{
  "id": 15822309,
  "title": "Fasoranti: Awo loyalist, Afenifere leader bows out at 100",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/fasoranti-awo-loyalist-afenifere-leader-bows-out-at-100",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T00:14:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/fasoranti-awo-loyalist-afenifere-leader-bows-out-at-100/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Afenifere leader, educationist, and Chief Obafemi Awolowo loyalist Pa Reuben Fasoranti has died at the age of 100. Ondo Governor Aiyedatiwa announced the death in a statement released on Tuesday, according to Premium Times and Punch.\n\nDr. Taiwo Fasoranti, the Secretary to the Ondo State Government and the eldest child of the deceased, stated in a Tuesday interview that his father passed away peacefully in his bed at approximately 4 p.m. on October 20, 2026. Daily Post Nigeria reports that Fasoranti had turned 100 in May and that his son called for his life to be celebrated rather than mourned.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "BREAKING: Afenifere leader Reuben Fasoranti is dead",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/breaking-afenifere-leader-reuben-fasoranti-is-dead",
        "published": "2026-10-20T17:21:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Reuben Fasoranti: Awolowo disciple who became Afenifere leader",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/reuben-fasoranti-awolowo-disciple-who-became-afenifere-leader",
        "published": "2026-10-20T17:50:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Afenifere leader Reuben Fasoranti dies at 100",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/afenifere-leader-reuben-fasoranti-dies-at-100",
        "published": "2026-10-20T18:01:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}