{
  "id": 11533736,
  "title": "Cross River shuts down 10 unapproved schools",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/cross-river-shuts-down-10-unapproved-schools-11533736",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T21:52:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/cross-river-shuts-down-10-unapproved-schools/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Cross River State Government has shut down 10 unapproved schools in Calabar-South and Odukpani. According to Punch, this was part of an enforcement exercise aimed at sanitising the education sector.\n\nThe shutdown was reported by Punch Nigeria, which carried the same story.\n\nThe Daily Post Nigeria reported on the state of public schools in Cross River, with the Nigerian Union of Journalists expressing concern over their deplorable condition.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Police arrest 30-year-old man over alleged threat to father in Cross River",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/police-arrest-30-year-old-man-over-alleged-threat-to-father-in-cross",
        "published": "2026-10-02T20:29:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Cross River shuts down 10 unapproved schools",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/cross-river-shuts-down-10-unapproved-schools",
        "published": "2026-10-02T21:42:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}