Nigeria closes part of border with Benin to check rice smuggling <!-- no image --> <div>Nigeria has partially closed its western border with Benin to curb rice smuggling that is threatening the country's attempt to boost local production, the government said on Wednesday.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=8E_vaB_YnDI:QGe1UOdwO1w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=8E_vaB_YnDI:QGe1UOdwO1w:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=8E_vaB_YnDI:QGe1UOdwO1w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=8E_vaB_YnDI:QGe1UOdwO1w:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=8E_vaB_YnDI:QGe1UOdwO1w:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/8E_vaB_YnDI" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters