{
  "id": 9223171,
  "title": "Airport project: We didn’t get N50bn from Tinubu, Makinde replies Wike",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/airport-project-we-didnt-get-n50bn-from-tinubu-makinde-replies-wike",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T22:58:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/airport-project-we-didnt-get-n50bn-from-tinubu-makinde-replies-wike/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Seyi Makinde, the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and governor of Oyo State, has refuted Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike's claim that President Bola Tinubu provided Oyo State with N50 billion for the expansion of the Ladoke Akintola International Airport in Ibadan. Makinde addressed supporters at a town hall meeting in Katsina, stating that the Oyo State government did not receive the N50 billion and that the airport expansion was entirely funded by the state. Wike made the claim during an appearance on TVC’s Journalists’ Hangout programme on Monday.",
  "summary": "Presidential Candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has denied the claim by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu supported Oyo State with the sum of N50 billion for the upgrade of the Ladoke Akintola International Airport, Ibadan. Makinde, who spoke […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Gov Makinde denies receiving ₦50 billion from Tinubu for Ibadan airport",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/gov-makinde-denies-receiving-50-billion-from-tinubu-for-ibadan-airport",
        "published": "2026-09-22T20:36:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "FG didn’t fund Ibadan airport with N50bn — Makinde",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/fg-didnt-fund-ibadan-airport-with-n50bn-makinde",
        "published": "2026-09-22T23:26:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}