BINANCE FALSE CLAIM ON BRIBERY DIVERSIONARY . (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION PRESS STATEMENT BINANCE FALSE CLAIM ON BRIBERY DIVERSIONARY The Federal Government of Nigeria is aware of attempts by Binance to launder its impaired image as an organisation that does not play by the rules and laws guiding business conduct in sovereign nations. In a blog post that has now been published by many international media organisations, in an apparent well-coordinated public relations effort, Binance Chief Executive Officer Richard Teng made false allegations of bribery against unidentified Nigerian government officials who he claimed demanded $150m in cryptocurrency payments to resolve the ongoing criminal investigation against the company. This claim by Binance CEO lacks any iota of substance. It is nothing but a diversionary tactic and an attempted act of blackmail by a company desperate to obfuscate the grievous criminal charges it is facing in Nigeria. The facts of this matter remain that Binance is being inve
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today monday fulfilled his pledge of making the menace of land grabbing in Lagos a thing of the past with the signing of the Lagos State Properties Protection Law.Governor Ambode also signed the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps Law,a move which is majorly aimed at boosting security of lives and property in all the Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas of the State.Speaking at the signing ceremony which was attended by the Lagos State Speaker,Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa,the Chief Judge of the State,Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade and other top government functionaries,Governor Ambode said the laws were central to his administration's focus of safeguarding the lives of all residents,as well as attracting,growing investments and improving the ease of doing business in the State.Governor Ambode said ''In addition to equipping our security agencies,we have now created a legal framework to put some form of communal protection in plac to boost and support the great job the Nigeria Police is presently doing''.The Governor,who explained that the Neighbourhood Safety Corps would assist the police and other security agencies to maintain law and order across the communities,added that the Neighbourhood Safety Agency,which the new law established,would also be charged with the responsibility of registering all private home security and any other person employed for private home security amongst other things.On the Properties Protection Law,Governor Ambode said the need for the law followed the fact that one of the issues that discouraged investors and hindered the ease of doing business in Lagos in the past had always been the menace of land grabbing;''The Lagos State Properties Protection Law will give legal backing to the operations of our Law is to ensure that our investors,businessmen and the general populace carry on their legitimate land/property transactions without any hinderance or intimidation henceforth.The Properties Law will eliminate the activiies of persons or corporate entities who use force and intimidation to dispossess or prevent any person or entity from acquiring legitimate interest and possession of property,ensure that the Special Task Force on Land-Grabbers work with all Security agencies to ensure enforcement of State Government and Private property rights in the State,and ensure proper coordination of the efforts of the various agencies of Government's rights over land in Lagos''.The Governor said.More photos below.
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