{
  "id": 13866407,
  "title": "EDITORIAL: Petrol costs and the lingering ghost of subsidy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/editorial-petrol-costs-and-the-lingering-ghost-of-subsidy",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-12T04:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/editorial/916257-editorial-petrol-costs-and-the-lingering-ghost-of-subsidy.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In the end, PREMIUM TIMES believes that the most important question regarding the financing of this scheme is not whether the finance ministry pays immediately. It is whether the policy creates a cost that someone must eventually bear. The post EDITORIAL: Petrol costs and the lingering ghost of subsidy appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}