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 …