Ribadu in High-level Meetings With Vance, Rubio as Nigeria, US Deepen Security Cooperation NSA seeks stronger counterterrorism collaboration amid Sahel insecurity US officials commend Nigeria’s leadership role in regional peace efforts
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
Nigeria and the United
States have stepped up efforts to deepen bilateral cooperation on security, as
Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, held high-level
meetings with the US Vice President, JD Vance, Acting NSA and Secretary of State,
Marco Rubio, and other top US government officials in Washington.
Ribadu, who undertook Continued on page 5
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Chuks Okocha in Abuja
L-R: Former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi; former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso; and former Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Seriake Dickson, at the National Convention of the Nigeria Democratic Congress in Abuja…yesterday
The Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Continued on page 5
NDC Zones Presidency to the South, Kwankwaso Backs Decision Obi set to clinch ticket in a single four-year tenure deal with Kwankwaso ADC, NDC not threat to APC’s victory in 2027, Yilwatda, Uzodimma tackle opposition parties
Chuks Okocha and Sunday Aborisade in Abuja
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) yesterday formally zoned its 2027 presidential ticket to Southern Nigeria, a landmark political decision that has effectively cleared the path for former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, to emerge as the
party's presidential candidate in a single four-year tenure deal. The resolution, unanimously adopted at the party's maiden National Convention in Abuja, also provided that the presidency would automatically return to Northern Nigeria in 2031, a Continued on page 5
EFCC Declares Ex-minister, Sadiya Umar DEEPENING SECURITY COOPERATION… Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (left), and United States Vice President, Mr. JD Vance, when the NSA met with vice president Farouq, Wanted for Alleged Fraud... Page7 National and other top officials of the US government on efforts to deepen bilateral cooperation on security in Washington…recently