Nigeria and several countries of the world are prepared to enter the new year 2025 in a few hours time; ... bordering numerous countries including India, Russia, and North Korea.

Before Niger’s 2023 coup, both countries’ armies maintained joint border patrol operations. That action is believed to have helped disperse the group in 2020.

Nigeria's longest border (1,975 km) is with Cameroon in the northeast, a Boko Haram hotspot. It also shares 1,500 km with Niger and 85 km with Chad, nations that have lost territory to armed groups.

And he asked, “Can we start thinking of fencing our border, we have 1,500km with Niger Republic, 1,900km with Cameroon. Chad is there, all over us, we are surrounded by francophone countries.

FILE - The Cross River, shown here on Feb. 1, 2018, serves as the border between Nigeria and Cameroon near Mfum, Nigeria. On June 27, 2024, the nations announced a plan to settle disputes over ...

Nigeria, Cameroon inaugurate bridge linking both countries Mr Buhari said the 1.5 km Ekok/Mfum Bridge and Joint Border Post (JBP) at Mfun, Cross River would deepen socio-economic and diplomatic ...

Nigeria has called for collaboration with the Sahel and West African countries on information and data sharing for effective border control. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the ...