Written by AFP Nigeria has received six of 12 turboprop light attack aircraft from the United States to help fight mounting insecurity, its air force said. Africa's most populous nation faces several security crises, including a 12-year-old jihadist insurgency in the northeast, herder-farmer clashes in the centre, kidnapping for ransom in the northwest and separatist … [Read more...] about Nigeria receives six warplanes from US to fight insurgency
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Nigeria’s Buhari appeals to U.S. to move Africa Command headquarters to Africa
Written by REUTERS The United States should consider moving its military headquarters overseeing Africa to the continent, from Germany, to better tackle growing armed violence in the region, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. Nigerian security forces face multiple security challenges including school kidnappings by armed gangs in its northwest and … [Read more...] about Nigeria’s Buhari appeals to U.S. to move Africa Command headquarters to Africa
US Secretary of State Goes to Africa – Senegal, Angola and Ethiopia
After long absence from Africa, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to 3 African Countries - Senegal, Angola and Ethiopia on diplomatic mission. The journey to these African countries will be essentially a mission on combating terrorism, bridge building and trade. With China, Russia and Europeans encroaching strongly on commercial and diplomatic landscape of Africa, it … [Read more...] about US Secretary of State Goes to Africa – Senegal, Angola and Ethiopia
That Buhari and Trump finally met
Written by Muhammad Ajah Please spare me the question on how I feel that President Muhammad Buhari and President Donald Trump finally met and shared beautiful ideas on how to cooperate for the good of both countries. Can any one measure my glee over how our dynamic President is bringing back the past battered image of Nigeria to the path of honour and fulfillment in the … [Read more...] about That Buhari and Trump finally met
Nigeria Beyond Boko Haram
Nigeria Beyond Boko Haram The current violence being perpetrated by the group “Boko Haram” is testing the strength and resolve of the union of Nigeria. Some international experts are predicting that Nigeria will not remain as one entity beyond 2015, and within the country those calling for a Sovereign National Conference are simply looking for a diplomatic way of dissolving … [Read more...] about Nigeria Beyond Boko Haram