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Binance Chief Executive Officer, Richard Teng, in a blog post has accused top officials of the President Bola Tinubu administration that some individuals demanded $150m bribe in cryptocurrency to settle the criminal charge against the firm. The Federal Government on Tuesday vowed to pursue the criminal case against the crypto platform, Binance, and its officials, to a logical end. It was reported on Tuesday that on a trip to Nigeria in January, Tigran Gambaryan, a compliance officer with the exchange, received an unsettling message: The company had 48 hours to…

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Professor Augustine Angba, has been suspended by the Governing Council, over allegations of gross misconduct. The decision was made during a meeting of the Governing Council held on Monday, May 6, 2024, where they voted to relieve Angba of his duties with immediate effect. The council has appointed Professor Stephen Oshang from the Faculty of Agriculture to serve as the acting Vice-Chancellor until further notice. The suspension comes on the heels of a vote-of-no-confidence passed by some staff members of…

Senator Shehu Sani, former Kaduna Central lawmaker, has urged President Bola Tinubu not to allow the United States and French military bases in Nigeria. Sani made this appeal in a statement via his verified X handle on Tuesday. He stated, “The French forces and American troops evicted from Niger Republic must not be accommodated in our Nigerian soil. “President Tinubu should fully equip and fund our Military and other security forces to confront our security challenges. This should be clear and simple.” Meanwhile, the Kaduna senator has urged Tinubu to…

Dr Oluyinka Olumide, Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, has said 80 per cent of buildings in Ibeju Lekki have no approval. Olumide disclosed this in an interview recently. He said, “Just last week Thursday and Friday, myself and the team were in the Ibeju Lekki and Epe axis and you would agree with me that anybody passing through that corridor would see a lot of estates marked. We went there, and I can tell you that from what we saw, over 80 per cent of them…