{
  "id": 14868715,
  "title": "Malabu Oil: Court Frees Businessman Aliyu Abubakar, Others from Money-Laundering, Corruption Charges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/malabu-oil-court-frees-businessman-aliyu-abubakar-others-from-money",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T03:57:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/16/malabu-oil-court-frees-businessman-aliyu-abubakar-others-from-money-laundering-corruption-charges/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Alex Enumah in Abuja Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday discharged and acquitted an Abuja-based businessman, Aliyu Abubakar and seven others from the money-laundering, criminal",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Court acquits Aliyu Abubakar, Malabu Oil in $1bn fraud case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/court-acquits-aliyu-abubakar-malabu-oil-in-1bn-fraud-case",
        "published": "2026-10-15T19:14:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ripples Nigeria",
        "title": "Court clears Aliyu Abubakar, Malabu Oil of $1bn money laundering charges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/court-clears-aliyu-abubakar-malabu-oil-of-1bn-money-laundering-charges",
        "published": "2026-10-15T21:30:18.000Z"
      }
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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."
}