{
  "id": 557046,
  "title": "Peter Obi denies asking soldiers to reject salary increase",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/peter-obi-denies-asking-soldiers-to-reject-salary-increase",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T10:27:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/11/peter-obi-denies-asking-soldiers-to-reject-salary-increase/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 2027 Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has described as false the report that he asked Nigerian soldiers to reject the salary increase approved by President Bola Tinubu. Obi said this in a post on his verified X handle on Tuesday, calling on Nigerians and the Armed Forces to disregard the report. […] Peter Obi denies asking soldiers to reject salary increase",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Families of soldiers accused of coup plot against Tinubu raise fresh alarm",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/families-of-soldiers-accused-of-coup-plot-against-tinubu-raise-fresh",
        "published": "2026-08-11T10:18:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}