{
  "id": 16092572,
  "title": "Senate seeks troops' deployment as gunmen kill 113 persons in Benue",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/senate-seeks-troops-deployment-as-gunmen-kill-113-persons-in-benue",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T18:37:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/22/senate-seeks-troops-deployment-as-gunmen-kill-113-persons-in-benue/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Senate has urged the Federal Government to immediately deploy troops to Ukum, Katsina-Ala and Logo Local Government Areas of Benue State following the massacre of 113 persons. The call followed a motion of urgent public importance moved on Thursday by Senator Emmanuel Udende (APC, Benue North-East). Udende said communities in his district had been […] Senate seeks troops' deployment as gunmen…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Senate orders IG to probe killing of 113 Benue residents",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/senate-orders-ig-to-probe-killing-of-113-benue-residents",
        "published": "2026-10-22T19:26:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}