Nigeria, July 15 -- The Nigerian government on Tuesday received the new US Africa envoy, Frank Garcia, on his first official trip to the country.

Mr Gracias is the newly confirmed US Department of State's Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. The trip is his first official trip to West Africa, with Nigeria as his first stop.

The top diplomat is expected to visit Cote d'Ivoire and Mali over the next few days.

The US Embassy in Nigeria disclosed in a post on X that Mr Gracias met with the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to review progress under the US-Nigeria Joint Working Group launched earlier in the year.

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