Minister challenges Atiku, says Nigeria’s land borders not closed

However, in August 2023, under separate circumstances different from the 2019 trade-related closure, Nigeria closed its land and air borders with the Republic of Niger as part of sanctions imposed on the country following the military coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.

Nigeria’s land border closure Nigeria’s major land-border closure was ordered under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2019 and was initially described by the government as a partial closure.“As the Minister of Interior who supervises the Nigeria Immigration Service, being an agency of government in charge of border and migration management, it is expedient to state that Nigerian borders are not closed and so cannot be reopened,” he stated.