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Photos: Tinubu Receives US Africom Commander in Abuja
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 U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Keith Heffern, along with other senior officials.
The visit was confirmed in a statement by the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Mr. Dada Olusegun, who said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received General Anderson, his team, and the U.S. envoy at the State House, Abuja.
Although details of the closed-door discussions were not disclosed, the engagement comes amid deepening security cooperation between Nigeria and the United States.
The meeting also follows reports that the United States recently deployed a small team of troops to Nigeria on February 3, marking the first officially acknowledged U.S. military presence in the country since airstrikes targeted terrorist positions on Christmas Day 2025.
Charge D’Affairs U.S Embassy in Nigeria, Keith Heffern, Commander AFRICOM, General Dagvin Anderson, , President Bola Tinubu, Senior Foreign Policy Adviser , AFRICOM, Amb. Peter Vrooman, Command Sergeant Major Garric M. Banfield, Command Senior Enlisted Leader, United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), when the AFRICOM delegation paid a visit to President Tinubu on Sunday, 8 February 2026, in Abuja