Tag: border, joint military exercise
What’s your view of the joint military exercise at Nigeria’s land borders?
To a large extent, it is s a good development for the country if it is to check insecurity. But as it stands, we cannot conclude if it will help check security...
‘Nigeria, Benin cross-border collaboration will curb trans-border crimes’
Controller, Ogun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Michael Agbara, has said that the recent joint border summit between Nigeria and Benin Republic...
FEC approves N52bn for e-border solution
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N52bn for e-border solution to monitor the country’s porous borders. The approval was granted during the FEC meeting,...
Smuggling: FG urged to strengthen Customs border patrol
The Federal Government has been urged to adopt effective measures towards curbing the smuggling of fish and other food items. Speaking against the backdrop of recent...
Trump threatens to shut border with Mexico soon
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to shut the border with Mexico in the coming week, if the southern neighbour failed to prevent migrants from reaching and crossing...
Buhari: Nigeria, Benin to work closely on joint border facility
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Seme pledged that Nigeria will work closely with the Republic of Benin to ensure the success of the newly inaugurated Seme-Krake...
Benin Republic, Oyo partner on trade, trans-border crimes
The Republic of Benin has expressed readiness to partner with the Oyo State Government toward strengthening bilateral trade, agriculture and forestalling trans-border...
Seme gets $4.5bn ECOWAS border post
The Seme Border Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has said that the newly-commissioned Joint Border Post by the Economic Community of West African States...
NAFDAC urges strict border control on pharmaceutical imports
The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug and Administration Control (NAFDAC) Prof. Moji Adeyeye, has called on security agencies to tighten Nigeria’s...
Beyond border closure
By Ace Omozuwa Some influential voices in the public space have described the decision of the Federal Government to shut the nation’s borders with an unnamed...
Border closure not solution to rice smuggling, LCCI tells FG
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has described the proposed closure of the nation’s border by the Federal Government over rice smuggling as too...
FG to shut border with neighbouring country over rice smuggling
The Federal Government says it will shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neighbouring country in a few days time to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the...
