Nigeria’s government says it approved the purchase of vehicles worth over 1.4 billion naira ($3m; £2.4m) for its northern neighbour, Niger, to help improve security.
It comes as Nigeria continues to struggle with rising insecurity as armed gangs step up attacks on communities and major roads, including kidnapping.
Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed told journalists in the capital, Abuja, on Wednesday that this was “to enhance the capacity of the Niger Republic to protect its border…
