The Federal government of Nigeria has cancelled the military training arrangement it had with the United States. The cancelled training was to be the third in a series of training programs the US military was handling with its Nigerian counterpart. In a statement released on Monday through its Information Office in Abuja, the US Embassy…
2015 Elections: U.S. Condemns Threats of Violence
The United States government has condemned what it describes as the “rhetorical threat of violence” of some politicians even as Nigeria prepares for the 2015 general elections. The U.S. stated this on Thursday in a statement released by its Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria. The U.S. said it is deeply troubled by the statement made by…
‘No American Involved in Military Helicopter Crash’- US Embassy
The American Embassy in Nigeria has dismissed claims that some American soldiers were involved in the Nigerian Military helicopter crash that was reported on Monday, November 11, 2014. “No American was involved in the Yola helicopter crash as reported on Tuesday, November 11, 2014 by some Nigerian news outlets,” the American Embassy said in a…