{
  "id": 6127432,
  "title": "Beyond the rule of 70: Why subsidy should never crawl back into Nigeria’s economic discourse, By Gboyega Nasir Isiaka",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/beyond-the-rule-of-70-why-subsidy-should-never-crawl-back-into",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T10:04:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
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    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/907851-beyond-the-rule-of-70-why-subsidy-should-never-crawl-back-into-nigerias-economic-discourse-by-gboyega-nasir-isiaka.html"
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  "summary": "…reversing the removal of the subsidy would be a step in the wrong direction. It would restore the fiscal burden, revive the price differential that encouraged smuggling and arbitrage, and weaken incentives for efficient domestic refining. More fundamentally, it would address the immediate price of petrol, while leaving the structural weaknesses that produced the wider […] The post Beyond the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Beyond the ribbon: The questions Nigeria’s 2027 campaign must answer, By Dakuku Peterside",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/beyond-the-ribbon-the-questions-nigerias-2027-campaign-must-answer-by",
        "published": "2026-09-07T17:13:24.000Z"
      }
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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."
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