{"id":321870,"date":"2024-05-07T19:33:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T18:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=321870"},"modified":"2024-05-07T19:33:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T18:33:47","slug":"tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu\u2019s govt asked for $150 million bribe to make \u2018illegal\u2019 charges go away \u2013 Binance"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Teng and other Binance executives have maintained the allegations were Unfounded and illegal and vowed not to be railroaded into making any illegal payment<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Nigerian Government asked for a staggering $150 million bribe to end the money laundering charges against crypto exchange giant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/04\/30\/fleeing-binance-executive-to-be-smoked-out-brought-to-justice-says-interpol\/\">Binance<\/a>, the company executive has disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Binance, Richard Teng, made the startling disclosure on Tuesday in a blog post.<\/p>\n<p>Teng said the bribery was demanded in digital currency, adding that the government officials that made the request assured Binance that their problems would \u201cgo away\u201d once the payment is made.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, disclosed that Binance legal representative declined the offer from those undisclosed officials.<\/p>\n<p>Teng and other Binance executives have maintained the allegations were Unfounded and illegal and vowed not to be railroaded into making any illegal payment.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that 0n February 28, the Office of the National Special Adviser (ONSA) detained two executives of Binance as part of an investigation bordering on illegal operations in the country and foreign exchange rate manipulations.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Binance\u2019s issues with the Nigerian government, Teng explained how the world\u2019s largest cryptocurrency exchange made an attempt to engage with the authorities, including a meeting on January 8 in Abuja, where it was confronted with criminal allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The Binance CEO said that despite requests, the crypto firm has still not received details of the allegations, saying, \u201cAnd our employees, therefore, inquired if there was an opportunity to submit our responses in writing and in the absence of a public hearing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were a number of reasons for that, including the sensitivity of the information and getting the opportunity to see the allegations in full and prepare a thorough substantive response,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe meeting ended with the Chair confirming they would consider the matter and revert through Binance\u2019s local counsel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, as our employees were leaving the venue, they were approached by unknown persons who suggested to them to make a payment in settlement of the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater that day, our local counsel \u2014 representing us at that time \u2014 was summoned by the Committee through someone purporting to be their agent, who relayed the Committee\u2019s terms and instructed our local counsel to advise us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCounsel reported back that he had been presented with a demand for a significant payment in cryptocurrency to be paid in secret within 48 hours to make these issues go away and that our decision was expected by the morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team grew increasingly concerned about their safety in Nigeria and immediately departed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teng said the payment request was declined \u201cvia our counsel, not viewing it to be a legitimate settlement offer\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO said Binance clarified that it would engage in settlement negotiations on the conditions that the relevant petition or the details of all allegations were seen, adding that any settlement \u201cmust be official, recorded in writing, and signed by all relevant parties\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teng and other Binance executives have maintained the allegations were Unfounded and illegal and vowed not to be railroaded into making any illegal payment. The Nigerian Government asked for a staggering $150 million bribe to end the money laundering charges against crypto exchange giant, Binance, the company executive has disclosed. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":311312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[78935,8696,63201,78936],"class_list":["post-321870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-150-million","tag-binance","tag-nigeria-govt","tag-teng"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu\u2019s govt asked for $150 million bribe to make \u2018illegal\u2019 charges go away \u2013 Binance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu\u2019s govt asked for $150 million bribe to make \u2018illegal\u2019 charges go away \u2013 Binance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Teng and other Binance executives have maintained the allegations were Unfounded and illegal and vowed not to be railroaded into making any illegal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-07T18:33:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Binance-_-mal-wieder-Der-Exchange-bietet-in-Su_dafrika-ab-sofort-keine-Krypto-Derivate-mehr-an-coincierge.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1277\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Afolabi Hakim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Afolabihakim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Afolabi Hakim\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Afolabi Hakim\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu\u2019s govt asked for $150 million bribe to make \u2018illegal\u2019 charges go away \u2013 Binance\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-07T18:33:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":497,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Binance-_-mal-wieder-Der-Exchange-bietet-in-Su_dafrika-ab-sofort-keine-Krypto-Derivate-mehr-an-coincierge.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"$150 million\",\"Binance\",\"Nigeria govt\",\"Teng\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tinubu\u2019s govt asked for $150 million bribe to make \u2018illegal\u2019 charges go away \u2013 Binance\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Binance-_-mal-wieder-Der-Exchange-bietet-in-Su_dafrika-ab-sofort-keine-Krypto-Derivate-mehr-an-coincierge.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-07T18:33:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Binance-_-mal-wieder-Der-Exchange-bietet-in-Su_dafrika-ab-sofort-keine-Krypto-Derivate-mehr-an-coincierge.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/Binance-_-mal-wieder-Der-Exchange-bietet-in-Su_dafrika-ab-sofort-keine-Krypto-Derivate-mehr-an-coincierge.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1277,\"caption\":\"Forex Crisis\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/07\\\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tinubu\u2019s govt asked for $150 million bribe to make \u2018illegal\u2019 charges go away \u2013 Binance\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27\",\"name\":\"Afolabi Hakim\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Afolabi Hakim\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/@Afolabihakim\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/afolabi\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tinubu\u2019s govt asked for $150 million bribe to make \u2018illegal\u2019 charges go away \u2013 Binance","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tinubu\u2019s govt asked for $150 million bribe to make \u2018illegal\u2019 charges go away \u2013 Binance","og_description":"Teng and other Binance executives have maintained the allegations were Unfounded and illegal and vowed not to be railroaded into making any illegal","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_published_time":"2024-05-07T18:33:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1277,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Binance-_-mal-wieder-Der-Exchange-bietet-in-Su_dafrika-ab-sofort-keine-Krypto-Derivate-mehr-an-coincierge.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Afolabi Hakim","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Afolabihakim","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Afolabi Hakim","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/"},"author":{"name":"Afolabi Hakim","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27"},"headline":"Tinubu\u2019s govt asked for $150 million bribe to make \u2018illegal\u2019 charges go away \u2013 Binance","datePublished":"2024-05-07T18:33:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/"},"wordCount":497,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Binance-_-mal-wieder-Der-Exchange-bietet-in-Su_dafrika-ab-sofort-keine-Krypto-Derivate-mehr-an-coincierge.jpg","keywords":["$150 million","Binance","Nigeria govt","Teng"],"articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/","name":"Tinubu\u2019s govt asked for $150 million bribe to make \u2018illegal\u2019 charges go away \u2013 Binance","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Binance-_-mal-wieder-Der-Exchange-bietet-in-Su_dafrika-ab-sofort-keine-Krypto-Derivate-mehr-an-coincierge.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-07T18:33:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Binance-_-mal-wieder-Der-Exchange-bietet-in-Su_dafrika-ab-sofort-keine-Krypto-Derivate-mehr-an-coincierge.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Binance-_-mal-wieder-Der-Exchange-bietet-in-Su_dafrika-ab-sofort-keine-Krypto-Derivate-mehr-an-coincierge.jpg","width":1920,"height":1277,"caption":"Forex Crisis"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/05\/07\/tinubus-govt-asked-for-150-million-bribe-to-make-illegal-charges-go-away-binance\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tinubu\u2019s govt asked for $150 million bribe to make \u2018illegal\u2019 charges go away \u2013 Binance"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27","name":"Afolabi Hakim","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Afolabi Hakim"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/@Afolabihakim"],"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/afolabi\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}