{
  "id": 3143834,
  "title": "LASU, NIS convene conference to address border security",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/lasu-nis-convene-conference-to-address-border-security-3143834",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T00:16:16.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/lasu-nis-convene-conference-to-address-border-security/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 2026 annual conference of the African Borderlands Research Network, co-hosted by Lagos State University (LASU) and the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), was held in Ikeja, Lagos, to address emerging security challenges and promote socio-cultural integration across African borders. The conference brought together scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders to examine border management, migration, security, regional integration, and the socio-economic realities of border communities. LASU's Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, emphasized the importance of viewing borderlands as living spaces where people, cultures, languages, markets, and histories intersect, and highlighted the need for policy, research, and security to work together in addressing border-related issues.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "LASU, NIS convene conference to address border security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/lasu-nis-convene-conference-to-address-border-security",
        "published": "2026-08-25T00:00:17.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}