Subsidy Showdown Defines Nigeria's 2027 Presidential Race as Final Candidate List Drops

Restoring fuel subsidy would cost Nigeria approximately N20 trillion every year — more than 40% of the entire 2025 national budget — and could push the country into deeper fiscal crisis, according to a bombshell analysis by the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE). Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, now the African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, has made subsidy restoration a centrepiece of his 2027 campaign, arguing...