Nigeria, Niger Customs strengthen collaboration to secure Sahel, fight insecurity   The Customs administrations of Nigeria and the Niger Republic have emphasised their critical roles in combating terrorism, arms trafficking, and cross-border crime. The Director-General of the Niger Republic Customs Administration, Muhammadu Yaqouba, described his visit to the Nigeria Customs Service headquarters as timely and necessitated by two major challenges, including the prolonged blockage of trucks transiting from the Republic of Benin to Niger Republic, as well as prevailing security concerns across the region. “We face common security challenges, particularly terrorism and banditry,...