{
  "id": 19368067,
  "title": "Two Dohertys, two parties, one Lagos governorship race",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/two-dohertys-two-parties-one-lagos-governorship-race-19368067",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T17:42:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/two-dohertys-two-parties-one-lagos-governorship-race/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two members of the historic Doherty family are seeking the Lagos governorship in 2027 through different political parties. Funso Doherty is running as the candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), while Adedeji “Deji” Doherty is the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).\n\nThe candidates share family roots traced back to Josiah Henryson Doherty, known as the “Prince Merchant of Alakoro.” While the two are members of the same extended family, Punch Nigeria reports that the precise degree of their relationship is not clearly established by publicly available biographical accounts. Funso's biography notes that his father, the late Dr. Henry Aderounmu Aremu Doherty, was born in Lagos in 1900 to J.H. Doherty.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}