Security delegation from the United States led by the Commander of the United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) have visited President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Led by General Dagvin R. Anderson, Commander of USAFRICOM, and accompanied by the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Keith Heffern, alongside other members of the team.
Details of the closed-door meeting were not immediately made public, but the visit comes amid growing security cooperation between Nigeria and the United States.
In a statement on Sunday by the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Mr. Dada Olusegun, it was gathered that the President welcomed the visitors in the company of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and the nation’s service chiefs.
The statement said: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, alongside his National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and service chiefs, received in audience the Commander of the United States Africa Command, General Dagvin Anderson, his team, and the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, Keith Heffern, at the State House, Abuja.”
Although details of the closed-door meeting were not immediately made public, the visit comes amid growing security cooperation between Nigeria and the United States.
Recall that the United States recently deployed a small team of troops to Nigeria on February 3, marking the first official U.S. military presence on Nigerian soil since airstrikes targeted terrorist positions in the country on Christmas Day 2025.
