LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some rice millers in Gombe State say they have recorded increased sales and patronage since the closure of the border by the Federal Government. The Federal Government shut borders with neighbouring countries of Benin Republic, Cameroun and Niger Republic since August. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Aug. 28 at the Seventh Tokyo…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ghanaian Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has appealed to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to intervene in the border closure by Nigeria. He said the decision is hurting traders in the sub-region and it is clearly against the principles of ECOWAS. Nkrumah who made this call during a media…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) says all Nigerian land borders will remain partially closed and that no date has been set for their reopening. The Customs reacted to a news story in the media which referenced an internal memo of the agency setting January 31, 2020 as date for the reopening of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A fresh twist to the impact of the border closure by the Federal Government emerged last night as investigations revealed that suspected thieves have started descending on trapped lorries-load of goods, trapped at some of the major border points across the country, including that of Cotonu, Benin Republic. Findings by this newspaper…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About two months ago, the Nigerian government announced the closure of the country’s land borders to all goods. According to the country’s Comptroller-General of the Customs Service, Hameed Ali, this was done to stem the influx of smuggled goods, especially rice and tomatoes, into the country. The border closure is an economic…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the closure of Nigerian land borders by the federal government in the last three months, smuggling still persists at the border between Nigeria and Niger Republic, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed. THISDAY gathered that at the border between Jibia in Katsina State and Niger Republic, smugglers have resorted to the use of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Concerned Youth Empowerment Association of Nigeria says rice dealers were taking undue advantage of the closure of Nigerian borders by exploiting ordinary citizens. The President of the Association, Noble Adaelu, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday. Adaelu said that the closure has started…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some officers of the Nigeria Customs Service have lamented the failure of the NCS to pay them the full special allowances promised them for border patrol duties. This is despite claims by the Comptroller-General of the NCS, Hameed Ali, that the agency had been generating more than N5bn daily since the borders…