Border Closure

By Baba Aminu The Arewa Economic Forum (AED) has declared that the financial loss occasioned by the closure of the Nigerien border with Nigeria is 13 billion naira on a weekly basis. The forum in a press conference in Abuja on Sunday…
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The Joint Border Drill codenamed ‘Exercise Swift Response’ has made seizures valued at about N11 billion in the last one year. The Public Relations Officer of the Drill, Mr Joseph Attah made this known in a statement to commemorate one…
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The Centre For Information Technology and Development, (CITAD) has called for an investigation on how the COVID-19 index case crossed the closed border into Kano and that all found to have played a role in this should be punished…
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Kano State Road Traffic Agency (KAROTA) has impounded 35 vehicles at various entry points into the state for violating the state border closure over COVID-19. The Agency made the arrest after it identified bush routes used by defaulting…
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The Joint Security Operatives, code-named ‘Exercise SWIFT Response’, has seized items valued at N7.3 billion in seven months of partial border closure by the Federal Government. The Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, who…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated ‘OPERATION SWIFT RESPONSE’ as a border drill exercise to checkmate the illegal activities of smugglers and ‘fifth columnists’ within the security circles across the nation ‘s borders. Mr Femi…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday held a closed-door meeting with President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Kabore, who arrived the presidential villa at about 3.10 p.m, was received at the…
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The land border closure with neighbouring countries has saved the poultry industry in Nigeria about N50 billion since its commencement in October. Prof. Eustace Iyayi, Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Institute of…
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The Federal Government has accused the Republic of Benin of being recalcitrant in its importation of prohibited goods for ultimate dumping into Nigeria’s market in spite of the partial border closure order. The Minister of Information…
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The Federal Government is presently meeting with delegations from Niger and the Republic of Benin over the closure of land borders by Nigeria since August. The Tripartite Committee Meeting by the Foreign Ministers of Nigeria, Benin and…
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