President Tinubu Cooperating With American Troops To Eliminate Terrorists In West Africa, Says U.S. General

President Tinubu cooperating with American troops to eliminate terrorists in West Africa, says U.S. General. Mr Anderson said he had a meeting with Mr Tinubu in Rome last year, during which they both agreed “to work together.”

United States General Dagvin R.M Anderson has said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is working closely with American forces to eliminate terrorists in the West African region.

Mr Anderson, the commander of Africa Command (AFRICOM), said Nigeria was a shining example among other African nations leveraging the U.S. sophisticated arsenal and “unique capabilities” in intelligence-gathering to exterminate the Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgents.

The U.S. general made the statement at a digital press briefing on Tuesday when asked about AFRICOM’s counterterrorism efforts in African partner countries. He said the command wanted to expand operations in West Africa, using Nigeria as a case study.

“We’re looking at working in the west. I think a great example of that is the partnership we’ve had with Nigeria,” Mr Anderson said.
“I’d like to highlight that our partnership with Nigeria is a great example of a very willing and capable partner who requested the unique capabilities that only the U.S. can bring—with some of the ISR, some of the intelligence fusion—to bring that to bear together,” the general added.
Mr Anderson said he had a meeting with Mr Tinubu in Rome last year, during which they both agreed “to work together.”

He said the outcome of the meeting led to “increased collaboration between our nations, to include a small U.S. team that brings some unique capabilities from the United States in order to augment what Nigeria has been doing for several years.”

Boko Haram

Last month, Nigeria took delivery of heavy artillery from the U.S. government as a token of Washington’s support in the fight against terrorists.

Last year, President Donald Trumpdesignated Nigeria a country of particular concern over alleged Christian genocide and on December 25, 2025, the U.S. leader bombed major sections of Sokoto State as a symbolic “Christmas present” against Islamic extremists, he said in a statement.

Despite the airstrikes, armed groups have intensified attacks in parts of Northern Nigeria, particularly targeting vulnerable Christian communities.

EFCC Arrests Kannywood Star, Samha Inuwa for Alleged Naira Mutilation In Viral Video

EFCC arrests Kannywood Star, Samha Inuwa for alleged naira mutilation in viral video. The Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,   on Tuesday, February 3, 2026  arrested a Kannywood Star, Samha Inuwa over alleged Naira mutilation.

Inuwa was arrested following a viral video circulated on social media platforms where she was seen conspicuously cleaning mucus from her nose using Naira notes.

EFCC

Following the release of the viral video, the Commission swung into action by tracing and subsequently arrested her to answer questions.
She is currently being held at the Commission’s detention facility while investigation is ongoing.

The suspect will be charged to court upon conclusion of investigations.

Dele Oyewale
Head,  Media & Publicity
February 3, 2026

Trump Government Sued For Immigrant Visa Ban On Nigeria, Ghana, Brazil, 72 Other Countries

Trump government sued for immigrant visa ban on Nigeria, Ghana, Brazil, 72 other countries. The State Department in January paused immigrant visa processing from 75 countries “whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates”.

President Donald Trump’s administration is facing a lawsuit over its blanket ban on immigrant visas for nationals of 75 nations, which Washington described as leeches exploiting the generosity of the American people.

A coalition of pro-immigration groups sued the U.S. State Department in a federal district court in Manhattan, arguing that the ban was unlawful because many immigrants were not qualified to access U.S. social welfare programmes.
“Many applicants for immigrant visas are not eligible for cash welfare and remain ineligible for years,” stated the suit filed at a district court in Manhattan on Monday.

According to the lawsuit, the ban was “based on an unsupported and demonstrably false claim that nationals of the covered countries migrate to the United States to improperly rely on cash welfare”.

Countries affected include Nigeria, Haiti, Ghana, Brazil, Cuba and 70 others in the suit that also named secretary of state Marco Rubio as a defendant. Mr Rubio is the son of immigrant parents who relocated to the U.S. from Cuba in 1956.

“This administration is trying to shut down lawful immigration from nearly half the countries in the world without legal authority or justification,” said Anna Gallagher, director of Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc and lead plaintiff.

President Trump

Another plaintiff, Joanna Cuevas Ingram, for the National Immigration Law Centre, said the ban was a violation of existing laws.
“These policies exceed the government’s authority, violate the constitution, and strip families and working people of rights that the law squarely protects,” Ms Cuevas said.

The State Department in January paused immigrant visa processing from 75 countries “whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates”.

“The freeze will remain active until the U.S. can ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people,” it said.
But the coalition of groups said the blanket ban was hurting families, especially those who had spouses and children from affected countries.

The case filed on Monday is referenced as Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. v. Rubio, S.D.N.Y., No. 1:26-cv-00858.