{
  "id": 11558420,
  "title": "PDP, APC trade blame over attack in Cross River",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/pdp-apc-trade-blame-over-attack-in-cross-river",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T00:14:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/pdp-apc-trade-blame-over-attack-in-cross-river/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Gunmen attacked a PDP consultative meeting in Calabar South, injuring three people. The PDP and APC in Cross River State are trading blame over the incident.\n\nThe Cross River State Government has taken action in a separate issue, shutting down 10 unapproved schools in Calabar-South and Odukpani as part of an effort to sanitise the education sector.\n\nThe Nigerian Union of Journalists has expressed concern over the state of public schools and roads in Cross River State, calling for urgent attention to be paid to the situation. They have requested that a state of emergency be declared in the education sector to bring it up to modern standards.",
  "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"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}