{
  "id": 7470491,
  "title": "2027: ADC warns INEC against using ‘partisan lecturers’ as returning officers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/2027-adc-warns-inec-against-using-partisan-lecturers-as-returning",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T02:46:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/2027-adc-warns-inec-against-using-partisan-lecturers-as-returning-officers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "African Democratic Congress ADC has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately review the use of “partisan lecturers” as Returning and Collation Officers in the 2027 elections. ADC was reacting to the report that more than 600 senior lecturers from public universities in the North have endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for […]",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Don’t use partisan academics as returning officers in 2027 – ADC warns INEC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/dont-use-partisan-academics-as-returning-officers-in-2027-adc-warns",
        "published": "2026-09-14T15:29:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Tinubu’s endorsement: Don’t use partisan lecturers for elections, ADC tells INEC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/tinubus-endorsement-dont-use-partisan-lecturers-for-elections-adc",
        "published": "2026-09-14T19:00:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "This Day",
        "title": "Avoid Appointing Partisan Lecturers as Returning Officers at Poll, ADC Tells INEC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/avoid-appointing-partisan-lecturers-as-returning-officers-at-poll-adc",
        "published": "2026-09-15T03:45:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}