25/08/2026
NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE, LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY PARTNER AFRICA BORDERLANDS NETWORK TO DEEPEN BORDERLANDS STUDIES
Nigeria Immigration Service in conjunction with Lagos State University, host the 2026 Annual Conference of the African Borderlands Research Network (ABORNE) which runs from 24th -28th August 2026 in Lagos. The conference, themed “The Connected Borderlands, Socio-Cultural Integration, and the Centrality of Policy, Research, and Security,” highlights the importance of integrating research, policy, technology, and security to foster safer and more connected African borderlands.
2. Delivering the address on behalf of the Honourable Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister, Dr Kareem Olakoju, reaffirmed the strategic significance of effective Border Governance for Nigeria’s security and migration framework. He also reinforced the need for enhanced institutional partnerships to address the complex challenges of security, movement, and development in Africa’s borderlands while declaring the event opened.
3. The Comptroller-General of Immigration, KN Nandap, pcc, fsmn while delivering her welcome address at the opening ceremony reflected on Nigeria’s leadership in border modernization, from pioneering the continent’s first electronic passport in 2007 to rolling out enhanced e-Passports, contactless biometric passport services, and Automated Border Control. She noted that borders are not merely lines separating countries but dynamic spaces where people, communities, economies, and cultures connect. She reaffirmed that Nigeria’s strategy also prioritizes intelligence sharing, cybersecurity, surveillance and command and control capabilities, capacity building, and research as key to building safe, connected, and resilient borderlands.
