# Soaring fuel prices revive Nigeria’s pressures ahead of election

https://mins.news/en/video/68927

- Reuters, 2026-09-22 12:44 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rtmR70_C4

> Nigeria’s fuel prices have reached record highs as Middle East tensions lift global oil prices. With elections less than six months away, the increase is adding fresh cost-of-living pressure on President Bola Tinubu’s government.

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