Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- The federal government, through the Ministry of Information and Orientation Agency, has asked Nigerians to disregard a report by the head of financial crime of crypto firm Binance, Tigran Gambaryan, who claimed three Nigerian lawmakers who allegedly demanded a $150 million bribe from him.

Gambaryan, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), claimed that three federal lawmakers, Peter Akpanke, Philip Agbese and Ginger Obinna Onwusibe.

The Informant247 reports that the Nigerian government detained Gambaryan and another Binance official after accusing their firm of money laundering and encouraging criminality in Nigeria.

He was later released after the government dropped the charges against him following the intervention of t...