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  "id": 5050244,
  "title": "AbdulRazaq, speaker mourn Kwara building collapse victims",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/abdulrazaq-speaker-mourn-kwara-building-collapse-victims",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T08:54:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/abdulrazaq-speaker-others-mourn-kwara-building-collapse-victims/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A three-storey building collapsed in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday, killing four members of a family. The incident occurred at No. 41 Popo Giwa Street, beside Gogoro Mosque, at about 5 a.m. According to Daily Trust, a mother and her four children were killed, with the mother carrying her youngest child, about five years old, when they were recovered dead from the rubble.\n\nThe father and three others survived the disaster and were taken for medical attention. A resident, Abdul, who was involved in the rescue operation, said the occupants were just waking up when the building suddenly came down. He described how the father was trapped in a toilet and was eventually rescued.\n\nKwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, and Senator Saliu Mustapha have mourned the victims of the building collapse.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Mother, 4 children die in Kwara building collapse",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/mother-4-children-die-in-kwara-building-collapse",
        "published": "2026-09-02T03:55:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "AbdulRazaq, speaker mourn Kwara building collapse victims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/abdulrazaq-speaker-mourn-kwara-building-collapse-victims-5053923",
        "published": "2026-09-02T09:22:39.000Z"
      }
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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."
}