FBI Asks US Court To Keep Tinubu’s Drug Probe Records Secret, Seeks Sealed Filing

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1. Fri, 21 August 2026

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   • leadership.ng17:07first to report
     FBI Asks US Court To Keep Tinubu’s Drug Probe Records Secret, Seeks Sealed Filing

     The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked a United States court for permission to privately submit a confidential declaration explaining why it is

2. Sat, 29 August 2026

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   • tribuneonlineng.com13:31
     Tinubu asks US court to block release of alleged drug trafficking records — Legal team

     President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked a US court to stop the release of records relating to allegations of drug trafficking involving...

   • Anadolu Agency (AA)17:15
     Nigerian president asks US court to block release of alleged drug probe records

     Tinubu’s legal team files 16-page submission before US District Court

3. Sun, 30 August 2026

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   • tribuneonlineng.com20:04
     Alleged drug trafficking: Why Tinubu wants release of records blocked

     A legal counsel to President Bola Tinubu, Wole Afolabi, SAN, has explained why the Nigerian president is challenging the release of

4. Tue, 1 September 2026

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   • Anadolu Agency (AA)12:57
     FBI court filing says Nigerian president was subject of US criminal investigation

     Court records do not establish criminal wrongdoing by Bola Tinubu; his legal team challenges further disclosure

   • AllAfrica13:54
     Nigeria: APM, ADC Group Seek Release of FBI Report On Tinubu

     [Leadership] The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has urged the United States authorities to make public the findings in the report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on drug-trafficking records allegedly linked to President Bola Tinubu.

5. Wed, 2 September 2026

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   • AllAfrica05:38
     Nigeria: Tinubu Was Under Investigation for Drugs

     [Daily Trust] The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was the subject of a criminal investigation into drug-trafficking crimes in the early 1990s.

6. Thu, 3 September 2026

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   • thesun.ng23:05
     Why Nigerians must know their President and his past

     This is not a cruising moment for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. It is rather a tough time. Apart from the energy-sapping demands of his office, he is literally in the dock, buffeted at home by demands from patriotic Nigerians to know his past, his credentials and his real identity. The renewed angle of his alleged involvement in a drug trafficking case in the United States adds to his stress. The President may seem not bothered but he is obviously rattled. The drug issue has to do with a 1993 US...