Border

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara state has suggested setting up of a volunteer team drawn from the labour unions and the civil society to complement efforts of the security agencies to stop the influx of people into the state.…

“To date, we have introduced healthcare measures, border security, fiscal and monetary policies in our response. We shall continue to do so as the situation unfolds. “Some of these measures will surely cause major inconveniences to many…

Joint border drill operations against smuggling in the North Central states have seized various prohibited items, including arms and ammunitions with a total duty value of N135million in one month. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on…

President Muhammadu Buhari has explained to his Ghanaian counterpart, President Nana Akufo-Addo, that the partial closure of Nigeria’s borders is not caused solely because food products, particularly rice, were being smuggled into Nigeria,…

Coordinator, Joint Border Operations Drill, North Central states, Comptroller Mohammed Garba, has said that an average of N7billion is generated daily as duties on imported goods. Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Thursday during…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the ongoing border drill that has largely curbed foreign rice smuggling into Nigeria has boosted rice production while fast-tracking the country's quest to achieve rice…

A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN has declared that the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government was allegedly misled into having the erroneous impression that only border closure can guarantee food security and economic…

The Senate on Wednesday called on the federal government to improve funding of the Border Community Development Agency, (BCDA). It equally resolved to mandate the 21 border states to dedicate 1.5 per cent of consolidated revenue fund and…

With more than two months and few days after the closure of land borders, all major markets and stores in Sokoto still flooded with foreign rice. An investigation conducted by our correspondent revealed that despite the closure and ban…

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, says the closure of Nigeria’s land borders by the Federal Government will help to eradicate poverty in the country. Obasa made the assertion on Wednesday while…