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  "id": 14986794,
  "title": "Tinubu names 6 INEC officials ahead of 2027 elections, seeks Senate confirmation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/tinubu-names-6-inec-officials-ahead-of-2027-elections-seeks-senate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T15:53:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nairametrics",
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    "url": "https://nairametrics.com/2026/10/16/tinubu-names-6-inec-officials-ahead-of-2027-elections-seeks-senate-confirmation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated four new national commissioners and two Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to fill vacancies arising from the expiration of some officials’ tenures. The post Tinubu names 6 INEC officials ahead of 2027 elections, seeks Senate confirmation appeared first on Nairametrics .",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Tinubu reappoints Bila, names six new INEC nominees",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/tinubu-reappoints-bila-names-six-new-inec-nominees-14982113",
        "published": "2026-10-16T15:19:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "BREAKING: Tinubu shakes up INEC with fresh appointments",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/breaking-tinubu-shakes-up-inec-with-fresh-appointments",
        "published": "2026-10-16T15:33:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Tinubu nominates four new INEC National Commissioners, two Resident Electoral Commissioners",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/tinubu-nominates-four-new-inec-national-commissioners-two-resident",
        "published": "2026-10-16T15:48:20.000Z"
      }
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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."
}