{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_4vibg7662kwu2nvprlbq","title":"Osogbo Food Scam: Hundreds Protest As Store Vanishes After Collecting Payments","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/tension-in-osogbo-as-food-scheme-operators-disappear-after-collecting-4vibg7662k","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_vkpkpnw2eh6dor3c5qta","seq":624001,"kind":"article","title":"Osogbo Food Scam: Hundreds Protest As Store Vanishes After Collecting Payments","url":"https://leadership.ng/osogbo-food-scam-hundreds-protest-as-store-vanishes-after-collecting-payments","summary":"Hundreds of customers and traders have protested in Osogbo, Osun State, after a foodstuff store at Odi Olowo, opposite the NEPA office, allegedly vanished after collecting payments for heavily discounted food items. The store had reportedly operated for months, attracting customers with food items sold at discounts of up to 80 per cent. A 50kg […]","published":"2026-09-29T09:07:58Z","seen":"2026-09-29T09:13:15Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-leadership-ng-7cf8fd","name":"leadership.ng","domain":"leadership.ng","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q6508643","name":"Leadership","type":"newspaper","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-leadership-ng-7cf8fd","topics":["business","news"],"authors":["Olawuyi Oyindamola Esther"],"entities":[{"id":"Q868203","name":"Osogbo","type":"place"}],"mentions":2,"story":"st_4vibg7662kwu2nvprlbq","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.4399999976158142,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7900000214576721,"political":0.10000000149011612},{"id":"n_4vibg7662kwu2nvprlbq","seq":522841,"kind":"article","title":"Tension In Osogbo As Food Scheme Operators Disappear After Collecting Millions","url":"https://www.naijanews.com/2026/09/28/osun-osogbo-food-scheme-disappear","summary":"Tension gripped Osogbo, Osun State, on Monday after operators of a cheap food initiative, Global Food Initiative, reportedly disappeared, leaving residents who had paid... The post Tension In Osogbo As Food Scheme Operators Disappear After Collecting Millions appeared first on Naija News .","published":"2026-09-28T19:44:15Z","seen":"2026-09-28T21:02:37Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-naijanews-com-2ded80","name":"naijanews.com","domain":"naijanews.com"},"via":"kite-naijanews-com-2ded80","topics":["metro news","osun state","police"],"authors":["Richard Ogunsile"],"entities":[{"id":"Q868203","name":"Osogbo","type":"place"}],"story":"st_4vibg7662kwu2nvprlbq","category":"disaster-accident","category_p":0.25999999046325684,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.8399999737739563,"political":0.46000000834465027}]}