Nigeria's Middle East Pivot: Red Sea Alliance Entry Meets $95 Oil and Pump Price Pain

Nigeria has officially joined the Red Sea Alliance, a Saudi-led maritime security coalition of 13 predominantly-Muslim countries, marking a significant — and for some, unsettling — shift in the nation's Middle East foreign policy. The announcement came as the US-Iran conflict disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sending Brent crude to approximately $95 per barrel and placing Nigeria in an awkward geopolitical straddle between its Western security...