President Bola Tinubu on Sunday, February 8, received a high-level United States military delegation at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja.
The delegation was led by the Commander of the United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM), General Dagvin R. Anderson, and included the Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Keith Heffern, alongside other senior officials.
The meeting took place at the State House, with President Tinubu welcoming the visitors in the presence of the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and Nigeria’s service chiefs.
The visit was confirmed in a statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Mr. Dada Olusegun, who said the President hosted General Anderson, members of his delegation, and the US envoy at the Presidential Villa.
Although details of the closed-door discussions were not made public, the engagement comes amid strengthening security and defence cooperation between Nigeria and the United States.
The meeting also follows recent reports that the United States deployed a small contingent of troops to Nigeria on February 3, marking the first officially acknowledged US military presence in the country since airstrikes were carried out against terrorist targets on Christmas Day 2025.