The border between the two neighbouring countries was shut on July 26, 2023, after a coup d'etat that ousted the Nigerien president, Mohammed Bazoum.
The Nigerien junta at midnight on Friday reopened the country's border with Nigeria.
This comes over one week after President Bola Tinubu ordered the reopening of the Nigerian side of the border.
The border between the two neighbouring countries was shut on July 26, 2023, after a coup d'etat that ousted the Nigerien president, Mohammed Bazoum.
Leader of the junta, Abdourahamane Tchiani, announced in a broadcast on Thursday that the country's border with Nigeria would be reopened at midnight.
Niger's border with Nigeria spans 1,600 kilometres, stretching through seven Nigerian states of Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Jigawa, Yobe and Borno.
During its recent sitting in Abuja, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), approved the lifting of sanctions imposed on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea following the military takeover of power.
Already border communities on both sides have welcomed the development, saying it would ameliorate the suffering of the citizens on either side.
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