{
  "id": 7209604,
  "title": "Ex-PDP chair Tukur buried, Obasanjo, Dangote, Fintiri pay tributes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/ex-pdp-chair-tukur-buried-obasanjo-dangote-fintiri-pay-tributes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T00:50:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/ex-pdp-chair-tukur-buried-obasanjo-dangote-fintiri-pay-tributes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has been buried in Yola, Adamawa State. According to the Punch, he died at the age of 90, just before his 91st birthday.\n\nTributes were paid to Tukur by several dignitaries, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Aliko Dangote, and Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, who attended his burial. The Daily Post Nigeria reported that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, described Tukur as a distinguished statesman whose decades of service to Nigeria had left an enduring legacy.\n\nThe burial, which was conducted according to Islamic rites, was attended by several notable figures, including Senator Iya Abbas and former Governor Jibrilla Bindow, as reported by Daily Trust. Tukur had a long and distinguished career in public service, politics, governance, business, and national development, and his legacy is said to stretch well beyond his political career, as described by former Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Obasanjo mourns ex-PDP Chairman Bamanga Tukur, describes him as patriot, bridge-builder",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/obasanjo-mourns-ex-pdp-chairman-bamanga-tukur-describes-him-as",
        "published": "2026-09-13T13:59:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Amosun mourns ex-PDP national chairman Bamanga Tukur",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/amosun-mourns-ex-pdp-national-chairman-bamanga-tukur",
        "published": "2026-09-13T19:52:04.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}