Seme Border Command

Nigeria is either playing the long game or gambling with border reopening

In the typical about-turn traipse that signifies most of this administration’s policy decisions, President Muhammadu Buhari has okayed the immediate reopening of the four major land borders in the country. Nigeria’s finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, announced the reopening of the borders at the end of Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. The four borders connecting... Read More

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Border Closure, Seme Border Command, Zainab Ahmed

September 11, 2014

Customs made a lot of money at Seme border in August

by Jewel Stephen The Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated N781.7 million revenue in August. Speaking on Thursday, the command’s spokesperson, Ernest Olottah, said that the revenue was N47 million higher than what was generated in July. He attributed the increase to higher trading activities in August. According to Olottah, the command... Read More

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