{
  "id": 1791731,
  "title": "Alleged drug trafficking: Tinubu joins US Justice Department’s request for 10-day delay in release of records",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/alleged-drug-trafficking-tinubu-joins-us-justice-departments-request",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T20:27:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/18/alleged-drug-trafficking-tinubu-joins-us-justice-departments-request-for-10-day-delay-in-release-of-records/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Bola Tinubu has joined the U.S. Department of Justice's request for a 10-day extension to respond to a motion seeking the release of records related to allegations of drug trafficking. Tinubu's legal team filed a notice of joinder before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, asking to be placed on the same schedule as the defendants in the case. The filing was published online by Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., a U.S.-based policy advisory and lobbying firm retained by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}