Deployment part of US-Nigeria Joint Working Group cooperation Nigeria faces multiple security crises, including Islamist insurgency US lawmakers push for report on religious persecution in Nigeria ...

The troops will help train Nigerians to fight militants, but will not be involved in combat. U.S. forces have been assisting local soldiers with identifying potential terrorist targets. By Eric ...

Nigeria and some U.S. lawmakers have not always seen eye to eye on terrorism and the violence affecting Christian communities in Africa’s largest nation. This week, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu arrived ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States is sending troops to Nigeria to help train the West African nation's military in fighting extremism, Nigerian authorities said Wednesday, as a multifaceted ...

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The upcoming trip will be Nigeria's first state visit to Britain in 37 years Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty; KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Buckingham Palace has announced a state visit from Nigeria King ...

NAIROBI—The U.S. is sending 200 troops to Nigeria to train the country’s military to fight Islamist militants, weeks after President Trump accused the West African government of failing to protect ...

ABUJA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday reversed its earlier rejection of a proposal requiring real‑time electronic transmission of election results, bowing to pressure from labour ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, has disclosed that Nigeria’s external reserves have risen to about $49 billion as of February 5, 2026, describing the ...

When residents of Kaiama region in Nigeria’s mid-western Kwara state followed the call to prayer on February 3rd, many never made it to the mosque. Armed men attacked two villages near the border with ...

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated players of Nigerian descent who led the Seattle Seahawks to victory in Super Bowl 60 on Sunday. The Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 at Levi’s ...

The U.S. is sending about 200 service members to Nigeria in the coming weeks to train local military forces battling Islamist militants, according to two major American news outlets. Troops will be ...