{"id":123649,"date":"2025-11-07T11:42:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123649"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:42:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:42:04","slug":"breaking-as-kanu-waives-right-to-defend-self-in-terrorism-trial-court-fixes-november-20-for-judgement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-as-kanu-waives-right-to-defend-self-in-terrorism-trial-court-fixes-november-20-for-judgement\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking! 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