{
  "id": 14293065,
  "title": "The weaponisation of yesterday, By Umar Yakubu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/the-weaponisation-of-yesterday-by-umar-yakubu",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T20:45:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/916900-the-weaponisation-of-yesterday-by-umar-yakubu.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "If Nigeria is to break this destructive cycle, we must transition from what Nietzsche termed “reactive” history to a critical history — a deliberate practice that scrutinises past structural failures, disarms historical grievances, and prioritises civic nation-building over score-settling… Until we stop using yesterday as a weapon to fight today’s political battles, we will remain […] The post…",
  "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."
}