{
  "id": 7167549,
  "title": "Separate but inter-dependent: The four quarters of Nigeria’s campaign season, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/separate-but-inter-dependent-the-four-quarters-of-nigerias-campaign",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T20:01:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
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    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/909315-separate-but-inter-dependent-the-four-quarters-of-nigerias-campaign-season-by-chidi-anselm-odinkalu.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The voting season is brief. It is the season for the security agencies, thugs, and lower-level staff of INEC to make hay. Thereafter, matters shift to the courts for the dispute resolution season, which belongs to the lawyers (mostly Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs) and judges. All four seasons are separate but inter-dependent. The beginning […] The post Separate but inter-dependent: The four…",
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  "coverage": {
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        "published": "2026-09-13T17:19:46.000Z"
      },
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/nigeria-hits-1-68mbpd-sustains-opec-quota-for-four-months",
        "published": "2026-09-14T00:10:04.000Z"
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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."
}