{
  "id": 15482902,
  "title": "APM campaign council faults Presidency over N250bn NLNG fund comment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/apm-campaign-council-faults-presidency-over-n250bn-nlng-fund-comment-15482902",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T20:22:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/apm-campaign-council-faults-presidency-over-n250bn-nlng-fund-comment/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Allied Peoples Movement Presidential Campaign Organisation has strongly criticized the Tinubu administration for denying allegations that the Federal Government is withholding N250bn in Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas dividends meant for states. In a statement, the APM council's Director of Strategic Communications, Richard Nnanna Ihediwa, challenged the President Bola Tinubu's administration to release relevant financial records to clarify the matter. Makinde had previously claimed that the Federal Government was withholding ₦250bn in NLNG dividends allocated to each state and would not be released until after the 2027 general elections. The State House dismissed Makinde's claim as false, stating that it should be disregarded.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Makinde’s ₦250bn NLNG claim false — Presidency",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/makindes-250bn-nlng-claim-false-presidency",
        "published": "2026-10-18T14:15:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "'You lied' - Presidency fires back at Makinde over NLNG dividends claim",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/you-lied-presidency-fires-back-at-makinde-over-nlng-dividends-claim",
        "published": "2026-10-18T16:04:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Presidency disputes Makinde’s claim of N250 billion NLNG dividends per state",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/presidency-disputes-makindes-claim-of-n250-billion-nlng-dividends-per",
        "published": "2026-10-18T20:38:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}