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Vanguard News FG emphasises ban on rice importation On The Federal Government on Tuesday emphasised ban on rice importation. Mr Abdulhamid Ma’aji, Comptroller, Nigerian Customs Service in charge of Sokoto and Zamfara, made the emphasis at the reopening of Illela Border in Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the government made the emphasis as importers and exporters in Sokoto get excited at the reopening of the Illela border. Illela border was reopened by dignitaries ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says the recent reopening of the land borders will boost the fortunes of business owners in the country. Buhari, who stated this in his 2021 New Year Broadcast on Friday, informed West African neighbours like Ghana, Togo, Benin Republic, amongst others that Nigeria is now “fully open” for business in the Year 2021. He said, “With the recent opening of our borders, we expect that the pent-up deman...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero As Nigeria reopens four of its land borders to economic activities, a Professor of Virology, Oyewale Tomori, has called for vigilance on the part of the authorities to forestall fresh imported Covid infections, especially as the country battles the second wave of the pandemic. Tomori, who is the Chairman, Expert Review Committee on COVID-19, spoke on a PUNCH Online interview programme, The Roundtable. He said the government is not prepared for the fresh c...

By Segun James The presidency yesterday said the federal government could close the borders again if there is any to do so. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known while speaking on a live television programme. He said the government was still studying activities at four of the nation’s land borders which were reopened last week, adding that the government may close the borders again if there is “trouble”. The federal government had o...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Shehu stated this on Tuesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. The Federal Government ordered the immediate reopening of the Seme Border in Lagos State, Illela Border in Sokoto State, Maigatari Border in Jigawa State, and Mfun Border in Cross River State from December 16. They were all closed in August 2019, as Nigeria sought to curtail illegal importation of drugs, small arms and agricultural products from neighbouring West African...

Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, gave this hint while featuring on Channels Television’s morning show: ‘Sunrise Daily’. The President’s aide noted that Nigeria’s neighbouring countries had not cooperated with the country to curtail the influx of bandits and small weapons, saying such was fueling the insecurity in Nigeria. He stated, “This is why the president considered the closure of the land borders for much of this time until they...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero The Presidency, on Tuesday, says the Federal Government is studying activities at four of the nation’s land borders which were reopened last week, adding that the government may close the borders again if there is any “trouble”. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known on Tuesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme monitored by The PUNCH. The Federal Government had...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kayode Oyero The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, ordered the immediate reopening of four land borders. The Presidency made this known in a tweet today. “President Buhari has directed the immediate opening of four land borders: Seme, Illela, Maigatari, and Mfun,” @NGRPresident tweeted. Nigeria had in August 2019 closed its land borders to curtail illegal importation of drugs, small arms and agricultural products into country from nei...