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  "path": "/thought-leader/opinion/2026-06-09-nigerias-perilous-french-gambit/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T09:47:34.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Nigeria’s increasingly close relationship with France marks a departure from six decades of foreign policy aimed at reducing French influence in West Africa. An increasingly close relationship with a power that has long sought to undermine Nigerian influence in West Africa will benefit only politically connected business elites.",
  "title": "Nigeria’s perilous French gambit"
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