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The federal government has withdrawn the money laundering charges filed against an executive of Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had in April this year, arraigned Binance, a cryptocurrency firm, and Gambaryan over alleged money laundering. Mr Gambaryan, a United States citizen, has been in detention since February following […]
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The House of Representatives has denied demanding a bribe from a popular cryptocurrency platform, Binance. On February 28, the federal government detained two top executives of Binance as part of a probe bordering on illegal operations in the country and foreign exchange rate manipulations. The detained executives included Nadeem Anjarwalla, a 37-year-old British-Kenyan and Binance’s […]
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The Kenyan government has denied the arrest of Nadeem Anjarwalla, a Binance executive wanted in Nigeria for tax evasion. Nigerian authorities had requested the Kenyan government to arrest and extradite Anjarwalla three weeks ago, but so far, Nairobi has only confirmed his presence in the country. This development has slowed down the West African nation’s […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sent a Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, to the Kuje Correctional Centre, pending the determination of his bail application. The trial judge, Justice Emeka Nwite on Monday, gave the order after Gambaryan pleaded not guilty to the money laundering charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial […]
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Binance has given an update on the detention of its employee, Tigran Gambaryan in Nigeria. According to the Crypto company, Gambaryan is not part of the company’s management team. The crypto exchange giant clarified that Gambaryan, an American, only serves as a law enforcement officer and does not have the power to make decisions. The […]
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Binance Executive, Tigran Gambaryan, has sued the National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, and the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged violation of his fundamental rights. Gambaryan, in the originating motion dated and filed March 18 by his lawyer, Olujoke Aliyu, from Aluko and Oyebode Law Firm, sought five reliefs before Justice Inyang Ekwo. […]
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Cryptocurrency trading platform, Binance, has advised Nigerians trading on its exchange to withdraw all their NGN assets as it discontinues services in the country. According to the platform’s announcement on March 5, 2024, starting at 8:00 UTC on March 8, all remaining NGN balances in Binance users’ accounts will be automatically converted to USDT stablecoin. […]
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Cryptocurrency giant, Binance Holdings Ltd, has denied claims that it has been fined $10 billion by the Nigerian government. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, had said during televised interviews that the Nigerian government imposed a $10 billion fine on Binance due to its illegal operations, which contributed […]
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Nigerians have condemned the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for sanctioning Aboki Fx, Binance and other cryptocurrency operators. The criticism which caused Aboki FX to trend on Twitter for hours on Thursday, as Nigerians decried the clampdown on Binance. The outcry follows the decision of federal agencies to detain two senior […]
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Ayo Oyalowo, a political economist and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has given his opinion about the reason for the fall in the price of the naira. He spoke in an exclusive interview with Channels Television’s Seun Okinbaloye. According to him, Nigeria is in an unfortunate position as a few people have made […]
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