{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_y7bch5jw3wvxiuu3ozfq","title":"Pantami: Why many candidates may still face crises before 2027 polls — Lawyers, analysts","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/pantami-why-many-candidates-may-still-face-crises-before-2027-polls-y7bch5jw3w","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_y7bch5jw3wvxiuu3ozfq","seq":365371,"kind":"article","title":"Pantami: Why many candidates may still face crises before 2027 polls — Lawyers, analysts","url":"https://www.thepointng.com/pantami-why-many-candidates-may-still-face-crises-before-2027-polls-lawyers-analysts","summary":"The Supreme Court’s latest intervention in Nigeria’s electoral law has opened a fresh legal and political battlefield ahead of the 2027 general elections, with the fate of several candidates who crossed from one political party to another now attracting renewed scrutiny. The seven-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Adamu Jauro, on Thursday […] The post Pantami: Why many candidates may still face crises before 2027 polls — Lawyers, analysts appeared first on…","published":"2026-09-28T07:18:17Z","seen":"2026-09-28T07:19:59Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thepointng-com-123119","name":"thepointng.com","domain":"thepointng.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q115223617","name":"The Point","type":"newspaper","country":"NG","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thepointng-com-123119","topics":["lead story","news","trending"],"authors":["BENEDICT NWACHUKWU & BRIGHT JACOB"],"entities":[{"id":"Q59815555","name":"Pantami","type":"person"}],"story":"st_y7bch5jw3wvxiuu3ozfq","category":"politics","category_p":0.800000011920929,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.33000001311302185,"political":0.800000011920929}]}