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Sorry I've been pretty slammed lately. Yes it has been scrapped; Tinubu was very in support of an interventoin but the rest of the government wasn't. Even though his party has a majority in the Senate, the Senate still voted against a military intervention (and ECOWAS intervening without Nigeria is implausible).
As far as I know though the ECOWAS sanctions are still in place, which includes Nigeria cutting off the 90% of Niger's electricity that they provide (if that's changed, I can't find up-to-date info on it). As an aside, Nigeria has been barely able to sustain their own power supply, which has led some to claim the electricity blockade against Niger is mostly covering their own lack of capacity.
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