{
  "id": 536637,
  "title": "Wike denies lobbying for Tinubu campaign DG",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/wike-denies-lobbying-for-tinubu-campaign-dg",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-11T04:07:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/wike-denies-lobbying-for-tinubu-campaign-dg/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has officially dismissed media reports alleging that he is lobbying to be appointed Director-General (DG) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC). In a statement issued Monday in Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Wike denies lobbying for APC campaign DG position",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/wike-denies-lobbying-for-apc-campaign-dg-position",
        "published": "2026-08-10T13:52:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "I’m not lobbying to be APC, Tinubu’s campaigner DG – Wike",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/im-not-lobbying-to-be-apc-tinubus-campaigner-dg-wike",
        "published": "2026-08-11T05:37:39.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}