Border Closure

The ECOWAS Commission has dismissed reports that its health institution, West Africa Health Organisation had ordered medicine developed by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research, Madagascar, for COVID-19 treatment. The…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has called for total debts cancellation for African countries so that the continent could be able to survive the effect of the…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ministers met on Saturday to search for solutions to regional powerhouse Nigeria’s shock decision to close its borders last August to curb…

Land borders have been closed by the President Buhari’s administration since about eight months ago and many Nigerians are beginning to get used to it in especially in the southern…

The newly appointed Coordinator for the Joint Border Operations Drill, Mohammed Garba, North central Zone, Ilorin, Kwara State, says Federal Government policy on border closure was targeted at illegal businesses.…

The Federal Government has said there is no date in sight for the re-opening of Nigeria’s land borders. The government shut the border to curb smuggling. Neighbouring countries have raised…

The comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, says Nigeria has been subsidising petrol for neighbouring countries. Ali made this known on Tuesday at a budget-defence meeting of…

Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has said that by further extending the border closure till 2020, the Federal Government was toying with citizens’ welfare and prosperity of businesses. The authorities…