Nigeria, May 16 -- President Bola Tinubu has confirmed that Nigeria and the US carried out a joint operation to kill a prominent terrorist.

"Overnight, Nigeria and the United States recorded a significant example of effective collaboration in the fight against terrorism," he wrote about two hours after US President Donald Trump made a similar announcement.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that Mr Trump announced the killing of Abubakar Mainok, also known as Abu-Bilal al-Mainuki, a senior Islamic State commander described as the group's global second-in-command. Mr Trump called the attack a "meticulously planned and very complex mission" carried out in partnership with Nigerian.

Mr Mainok, according to documents obtained from US registers, was sp...