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Trump Signs Order To Target Foreign Drug Cartels Hard ... As Nigerians Await Release Of US Records On Tinubu By Editor  President Donald Trump this week signed an executive action designating major foreign drug cartels as terrorist organisations, a step that allows the United States military to use lethal force against foreigners. Video from the Oval Office shows the president receiving the document, signing it at his desk and returning the folder after brief remarks.Africans & Diaspora The announcement has intensified attention in Nigeria on a long running demand for the full release of American investigative files on President Bola Tinubu. Many Nigerians have called for the unredacted records to be made public. Tinubu and his lawyers have moved in court to stop or limit that release. The files relate to an early 1990s inquiry into a white heroin network in Chicago. Court papers identified Adegboyega Mueez Akande as a leader of the organisation and Abiodun Agbele a...

ICPC Questions Ekiti APC Candidate Over Fraud Allegations By Editor  The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Ikere/Ise-Orun/Ekiti South West Federal Constituency in the 2027 House of Representatives election, Toyin Okoro, has been questioned by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over allegations bordering on fraud, conflict of interest and false declarations. Okoro, a former Senior Legislative Aide to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, appeared at the ICPC headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, September 17, 2026, following an invitation from the anti-graft agency. The investigation centres on allegations concerning his alleged involvement in a private company while serving as a legislative aide at the National Assembly. The commission is also looking into claims that the company secured government contracts from public institutions during the period Okoro was allegedly holding...

  Court Convicts 33-Year-Old Man  Over 1.043kg Cocaine Trafficking in Ibadan By Editor  Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Thursday, convicted a 33-year-old man, Eze Emeka, for dealing and trafficking 1.043kgs of cocaine. The NDLEA counsel, Mr D. O. Otunla had informed the court that the convict was arrested on April 20 on the Ibadan-Oyo Expressway while Sokoto-bound. Otunla informed the court that the defendant, who was arrested for dealing and trafficking in cocaine, excreted a total of 1.043kgs of cocaine which contravened Section 11b and 11c of NDLEA Act 2004. Otunla urged the court to sentence the defendant has charged. Emeka, at his arraignment, pleaded guilty to the charges leveled against him. Subsequently, Agomoh convicted the defendant after taking his guilty plea to the two-count charge of trafficking and dealing in 1.043kgs of cocaine leveled against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The judge said th...

Edo NLC Passes Vote Of Confidence In EBS Acting MD Alenkhe BENIN CITY: The Edo State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has passed a vote of confidence on the Acting Managing Director of the Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS), Comrade Festus Alenkhe, citing what it described as significant improvements in the station since his appointment. The NLC, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Comrade Bernard Joman Eguakhide, in Benin City, said that Alenkhe's leadership had brought renewed vibrancy to EBS, particularly in news dissemination, current affairs, cultural programming and live broadcasting. The labour body said the Acting Managing Director, who has worked with EBS for more than two decades, had introduced changes that had strengthened the station's connection with the people of Edo State. According to the NLC, EBS now runs live news bulletins with reporters providing reports from Lagos, Abuja and different parts of Edo State, thereby giving wider visibili...

FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup: Falconets Defeat  England’s  Lionesses 3-0 To Secure Quarter-Final Match  By Editor  Nigeria’s U-20 women’s national team, the Falconets, to secured a place in the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup after a comfortable 3-0 thrashing of England’s Young Lionesses at the Stadion Miejski in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. Tosin Rafiu opened scoring for the falconets in the 8th minute of the Round of 16 clash before Seimeyeha Janet Akekoromowei and Mary Mamodu scored the second and third goals in the 47th and 73rd minute to seal victory for Nigeria. The Moses Aduku led Falconets have now advanced in the competition and continue their pursuit of a deep run at the tournament as they face hosts Poland or Colombia in the Quarter finals stage. The Falconets booked their place in the knockout stages in emphatic fashion, thrashing New Caledonia 10-1 in their final Group F fixture. The result lifted Nigeria to second place in the grou...

CRPP Now PAGG: Dr. Isibor Accuses Okpebholo For Non Performance  ...Says Edo People Are Passing Through Hardship  Iduozee Efe Paul, Benin  The Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) has been restructured and renamed the Peoples’ Assembly for Good Governance (PAGG), with the new body pledging to intensify its advocacy for good governance and improved living conditions in Edo State. The body  in a statement signed by its Chairman, Dr. Samson Isibor, and General Secretary, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nkama, said the decision to adopt the new name followed what it described as a petition against the CRPP name by an IPAC organisation in Edo State. Also, PAGG, in its Executive Council resolved to change the name in response to the development and to provide a broader platform for engaging with the people, particularly residents concerned about governance and development in the state. The group said it remained committed to exercising the freedom of association g...