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Proof: Abducted NYSC members freed after one week

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-07T18:11:34Z","headline":"Abducted NYSC members freed after one week","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"premiumtimes","url":"https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/915297-breaking-abducted-nysc-members-freed-after-one-week.html","v":1}

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SHA-256

86d3d107a4199dbcc107d8d1ca3c242e518904c806bb35cbb25104f565e11104

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970376, mined 2026-10-07 18:27 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-07 18:14 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-07 18:15 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-86d3d107a419.json prints 86d3d107a4199dbcc107d8d1ca3c242e518904c806bb35cbb25104f565e11104. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-86d3d107a419.json and headline-86d3d107a419.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-86d3d107a419.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.