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  "id": 4003015,
  "title": "Benin-Asaba Road: Umahi gives CCECC 14-day deadline as motorists lament gridlock",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/benin-asaba-road-umahi-gives-ccecc-14-day-deadline-as-motorists",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T17:35:33.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/south-south-regional/906022-benin-asaba-road-umahi-gives-ccecc-14-day-deadline-as-motorists-lament-gridlock.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The directive comes amid worsening conditions on the highway, with motorists and passengers reportedly spending days trapped in traffic. The post Benin-Asaba Road: Umahi gives CCECC 14-day deadline as motorists lament gridlock appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/video-umahi-orders-arrest-of-contractor-over-benin-onitsha-road-delays",
        "published": "2026-08-28T15:00:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Umahi wants contractor arrested for failing to complete road despite receiving N14 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/umahi-wants-contractor-arrested-for-failing-to-complete-road-despite",
        "published": "2026-08-28T17:05:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Umahi orders arrest of contractor over abandoned Asaba-Onitsha road",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/umahi-orders-arrest-of-contractor-over-abandoned-asaba-onitsha-road",
        "published": "2026-08-28T17:14:05.000Z"
      }
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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."
}