Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s Head of Financial Crime Compliance, has arrived the Federal High Court in Abuja for arraignment over allegations of tax evasion.

He and fleeing Nadeem Anjarwalla are expected to be arraigned today at the court.

In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024, Binance was accused of failing to register with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, for the purpose of paying all relevant taxes administered by the service.

DAILY POST reported that Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, Binance’s Regional Manager for Africa, were detained by the Nigerian authorities on February 28.

Although Anjarwalla has escaped from the custody of the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, both executives, alongside Binance, are expected to be charged in court by the Federal Government for tax evasion and money laundering on Thursday.

Wearing a black T-shirt on green pants, Gambaryan was brought into the court at about 9:19 am by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Following a nice performance on SNL, 21 Savage has shared the music video for his song ‘should’ve wore a bonnet’.

The Brent Faiyaz-assisted single is taken from his chart-topping latest album American Dream. 21 and Brent perform the track in presence of beautiful ladies in the video filmed in VHS-style with sepia tones. Watch it below.

Barring any change, the Abuja Federal High Court has scheduled the arraignment of two Binance executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla for Thursday.

Gambaryan and Anjarwalla will be charged before Justice Emeka Nwite on two separate charges.

The one filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which bothers on money laundering, has five counts.


The other, by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has four counts, in which they were accused of sundry tax infractions.

Anjarwalla who escaped custody on March 22 will be arraigned before Justice Nwite in absentia.

The EFCC, in its charge filed on March 28, accused Binance executives of laundering about $35,400,000.

In count one of the charges, the defendants are alleged to have, between January 2023 and January 2024 in Abuja, carried out the specialised business of other financial institutions without a valid licence

The EFCC said the act constitutes an offence contrary to Section 57(1) and (2) of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2020 and was punishable under Section 57(5) of the same Act.

In the charge by the FIRS, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/115/2024 filed on March 22, the defendants were alleged to have committed the offence on or about February 1 this year.

In count one, the defendants are accused of failing to register with the FIRS to pay all relevant taxes while carrying out and offering services to subscribers on their platform (Binance).

The FIRS said the act constitutes an offence punishable under Sections 8 and 29 of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act of 1993 (as Amended), Section 40 of the FIRS Establishment Act, 2007 (as amended) and under provisions of Section 94 of the Companies Income Tax Act (as amended).

On March 18, Justice Nwite had ordered Binance to provide the EFCC with a comprehensive data or information of all those trading on its platform from Nigeria.

The judge granted the interim order in a ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by EFCC’s lawyer, Ekele Iheanacho.

The judge said the interim order was to enable the EFCC to investigate its claim that money laundering and terrorism financing activities were being allowed on Binance’s platform.

Travis Scott Releases Video For ‘FE!N’ Feat. Playboi Carti — Watch.

'FE!N’, the collaboration between Travis Scott and Playboi Carti, ended up being one of the biggest songs on UTOPIA. It gets a crazy reaction at shows and was even performed at this year’s GRAMMY Awards.

This afternoon, Trav has dropped a video for the record. It’s an interesting visual that sort of matches the energy of the song in a weird way. You can watch it below.

This morning (April 1), Real Madrid welcomed Athletic Bilbao in round 30 of La Liga 2023/2024. Because both Girona and Barca had won previously, Real Madrid was forced to win 3 points to firmly secure the top spot in the rankings.

Home field advantage helps Real Madrid enter the game with enthusiasm. Right in the 8th minute of the match, the fans of the Royal Spanish team enjoyed joy when Rodrygo scored the opening goal of the match.

The early goal made it easier for Real Madrid to play in the following period. The White Vultures continuously created scoring opportunities, but were unable to take advantage of them successfully.

On Athletic Bilbao's side, this team played hard in the second half to find the equalizer. But before the attack could do anything, the away team's defense was defeated by Rodrygo again in the 73rd minute.

After scoring 2 goals, Real Madrid actively reduced the tempo of the match. Los Blancos still had more opportunities to score but the strikers could not convert them into goals.

In the end, Real Madrid won 2-0 against Athletic Bilbao. This victory helps the White Vultures secure first place, creating an 8-point gap with Barca in the championship race. Besides, Real Madrid has good momentum for the big battle with Man City in the quarterfinals of the 2023/2024 European Cup.