US State Secretary Lands in Nigeria, Meets Tinubu at Villa
POLITICS DIGEST – The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken has arrived in Nigeria as he kickstarts his tour of the African continent.
Blinken’s African tour is scheduled to take place between January 21 and 26, 2024.
The visit is a part of the US’s high-level engagement with Africa, with the Secretary of State planning to travel to Angola after his visit to Nigeria.
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Meanwhile, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently in closed-door talks with United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
Blinken who arrived at the State House at about 06:53 pm local time was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, ushered into the President’s diplomatic room for a bilateral meeting.
Although the senior US official is visiting Tinubu for the first time since the latter assumed the Presidency eight months ago, it would be his second visit to the seat of power since November 2021 when he met President Muhammadu Buhari.
Nigeria is Blinken’s third destination in his week-long whistle-stop tour which began in Cabo Verde through Ivory Coast and is scheduled to end in the Central African state of Angola.
