
Southern Niger Businesses Stranded After Nigeria Closes Borders
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- “Nothing crosses into Nigeria and nothing comes out. It’s hermetically sealed,” said Amadou Idi, sitting in a makeshift shelter to keep out of the rain, and reflecting on the downturn in his luck. “We twiddle our thumbs and pray.” Idi’s job is a transiting agent — to get goods across the…