US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Latin American nations to use military power against the “cancer” of drug cartels and offered to support them with US missile strikes targeting narco kingpins.

The camp alleged that Bwala had previously approached them with a request to manufacture a false narrative against the current administration.

“During the operation, troops made contact with the bandits, leading to a firefight in which one of the criminals was neutralised while others fled the scene with suspected gunshot wounds.

Van Yeboah, also known as “Van”, entered the guilty plea to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian in the Southern District of New York.

A panel set up by the Federal Government to investigate an allegation that the immediate past Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji forged his University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) degree certificate has confirmed the allegation against the former minister.

“The government and other pillars of the system are in agreement” that “heavy attacks on these targets will continue,” he added.

General Shaibu stated this in an interview with journalists shortly after he held a closed-door meeting with the Theatre Commander, Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar and other top military commanders at the 7Div, Nigerian Army, Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri on Saturday.

“What I said about President Tinubu in the past … I said when I was in the opposition saddle with such zeal. It is all politics”

Ahead of the 2027 presidential election, a former governor of Zamfara State and Senator representing Zamfara West Senatorial District, Abdulaziz Yari, has launched a new political movement aimed at consolidating nationwide support for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu.

Dunkwu, who hailed from Uteh Okpu community in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, died in the early hours of Saturday.

Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Anambra State, completing his registration in his hometown of Agulu, Anaocha Local Government Area.

The Police Command in Rivers is investigating an arson attack on the African Democratic Congress (ADC) secretariat in Ubima community near Port Harcourt.

Before the commencement of the registration exercise, 48,900 membership cards were distributed to party leaders across the 21 LGAs of the state

The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Ajibola Basiru has described complaints of the opposition parties about party membership registration as an attestation of lack of seriousness to contest the 2027 general elections.

Presidential hopeful and former Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi, has said he will challenge the recently passed 2026 Electoral Act in court, expressing concerns that some of its provisions could affect the conduct of the 2027 general elections.