{
  "id": 12806999,
  "title": "S’Court judgement: Erring parties will not field candidates – INEC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/scourt-judgement-erring-parties-will-not-field-candidates-inec",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T05:35:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/scourt-judgement-erring-parties-will-not-field-candidates-inec/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said political parties found to be fielding candidates whose names were not on the registers it submitted to the commission will not be allowed to participate in the 2027 elections. The Supreme Court, in its September 24, 2026 judgement, affirmed the constitutionality of Sections 77(5), 77(6) and 77(7) […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}