The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, has put officers and men of the service manning the Benin Republic, Cameroon and other borders on a red alert following the Nigeria-Niger Republic border closure.
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With the ultimatum over, although guns and mortals are yet to start firing, both parties seem to be digging deep.
The Muslim rights organization was reacting to a letter written and sent to the Senate and read on the floor of the red chamber by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, Friday, 4th August, 2023.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has officially announced the closure of all land borders linking Nigeria with Niger Republic due to the recent coup d’etat in Niger.
“The legal framework of France’s defence agreement with Niger is based on accords that were signed with the legitimate Nigerien authorities,” the foreign ministry said after the junta in Niamey said it was cancelling military cooperation agreements with Paris.
The ECOWAS decision is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Godswill Akpiabio and read at plenary Friday.
Mustapha Sani, NIS Comptroller in charge of Jibia Command in Katsina State, made the disclosure on Wednesday.
The border crossings to Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Libya and Chad were reopened, the junta’s spokesman said.
President Bola Tinubu said that a mission of the Economic Community of West African States has been sent to the Niger Republic to intercede in the attempted coup in the country.
The development was disclosed in a Facebook post accompanied with photographs by Buhari Sallau on Thursday.
The President said this on Tuesday during the commissioning of the Nigeria Customs Service headquarters in Abuja.
This was contained in a statement by Buni’s Director-General Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed.
NEMA Director-General, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed-Habib, made the disclosure while receiving the returnees at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.
A letter conveying the award was presented to Buni by Boucary Sani Chaibou, Depute National, and Second Deputy Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament.
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in Niamey, Nigerien capital.
A statement by Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, said book launch took place in Niamey, Niger Republic.
Tarwaq made the commendation while speaking with newsmen Monday in Kaduna on Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Anniversary.
President Mohammed Bazoum said his country cherished Nigeria as one of its closest neighbours and friends.
Fielding questions from State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Buhari, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said it was not the first time Nigeria is supporting her neighbours.
The NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, said this while receiving the returnees in Kano.