{
  "id": 2378095,
  "title": "2027: Defend your credentials or drop out – Peter Obi challenges presidential candidates",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/2027-defend-your-credentials-or-drop-out-peter-obi-challenges",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T12:29:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/21/2027-defend-your-credentials-or-drop-out-peter-obi-challenges-presidential-candidates/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said that every presidential candidate in the 2027 general elections must be willing to defend their credentials, records and subject their vision to open scrutiny. Obi said this on Friday at a world press conference in his home in Onitsha, Anambra State. While highlighting the need for empathy, […] 2027: Defend your…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Obi kicks off 2027 campaign, urges candidates to defend records",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/obi-kicks-off-2027-campaign-urges-candidates-to-defend-records",
        "published": "2026-08-21T09:48:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheCable",
        "title": "Obi flags off campaign, challenges presidential candidates to face Nigerians, defend their records",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/obi-flags-off-campaign-challenges-presidential-candidates-to-face",
        "published": "2026-08-21T10:31:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}