{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_vcurt5hweqqy5corkorq","title":"‘It’s game on’ — Funso Doherty says resisting thugs at Lagos town hall proof that Obi still loved","title_en":"‘It’s game on’ — Funso Doherty says resisting thugs at Lagos town hall proof that Obi still loved","outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/its-game-on-funso-doherty-reacts-to-attack-on-obis-lagos-town-hall-vcurt5hweq","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_nkd2kiexsxppeahaorpq","seq":10699890,"kind":"article","title":"‘It’s game on’ — Funso Doherty says resisting thugs at Lagos town hall proof that Obi still loved","url":"https://www.nigerianeye.com/2026/11/its-game-on-funso-doherty-says.html","summary":"Funso Doherty, governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Lagos, says the clash between his party’s supporters and hoodlums at the town hall in Oregun on Thursday is ample proof that Peter Obi is still loved in the city and across the nation. Doherty spoke on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Thursday, adding that several vehicles were damaged by suspected political thugs during the event. There was pandemonium at the event after…","published":"2026-11-13T13:19:09Z","seen":"2026-11-13T13:21:43Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-nigerianeye-com-09d69c","name":"nigerianeye.com","domain":"nigerianeye.com"},"via":"kite-nigerianeye-com-09d69c","topics":["politics"],"authors":["Unknown"],"entities":[{"id":"Q4195570","name":"Obi","type":"person"}],"image":"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPexqmHXcSZAUK-1V-cgxDuoulhqIc2ywcBg9c5kwaRQV3jadmIcaz6_VHtPffTAyao-Nbj7I8RIBwXeQOpzN0LQeF94BK-pt8UffvHimhAqg1NbzNExKNDx4FqFxkaQdv8UUKHmMkJEMHQHMO8v-ar9H89ZWSjkM96HFxBp_Ic5FFRKMnk8ypgwIVPRdW/s72-w400-h225-c/Funso%20doherty2.png","mentions":2,"story":"st_vcurt5hweqqy5corkorq","category":"sport","category_p":0.3400000035762787,"category2":"arts-culture-entertainment","sentiment":"positive","tone":0.28999999165534973,"political":0.1899999976158142},{"id":"n_vcurt5hweqqy5corkorq","seq":10426041,"kind":"article","title":"‘It’s game on,’ Funso Doherty reacts to attack on Obi’s Lagos Town Hall","url":"https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2026/11/12/its-game-on-funso-doherty-reacts-to-attack-on-obis-lagos-town-hall","summary":"\"What people should take away from this is that, at the end of the day, politics and democracy is about the people,\" Doherty said.","published":"2026-11-12T20:00:03Z","seen":"2026-11-12T20:17:03Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-pmnewsnigeria-com-dbb216","name":"pmnewsnigeria.com","domain":"pmnewsnigeria.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7117035","name":"P.M. News","type":"newspaper","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-pmnewsnigeria-com-dbb216","topics":["politics","funso doherty","ndc"],"authors":["Michael Adesina"],"mentions":2,"story":"st_vcurt5hweqqy5corkorq","category":"sport","category_p":0.46000000834465027,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5600000023841858,"political":0.3499999940395355}]}