Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- The Nigerian government says the corruption allegations levelled against its senior officials by Binance's head of financial crime, Tigran Gambaryan, are false.

The Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, in a Friday statement, said Mr Gambaryan's "allegations are not only unsubstantiated but also lack credibility, given his apparent motive to discredit and intimidate those who ensured he faced justice."

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Gambaryan accused Nigeria's National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, of seeking to personally benefit from Nigeria's dispute with Binance.

The crypto firm's official also claimed that Mr Ribadu hired a US law firm to negotiate his release from detention while in Nigerian custody but th...