At least 13 people have been killed in a car bomb explosion in a Syrian town on the border with Turkey, according to the Turkish defence ministry.
The blast on Saturday ripped through a crowded market in Tal Abyad, a town controlled by Turkish-backed opposition fighters.
“Based on first findings, 13 civilians were killed and around 20 others injured” in the explosion, Turkey’s defence ministry said in a statement.
The northeastern town has witnessed some of the heaviest fighting since the Turkish military launched an operation in northeast Syria last month against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is spearheaded
More than a year after African swine fever began ravaging hogs in China, the virus may be escaping along the same route it’s believed to have entered — via Russia.
While the swine contagion has been present in Russia for 12 years, it’s only been spreading actively in the country’s Far East for the past few months. Authorities have reported almost 60 outbreaks in wild and domestic pigs, most within a few miles of the border with China.
Infected wild boar may be playing a role in cross-border spread, said Dirk Pfeiffer, a professor of veterinary medicine and life sciences
Omo-Agege who was represented by Mr Efe Duku, his Special Adviser on Legislative and Plenary Matters, said that the Parliament agreed with the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari on the land border closure.
The Deputy Senate President explained that the non-compliance with the provision of
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday in Benin, Edo State, implored Nigerians to bear with the federal government over the closure of Nigeria’s land borders with neighbouring countries.
Osinbajo, who spoke at an ongoing town hall meeting, which coincided with the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) in Edo State, said that the border closure was in the interest of the country and local producers, especially farmers.
He also explained that government closed the borders because “we want our neighboring countries to begin to take us very very serious.”
Osinbajo was responding to a question by the Vice President of …
The move would create an opportunity for local producers of commodities such as rice, vegetable oil, palm oil and other agricultural produce to increase production and meet local demand.
But the nation’s inflation numbers have become the first casualty
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•Customs arrest 50 suspects, seize 14 trucks Accuse residents of border towns of complicity
Despite the closure of Nigerian land borders by the federal government in the last three months, smuggling still persists at the border between Nigeria and Niger Republic, our investigation has revealed.
Newsmen gathered that at the border between Jibia in Katsina State and Niger Republic, smugglers have resorted to the use of illegal routes to ferry in bags of foreign rice, bales of second-hand clothing and other contrabands.
However, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has dismissed the observation, calling for either a photograph or video evidence …
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says ” there is no gain without pain”, Nigerians must endure the temporary effects of the closure of the borders to reap the attendant benefits.
The minister stated this on Monday when he paid a working visit to the new corporate headquarters of “The Sun” Newspaper in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the minister, who said that the visit was part of his ongoing media tour, was received by the management of the newspaper led by Mr Onuoha Ukeh, the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief.
Fielding questions from the …
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, has stated that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported Nigeria’s closure of its land borders because it understood that the action was not punitive.
Addressing journalists in Washington yesterday, Ahmed explained that the measure was intended to restore Nigeria’s relationship with its neighbours, based on commitments made.
She said that President Muhammadu Buhari did not want to approve the closure because he was mindful of the adverse effect it would have on the economies of neighbours.
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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has taken a swipe at the recent closure of the nation’s land borders by the Federal Government.
This is as Igbo traders under the auspices of southeast Amalgamated Market Traders Association (SEAMATA) said the continued closure has crippled their trading activities.
Enugu State chapter of the Ohanaeze said the border closure has inflicted more pains and hardships on the poor.
President of Ohanaeze Enugu State, Alex Ogbonnia, at a briefing after a meeting at the weekend, said it was an act of hypocrisy to shut borders to rice importation, while foreign exotic cars were given the …
Mr Abebe Selassie, the Director of the African Department at the IMF, gave the position at a media briefing on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington.
He was responding to a question on whether the closure negates the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).
Selassie said although free trade was critical to the economic growth of the continent, it must be legal and in line with agreements.
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Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama on Thursday said the temporary closure of the country’s borders was not targetted at any countries but to curb criminal activities.
“No country is targeted,” Onyeama told journalists after a meeting with Ghana’s foreign minister Shirley Botchwey in Abuja.
“We are within ECOWAS, we respect the ECOWAS rules, free movement of persons, and goods and that should continue.”
In August, Nigeria shut its land borders to neighbouring African countries.
President Muhammadu Buhari explained that the border closure was aimed at taming the ‘massive’ smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor.
Emphasizing …
The operatives of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service have arrested six illegal immigrants at Idiroko borders in the state.
“When you aid unknown people into your country, without even knowing their aim, it is a big risk,” the comptroller of immigration, Doris Braimah said on Tuesday while parading the suspects.
“It is actually called security threat.”
The illegal immigrants were being smuggled in by two Nigerians through one of the country’s major borders in the state when the officers intercepted them.
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The two suspects who smuggled …
