{
  "id": 8101708,
  "title": "Police pay families of deceased officers in Cross River N13.7m insurance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/police-pay-families-of-deceased-officers-in-cross-river-n13-7m-8101708",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T21:16:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/police-pay-families-of-deceased-officers-in-cross-river-n13-7m-insurance/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Cross River State Police Command has presented N13.75m in insurance benefits to 17 families of deceased officers under the Group Life Assurance Scheme.\n\nThis payment is part of the police's commitment to the welfare of families of deceased personnel. The insurance benefits are aimed at providing support to the families of the deceased officers.\n\nAccording to Punch Nigeria, the Cross River State Police Command made the presentation. There is no information on when the presentation was made or who presented the cheques. A similar presentation was made by the Kebbi State Police Command, but for a different amount and number of beneficiaries, according to Daily Post Nigeria.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Rivers: Police present N76m to families of fallen officers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/rivers-police-present-n76m-to-families-of-fallen-officers",
        "published": "2026-09-17T17:26:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Police pay families of deceased officers in Cross River N13.7m insurance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/police-pay-families-of-deceased-officers-in-cross-river-n13-7m",
        "published": "2026-09-17T21:12:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}