Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- The Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), Dagvin Anderson, on Sunday, 8 February, led a US delegation on a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.

PREMIUM TIMES understands that the visit is part of ongoing engagements between Nigeria and the United States on security cooperation. This newspaper reported that AFRICOM said the United States has deployed a small team of soldiers to Nigeria, a development that sparked public outrage prompting the Defence Headquarters to clarify Nigeria's relationship with the deployed troops.

According to captioned images posted on X by presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, the delegation included the Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Nigeria, Keith H...