{
  "id": 4890223,
  "title": "Kwara assembly suspends two members, declares seats vacant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/kwara-assembly-suspends-two-members-declares-seats-vacant-4890223",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T16:16:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/kwara-assembly-suspends-two-members-declares-seats-vacant/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Kwara State House of Assembly has declared the seats of two members vacant. Saaba Issa Gideon, representing Edu State constituency, and Olusola Odetundun, representing Irepodun State constituency, had defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party.\n\nAccording to Punch, their seats were declared vacant during plenary on Tuesday.\n\nIn a separate incident, a three-storey building collapsed at Popo Giwa in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday morning, resulting in the deaths of four family members, with four others rescued, Premium Times reports.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Kwara assembly suspends two members, declares seats vacant",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/kwara-assembly-suspends-two-members-declares-seats-vacant",
        "published": "2026-09-01T16:04:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Kwara Assembly declares two members’ seats vacant for dumping APC for PDP",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/kwara-assembly-declares-two-members-seats-vacant-for-dumping-apc-for",
        "published": "2026-09-01T16:28:47.000Z"
      }
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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."
}