{
  "id": 5549906,
  "title": "Nigeria denies backing failed Niger coup",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nigeria-denies-backing-failed-niger-coup",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T12:03:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/907417-nigeria-denies-backing-failed-niger-coup.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nigeria has denied supporting the recent failed coup in Niger. The country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that claims suggesting Nigeria, and by extension the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), backed the coup are \"false and mischievous\".\n\nAccording to Premium Times, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs made this statement, clarifying Nigeria's position on the matter.\n\nThere is no apparent connection between the coup and a forthcoming football competition, the 2027 WAFU B U-17 Girls Cup, which will feature teams from Nigeria, Togo, and Niger, among others.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nairametrics",
        "title": "Nigeria denies backing failed coup attempt in Niger Republic",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nigeria-denies-backing-failed-coup-attempt-in-niger-republic",
        "published": "2026-09-04T07:15:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Black Maidens drawn against Nigeria, Togo and Niger in WAFU B U-17 Cup",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/black-maidens-drawn-against-nigeria-togo-and-niger-in-wafu-b-u-17-cup",
        "published": "2026-09-04T08:54:11.000Z"
      }
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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."
}