Rolls-Royce apologises in court after settling bribery case

The engineering giant Rolls-Royce has apologised after it was found to have paid bribes including a luxury car and millions of pounds’ worth of cash to middlemen to secure orders in Indonesia, Russia and China and other countries.

Britain’s leading multinational manufacturer made the admissions on Tuesday at the high court in London, a day after it was revealed that it would pay £671m in penalties to settle long-running corruption allegations. In a statement read out in court, the firm said it “apologised unreservedly for the conduct which has been uncovered”.

The settlement was reached with investigators from three countries – the UK, US and Brazil – who five years ago started to scrutinise allegations that the firm had hired middlemen to pay bribes to win contracts.

Richard Whittam, a QC for the Serious Fraud Office, detailed the findings of what he said was the “largest individual investigation conducted by the SFO to date”. Whittam told the court that Rolls-Royce had admitted it had failed to stop corrupt payments in Nigeria and Indonesia, and had paid bribes in Russia. Other illicit payments were made in Thailand and Nigeria.

A string of points within the agreement between the firm and the SFO – called a deferred prosecution agreement – revealed Rolls-Royce’s systemic and long-running use of intermediaries. In Indonesia, Rolls-Royce employees admitted paying $2.25m (£1.8m) and gifting a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit car to an individual. The payment was made in order that the individual would “show favour to Rolls-Royce for a contract” to supply Trent engines to Garuda Airways, Whittam said.

peppers associated with 13% reduction in total mortality

Going back for centuries, peppers and spices have been thought to be beneficial in the treatment of diseases, but only one other study — conducted in China and published in 2015 — has previously examined chili pepper consumption and its association with mortality. This new study corroborates the earlier study’s findings.

Using National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) III data collected from more than 16,000 Americans who were followed for up to 23 years, medical student Mustafa Chopan ‘17 and Professor of Medicine Benjamin Littenberg, M.D., examined the baseline characteristics of the participants according to hot red chili pepper consumption.

They found that consumers of hot red chili peppers tended to be “younger, male, white, Mexican-American, married, and to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and consume more vegetables and meats . . . had lower High Density Lipo-protein (HDL)-cholesterol, lower income, and less education,” in comparison to participants who did not consume red chili peppers. They examined data from a median follow-up of 18.9 years and observed the number of deaths and then analyzed specific causes of death.

Sporadic gunshots heralded kidnapping of our staff, students -Principal Turkish int’l school

The Management   of Nigerian Turkish International Colleges, NTIC, located in   the Isheri area of Ogun State, has   given a blow-by-blow   account of how some   students and staff of the school were kidnapped by gunmen. From left: Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa; Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs.) Yetunde Onanuga and Principal, Nigerian Tullip International School, Mr. Yunus Dogan when the deputy governor led a delegation of government officials to the school yesterday following the kidnap of some of its students and teachers The Principal of the school,   Yunus Emre Dogan, told   newsmen, yesterday, that the gunmen came into the school and started shooting sporadically. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed   the premises of the school, which is   located in a swampy, bushy area, around 9.20pm on Friday, and made away with eight persons including   three regular   students and two others   who   were preparing for Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, exams, and three members of staff. Dogan said   the abductors immediately made their way into the female hostel where three students were kidnapped, alongside the house mistress and a Turkish teacher who teaches mathematics in the school. A cook was also taken away from the kitchen.

MOM KILLED HERSELF BECAUSE SHE FELT UGLY AFTER BOOB JOB

A high-flying businesswoman killed herself because she 'felt ugly' after getting a boob job , an inquest heard.

Tragic mum-of-two Rebecca Hoare, 38, developed an anxiety disorder - and could not stand the way she looked.Indeed, the inquest was told she felt “ugly and disfigured” after undergoing the surgery on her breasts at a private clinic - after splitting up with a boyfriend who had made negative comments about her body.

According to Daily Mirror, she was later diagnosed with a devastating condition called body dysmorphia that gives sufferers a distorted view of how they look.

The company insisted the operation had gone well but had offered another one free as a goodwill gesture.

But Mrs Hoare was so unhappy she hanged herself at home at the family’s off-road driving centre in Bradford, West Yorkshire

SEE THE LEKKI GAY SEX ASSAULT SKIT THAT HAS GOT NIGERIANS TALKING

A debate so heated that prominent gay rights activists like Bisi Alimi and Nigeria’s first openly gay pastor, Reverend Jide Macaulay, have started a petition that aims to make Ogusbaba take down the video from the internet to stop its circulation.
 The activists are also demanding that Ogusbaba should apologise to the Nigerian LGBT community for joking with a very sensitive issue of concern. The video, titled “The Lekki Gay,” by comedian Ogusbaba, depicts a gay man being visited by a friend whom he finds attractive but who brings two other men to the bedroom to threaten him with sexual assault with a banana, large cucumber, pawpaw and then a large piece of yam oiled with olive oil. 

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