Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that he never promised President Bola Tinubu that he would join the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Wike explained that he only promised to support Tinubu’s reelection bid.

The minister, who spoke on Arise Television’s Prime Time show, on Tuesday night, said, “I told them I would support the President right from the start.

“I never told Mr. President I will join APC. Go and ask him. If I want to join APC, it’s not people like Hope who will tell me to join APC.

“In fact, he is lucky I’m not in APC because I wouldn’t put up with that kind of nonsense he’s doing in APC.”

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, InterSociety, has threatened to pursue international sanctions, including possible travel restrictions to Europe and the Americas, against six Nigerian governors whom it accused of promoting political intolerance and undermining opposition activities ahead of the 2027 elections.

The organisation named Anambra Governor Charles Soludo, Hyacinth Alia of Benue, Monday Okpebholo of Edo; Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi, Peter Mbah of Enugu and Hope Uzodimma of Imo State.

In a statement issued in Enugu on Tuesday, InterSociety alleged that the governors and their loyalists had been involved in political exclusion, intimidation of opposition figures, abuse of state power and the shrinking of civic space.

It described the development as an emerging “axis of political intolerance” across parts of the South-East, South-South and North-Central, particularly against the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi.

The Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC has revealed plans to expose the real owners behind Nigerian companies.

Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, Registrar-General of the CAC, made the disclosure at an engagement with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja.

According to him, there are legal owners of Nigerian companies and real individuals behind the corporate structure.

He said there is an urgent need for the public to know the real human beings behind corporate entities under its beneficial ownership disclosure framework.

He added that the move would help track illicit financial inflows within the country’s corporate ecosystem.

“In simple terms, there may be a legal owner on paper and the real person behind the corporate structure.

“We want to know the human being behind the corporate structure. And that is why beneficial ownership disclosure is not merely a bureaucratic requirement,” Magaji said.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has commenced an indefinite strike across three universities owned by the Lagos State Government over the alleged failure of the state to address the union’s demands.

The institutions affected are Lagos State University, LASU, Lagos State University of Education, LASUED, and Lagos State University of Science and Technology, LASUSTECH.

The ASUU Joint Campus Group for the three institutions announced the industrial action in a statement on Tuesday, following the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum issued to the Lagos State Government on August 31 without an agreement being reached.

According to the union, a final warning issued on September 10 also failed to result in negotiations with the government, while the September 13 deadline elapsed without any dialogue taking place.

ASUU is demanding the domestication and implementation across the three institutions of relevant provisions contained in the December 2025 agreement reached between the union and the Federal Government.

Among the demands are the implementation of the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance, CATA, and welfare-related provisions covering serving and retired academic staff.

The union said it arrived at the decision “with a heavy heart”, acknowledging that the industrial action could affect the academic calendar and members of the wider university community.

It urged students to remain calm, peaceful and law-abiding as efforts to resolve the dispute continue.

ASUU also acknowledged the concerns of parents and guardians who may be worried about the possible disruption of their children’s education.

The union clarified that the strike was not targeted at the managements of the three universities, commending them for their efforts towards domesticating the agreement.

It called on traditional rulers, religious leaders, alumni associations, civil society groups and other stakeholders to support its position and help facilitate a resolution.

ASUU said it had exercised considerable restraint and made repeated attempts to engage the Lagos State Government through dialogue.

However, it accused the state government of failing to take action on the outstanding issues, noting that neighbouring states had already implemented similar agreements.

The union further stated that its national leadership had endorsed the industrial action and supported the steps that culminated in the commencement of the strike.

ASUU said the strike would remain in force until the Lagos State Government engages the union and signs, domesticates and fully implements the relevant provisions of the December 2025 agreement.

“The Union remains entirely committed to constructive dialogue and to the swift restoration of normal academic activities as soon as these outstanding issues are addressed,” ASUU said.

Delta State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said it seized 2.446497 tonnes of illicit drugs worth an estimated N2 billion between July 2025 and September 2026 in the state.

NDLEA Commander, Halilu Hamidu, disclosed this on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, while briefing newsmen on the achievements of the command during the period under review.

Hamidu said the command also secured the conviction of 248 suspects during the period, while 223 cases were pending before the courts.

According to him, the drugs recovered across all its operations are worth an estimated N2 billion.

“The seized 2.446497 tonnes of solid drugs included 1.387751 tonnes of Cannabis sativa, 81.023 kilogrammes of cannabis seeds, 0.1511 kilogramme of cocaine, 0.0317 kilogramme of heroin, 0.8906 kilogramme of methamphetamine.

“Others are 2.303 kilogrammes of Molly, 666.295 kilogrammes of tramadol, 16.113 kilogrammes of Swinol/Rohypnol, 52.940 kilogrammes of diazepam/bromazepam, 5,190.8 kilogrammes of Exol-5, 0.7395 kilogramme of Cocodamol and 47.560 kilogrammes of laughing gas, also known as nitrous oxide,” he said.

He further stated that 1,304.630 litres of liquid drug exhibits, including 819.327 litres of codeine, 14.310 litres of pentazocine injection, 0.013 litres of diazepam injection, 0.403 litres of tramadol injection and 54.993 litres of a mixture of cannabis and dry gin, were also seized during the period.

He described the raid on a warehouse at Oko Market, Asaba, where illicit substances with an estimated street value of over N150 million were recovered, as one of the major operations of the command.

The NDLEA boss in the state also disclosed that three trucks loaded with codeine and psychotropic substances, with estimated street values of N150 million and N100 million, respectively, were intercepted.

He explained that two commercial buses were also intercepted along the Onitsha-Asaba Expressway with different illicit psychotropic drugs valued at over N300 million.

He said the agency destroyed 35.2 hectares of Cannabis sativa farmland across the state.

Hamidu listed other achievements of the command during the period to include the counselling of 693 drug-dependent persons, comprising 463 males and 230 females.

He, however, assured that the command was working hard to stop drug traffickers from using Delta State as a route or a place to store, cultivate and distribute illicit drugs.