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When Nigeria closed her borders last year, part of the reason was to combat the incidence of smuggling. The customs recorded a lot of impounding at the entry points. President Buhari on Tuesday ordered that 150 trucks of impounded rice be distributed to the poor and needy. An aide on …

Nigeria’s government says it has arrested 296 illegal immigrants since the closure of its border on 2 August, 2019. Lai Mohammed, the country’s Minister of Information and Culture is upbeat that the closure of the nation’s  land borders has yielded positive results, contrary to views of teeming Nigerians. In August, …