[Crypto] Nigeria high court demand Binance to submit Nigeria users data.

[Igebotz]

Our government can be very cunny you know, they might just frame up such lies to make us believe in them, whereas they did nothing. Why will Nigeria government ask for bribe from Binance instead of them to think on how they can regulate these exchanges benefitting from Nigerians.

I tried to let people under that we should not refer to the government directly but to the government officials. The officials make up the government but regarding this, government officials should be referred to. Bribery is one of the reasons this country is not good.

The officials were appointed/elected by the government and represented the Nigeria government in this capacity so it's safer to say the "Nigeria Government" there's no other way to label it. Could be members from the EFCC, CBN or any other agencies.

They needed that bribe to make the case go away tells you how powerful those officials are. They're Nigeria government officials there's no two ways to sugar coat it. Imo

[Charles-Tim]

Our government can be very cunny you know, they might just frame up such lies to make us believe in them, whereas they did nothing. Why will Nigeria government ask for bribe from Binance instead of them to think on how they can regulate these exchanges benefitting from Nigerians.

I tried to let people under that we should not refer to the government directly but to the government officials. The officials make up the government but regarding this, government officials should be referred to. Bribery is one of the reasons this country is not good.

The officials were appointed/elected by the government and represented the Nigeria government in this capacity so it's safer to say the "Nigeria Government" there's no other way to label it. Could be members from the EFCC, CBN or any other agencies.

They needed that bribe to make the case go away tells you how powerful those officials are. They're Nigeria government officials there's no two ways to sugar coat it. Imo

Just like I posted earlier, it is the government officials and not the government.

It is better to differentiate between the government and its officials. Read the bold part. The government is different from government officials and I quoted that to correct it. The government is not asking for bribe from Binance, it is the some of the government officials that did that underground.

This is not sugarcoat or anything but what it should be referred to. Nigerian government will not ask for bribe from Binance, they will ask for a fine.

[Igebotz]

The officials were appointed/elected by the government and represented the Nigeria government in this capacity so it's safer to say the "Nigeria Government" there's no other way to label it. Could be members from the EFCC, CBN or any other agencies.

They needed that bribe to make the case go away tells you how powerful those officials are. They're Nigeria government officials there's no two ways to sugar coat it. Imo

Just like I posted earlier, it is the government officials and not the government.

It is better to differentiate between the government and its officials. Read the bold part. The government is different from government officials and I quoted that to correct it. The government is not asking for bribe from Binance, it is the some of the government officials that did that underground.

This is not sugarcoat or anything but what it should be referred to. Nigerian government will not ask for bribe from Binance, they will ask for a fine.

This is more like "EFCC detained Binance executives" and NOT the Nigeria government. Onebody care who did it as long as it's a ministry working for the Nigerian government it's always going to be " Nigerian government detained Binance executives" and not "EFCC detained Binance executives" if one of the ministry heading the case approach Binance for bribe what the media is going to tag is "Nigeria approached Binance for bribe" did you read the memo from the ministry of Information and orientation ?

Go and read it...

[Cryptsafe]

Our government can be very cunny you know, they might just frame up such lies to make us believe in them, whereas they did nothing. Why will Nigeria government ask for bribe from Binance instead of them to think on how they can regulate these exchanges benefitting from Nigerians.

I tried to let people under that we should not refer to the government directly but to the government officials. The officials make up the government but regarding this, government officials should be referred to. Bribery is one of the reasons this country is not good.

The officials were appointed/elected by the government and represented the Nigeria government in this capacity so it's safer to say the "Nigeria Government" there's no other way to label it. Could be members from the EFCC, CBN or any other agencies.

They needed that bribe to make the case go away tells you how powerful those officials are. They're Nigeria government officials there's no two ways to sugar coat it. Imo

This is more than a national embarrassment. How would the international community ses this as. An agency under the umbrella of financial crimes commission demanding bribe from an international organisation to release their representative. This is how corrupt this nation is and from the play, one could tell that the powers of the judiciary can be undermined at any point in time when the powers that be come in play.

All these plays down to the fact that the people involved are government officials and they belong to the organisations in charge of this matter. So it invariably means that they have the power to do and undo the case as it may be.  Hence, you hear the press say the name "Nigeria Government demands bribe from binance officials" to close the case and they are not worried about it if it paints the name of the country in a bad manner or so.

[Charles-Tim]

US lawmaker asks Congress to treat Binance exec in Nigeria as a ‘hostage’

House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Rep. McCormick claimed that Nigerian government detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan. That he was detained by government in order to extort the cryptocurrency exchange.

We all know that this is true.

He wants United States to formally declare Gambaryan as a hostage and that the case should be resolved by mid-july.

“Tigran’s detainment has been ongoing since February of 2024, the court typically takes a recess from mid-July to September,” said Rep. McCormick. “f Tigran’s case is not resolved by mid-July, he may remain in detention for an even longer undue period of time.”

https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-lawmaker-congress-binance-exec-nigeria-hostage