{
  "id": 2363029,
  "title": "Silent guardians: The unremarked role of IT auditors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/silent-guardians-the-unremarked-role-of-it-auditors",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T10:00:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/silent-guardians-the-unremarked-role-of-it-auditors/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "While economists debated and regulators scrambled over the sudden implosion of banks, a small, unheralded community of IT audit pioneers performed a service indispensable to the survival of Nigeria’s financial system—and its economic sovereignty. On 16 January 1998—the “Mass Burial” day—the Central Bank of Nigeria simultaneously revoked the licences of twenty-six banks. Thirty-four institutions…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}