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Major General Kenneth Ekman, US Africa Command, West Africa Coordination Element Lead, Department of Defence, said this.

Nigerian Navy Rear Admiral Obed Ngalabak says no fewer than 500 naval officers have been deployed to a multinational sea exercise: “Obangame Express,” sponsored by US Africa Command.

This information was contained a statement by the US Department of Defence

Osinbajo said this on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa when he received the Commander of the US-Africa Command, General Thomas D. Waldhauser, and the American Ambassador in Nigeria, Stuart Symington

The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram is of special concern, in part because it continues to expand its connections to terrorist groups in the region

However, if the need arises to engage in any operation, it will be required to get additional approvals from the US secretary of defence