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Proof: Fuel subsidy would cost Nigeria over N20trn yearly — Minister

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T19:50:31Z","headline":"Fuel subsidy would cost Nigeria over N20trn yearly — Minister","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"premiumtimes","url":"https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/business-news/915535-fuel-subsidy-would-cost-nigeria-over-n20trn-yearly-minister.html","v":1}

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21d31bbb3754ccbf92172df674438d1694de70a455626b2c5e4612eb64c29198

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970524, mined 2026-10-08 20:02 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-08 19:54 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-08 19:54 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-21d31bbb3754.json prints 21d31bbb3754ccbf92172df674438d1694de70a455626b2c5e4612eb64c29198. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-21d31bbb3754.json and headline-21d31bbb3754.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-21d31bbb3754.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 2 min after it was first seen.