Nigeria Border closure
INVESTIGATION: Smuggling still rampant in Nigeria’s northwestern boundaries despite border closure
A Forte Oil retail station is the last of such service facility to Nigeria’s Illela, Sokoto State border with the Niger Republic. The station is now closed following a custom policy banning the supply of petroleum products to stations within 20 kilometres of land borders. Nevertheless, it is a hub of activity, serving an inverted …
SPECIAL REPORT: Despite restriction on fuel supply to border communities, smuggling, extortion still rife
“My businesses are suffering from what I know nothing about. I don’t smuggle petrol across the border. We only sell petrol to motorists and other users in Nigeria. I am too far from the border to be engaged in petrol bunkering, if you want to see those smuggling petrol to Benin Republic, go to Owode-Apa,” …
IMF BACKS FG ON BORDER CLOSURE
Gbeleyi Abayomi Despite citicism from several quaters, against the federal govt decision to close its borders with her neighbours, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) suprisingnly has backed the country’s decision. Director of african depertment at the IMF, Abebe Selassie, at the IMF, made the position known at a media briefing on the sidelines of the …
