Nigeria seeks regional cooperation to strengthen border governance

The National Boundary Commission (NBC) has called for stronger collaboration among governments, academia, border communities, and development partners to address emerging challenges in Africa's borderlands. Speaking at the Association of Borderlands Research Network 2026 International Conference in Lagos, NBC Director-General Adamu Adaji emphasized that effective border governance requires policies grounded in rigorous research and evidence-based analysis.

The conference, themed "The Connected Borderlands, Socio-Cultural Integration, and the Centrality of Policy, Research, and Security," explored boundary delimitation challenges, transboundary security threats, and maritime governance, with particular attention to terrorism, banditry, arms trafficking, irregular migration, smuggling, and maritime insecurity.

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