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Food Crisis: Customs intercepts sacks of beans going to Benin Republic

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The Seme border command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Tuesday, disclosed that it Intercepted 400 bags of beans worth N61.45 million on the verge of being illegally exported to neighbouring Benin Republic. Speaking to journalists at the Seme-Krake Joint Border Post, the Customs Area

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Inside Ogun’s border town of woes, pains

Ihesiulo Grace 20 August 2023 0

…residents bemoan absence of government BY OLU AYELESO “It is hellish here! Agonising and extremely uncomfortable. The other day, I saw a very elderly woman fall off an okada into a pool of dirty water at a portion of the bad road going to Akute. Young men, women and a lot of other residents are […]

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FCTA demolishes 150 houses in border town with Niger

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2020 0

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has so far demolished 150 houses in Dakwa, a town located along the FCT-Niger state boundary in the Bwari Area Council. According to the Director, Department of Development Control, Muktar Galadima, a total of 200 illegal buildings were earlier marked for demolition in 2018 following its encroachment on plots […]

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Nigeria will honour agreement with neighbours on border re-opening

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2020 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed willingness of his administration to implement the decision of the tripartite committee on the partial closure of the country’s land border as soon as the report is received. Members of the tripartite committee are made up of Nigeria, Benin and Niger Republic. The Nigerian leader stated this when he received the […]

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Why Buhari ordered crackdown on security agents undermining border drill

Ihesiulo Grace 1 March 2020 0

Abuja – 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 Adesina, the President’s spokesman, who made this known in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the crackdown had […]

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Over 2,000 trucks trapped on border corridors – ANLCA president

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

The Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) says more than 2,000 trucks laden with   goods are trapped at the Nigerian land borders. The National President of ANLCA, Mr Tony Nwabunike, made the disclosure at a media briefing in Lagos. READ ALSO: Mechanic in correctional centre over alleged forgery According to him, the ongoing land  […]

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Border closure not breaching free trade agreement – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 16 December 2019 0

…Says Free trade does not mean Nigeria has to be a dumping ground The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says Federal Government’s closure of the Nigerian border does not in any way breach the free trade agreement in the West African sub-region. The minister said on Sunday in Abuja that the measure […]

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Border Closure: FG says no more subsidy for W/Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2019 0

Abuja – The Federal Government says the closure of the nation’s border has little or no effect on the rising prices of commodities. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. The Nigeria Bureau of Statistics had announced […]

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Why border closure is good, bad for Nigeria – LCCI

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2019 0

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday said the temporary closure of Nigeria’s land borders by the Federal Government was both good and bad for the economy. Mr Gabriel Idahosa, Vice President and Chairman, Trade Promotion Board, LCCI, made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]

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Conditions for reopening land borders out – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2019 0

Abuja – The Federal government has given conditions that ECOWAS Member States must adhere to before reopening its border, including that the ECOWAS states must respect the Rule of Origin for imports. Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affair, made this known on Monday in Abuja while briefing newsmen following an Inter-Ministerial meeting Preparatory to […]

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Border closure to compel Nigeria’s neighbours to comply with trade agreements — FG

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2019 0

Washington – The Federal Government said on Thursday that the closure of the country’s land borders was to compel its neighbours to comply with the terms of trade agreements it signed with them. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, made this known while answering questions from newsmen on the sidelines […]

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WCO Canvasses Coordinated Border Management Approach

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

The immediate past Vice Chairman of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) for West and Central African Region, and Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service, Mr Abdulahi Nde Dikko has said that only when a coordinated border management, capacity building and stakeholders collaboration is adopted that the Customs service can realise its core objective of revenue […]