{"id":20882,"date":"2026-01-13T14:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/20882\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:14:07","slug":"u-s-delivers-military-supplies-to-nigeria-to-boost-security-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/20882\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Delivers Military Supplies to Nigeria to Boost Security Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/69664a20c2ca6.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            The United States has delivered military supplies to Nigerian security agencies in Abuja to support ongoing operations against terrorism and violent crime, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) said on Tuesday.\n        <\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, AFRICOM said, \u201cU.S. forces delivered critical military supplies to our Nigerian partners in Abuja. This delivery supports Nigeria\u2019s ongoing operations and emphasizes our shared security partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"748\" data-start=\"506\">The delivery comes as both countries deepen security cooperation. <\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has said Washington has pledged enhanced intelligence sharing, defence equipment and other support to help Nigeria tackle terrorist and extremist groups.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1134\" data-start=\"750\">In November, Nigeria sent a high-level delegation to Washington, led by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu, to strengthen security ties. <\/p>\n<p>The team included the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi; Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Defence Intelligence, Lieutenant General Emmanuel Undiandeye; and Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1291\" data-start=\"1136\">According to presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, the talks helped address international concerns and align both countries on a joint approach to security.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1526\" data-start=\"1293\">\u201cThe discussions provided ample opportunity to correct misconceptions about Nigeria, reinforced mutual trust, and advanced a coordinated approach to protecting vulnerable communities, especially in the Middle Belt,\u201d Onanuga said.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1701\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"1528\">He added that Nigeria and the United States agreed to set up a Joint Working Group and a non-binding cooperation framework to guide future security and humanitarian support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States has delivered military supplies to Nigerian security agencies in Abuja to support ongoing operations against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[6569,1028,311,6568,122,6567,264],"class_list":{"0":"post-20882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-conversation","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-lets-talk","12":"tag-nigeria","13":"tag-nigeria-info-fm","14":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}