{
  "id": 19592899,
  "title": "Gung-ho politics, gun-toting politicians and a democracy under siege",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/gung-ho-politics-gun-toting-politicians-and-a-democracy-under-siege",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T02:33:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/gung-ho-politics-gun-toting-politicians-and-a-democracy-under-siege/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Elections are costly affairs; everyone knows this. In Nigeria, they seem far more expensive than in most places because, far too often, elections cost far too many lives. The elections have not even been held yet, and the campaign season only opened a few short months ago, but already, 27 Nigerians have been killed in […]",
  "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."
}