{
  "id": 15686917,
  "title": "NDC petitions NJC, INEC over court ruling replacing its candidate in Kano",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/ndc-petitions-njc-inec-over-court-ruling-replacing-its-candidate-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T00:53:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/ndc-petitions-njc-inec-over-court-ruling-replacing-its-candidate-in-kano/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate a court ruling that displaced its candidate for the Gwale Federal Constituency in Kano State. The party alleged that its officials were not invited to testify in a suit challenging its candidate-selection process […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Zamfara ADC crisis: Mahdi petitions INEC over alleged backdated primary report",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/zamfara-adc-crisis-mahdi-petitions-inec-over-alleged-backdated",
        "published": "2026-10-20T00:54:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}