Nigeria Immigration Service Orders 24-Hours Border Closure

As a result of the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly Elections, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has ordered a 24-hour border closure.

The Comptroller General, NIS, Isah Jere Idris, gave the directive to command comptrollers across the country in a circular on Thursday.

The circular titled ‘Border Closure for the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly Elections’ read: “The Federal Government has directed the total closure of all Land Borders effective from 00:00 hours on Saturday 25th February 2023 to 00:00 hours Sunday, 26th February 2023.

“Accordingly, all Command Comptrollers especially those in the Border States are to ensure strict enforcement of this directive.”