{
  "id": 14648470,
  "title": "Fani-Kayode defends Obasanjo over Nigeria Airways liquidation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/fani-kayode-defends-obasanjo-over-nigeria-airways-liquidation-14648470",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T08:26:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/fani-kayode-defends-obasanjo-over-nigeria-airways-liquidation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has defended former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the liquidation of Nigeria Airways in 2004. Fani-Kayode argued that the airline's collapse was a result of years of mismanagement, corruption, and mounting debts before Obasanjo returned to power in 1999. He stated that Obasanjo inherited a virtually collapsed airline and had little choice but to liquidate it in 2004.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Fani-Kayode defends Obasanjo over Nigeria Airways liquidation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/fani-kayode-defends-obasanjo-over-nigeria-airways-liquidation",
        "published": "2026-10-15T08:18:54.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}