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  "id": 12457894,
  "title": "Otti mourns Abia-born Squadron Leader Man-Ugwueje, commiserates with FG over plane crash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/otti-mourns-abia-born-squadron-leader-man-ugwueje-commiserates-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T20:08:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
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    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/promoted/915102-otti-mourns-abia-born-squadron-leader-man-ugwueje-commiserates-with-fg-over-plane-crash.html"
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  "summary": "Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has expressed deep sadness over the death of Squadron Leader Ahamefule Aham Man-Ugwueje, an Abia-born pilot who died in a Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash. The crash, which occurred on Monday, killed 25 people, according to Punch Nigeria.\n\nIn a statement on Tuesday, Otti described the death of Man-Ugwueje and the other military personnel as painful and devastating. The aircraft, an ATR-42, was on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos when it crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State.\n\nOtti particularly mourned Man-Ugwueje, who had married Flight Lieutenant Damilola Adekunle in Abuja on September 19, just two weeks before the crash, as reported by Punch Nigeria.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/ondo-air-crash-naf-opens-condolence-register-in-abuja",
        "published": "2026-10-06T14:50:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "NAF opens condolence register for victims of aircraft crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/naf-opens-condolence-register-for-victims-of-aircraft-crash",
        "published": "2026-10-06T15:46:03.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Ondo Crash: ADC demands audit of defence, maintenance budget",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/ondo-crash-adc-demands-audit-of-defence-maintenance-budget",
        "published": "2026-10-06T17:01:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ripples Nigeria",
        "title": "CAN demands transparent probe into fatal NAF aircraft crash in Ondo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/can-demands-transparent-probe-into-fatal-naf-aircraft-crash-in-ondo",
        "published": "2026-10-06T18:01:20.000Z"
      }
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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."
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