perform everyday activities.
The sources reportedly said the family had been managing Okere’s dementia for some time.
“Okere has been down with dementia and the family has been managing the problem. Even today that he stabbed his wife to death, when he was asked why he did it, he responded that his wife was still sleeping,” the source reportedly said.
”The other Sunday, Okere went to church and said that his car was missing when in fact the car was parked in his compound.”
Okere’s wife, who was 77 years, was described as a retiree of the Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo.
The couple had been married for 50 years.
The spokesman of the Imo State Police Command, Mr. Orlando Ikeowu, who confirmed the incident, told NAN that the police had commenced investigation into the matter.
“It is true that the former director-general of the state-owned broadcasting corporation, Mr. T.C. Okere, about 85-years allegedly stabbed his wife to death this morning. The command has commenced investigation into the matter,” he reportedly said.-Thisday.
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