{
  "id": 16703560,
  "title": "Wiretapping: Court fixes Nov 25 for El-Rufai’s trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/wiretapping-court-fixes-nov-25-for-el-rufais-trial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T01:44:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/wiretapping-court-fixes-nov-25-for-el-rufais-trial/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed November 25 for former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai to open his defence in the ongoing trial over alleged unlawful interception of telephone conversations. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik fixed the date on Monday after dismissing a no-case submission filed by El-Rufai, ruling that the prosecution had presented sufficient […]",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}