{
  "id": 1849543,
  "title": "‘How I escaped meal that killed my fellow Almajirai’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/how-i-escaped-meal-that-killed-my-fellow-almajirai",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T02:37:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/how-i-escaped-meal-that-killed-my-fellow-almajirai/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Four Almajiri students have tragically died in Kano after consuming suspected contaminated fish during a meal at a Tsangaya (Qur'anic) school in Kadage Sharifai, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State. The deceased were identified as Abdulfatah Mohammed, 15; Yusuf Nuhu, 16; Buhari Iliyasu, 14; and Ibrahim Muhammad, 22. Another student, Auwalu Surajo, 18, survived after refusing to continue eating the fish and is currently receiving medical attention. The incident occurred at the residence of Malam Iliyasu Zulyadaini, where some of the students were carrying out domestic chores. The school head, Gwani Malam Iliyasu, described the incident as a tragedy, as one of the deceased was his son and another was related to him.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}