SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning. Good afternoon, Mr. President. STAFF: Good afternoon. The president will be here – two seconds. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Minister, good to see you. FOREIGN MINISTER ONYEAMA: Good to see you too, Secretary. Excellent. Looking well. Congratulations also on your appointment and everything. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you so much. And so great to ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 27 April, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Binational Commission, COVID-19, President Buhari, Secretary Blinken
“We look forward to rejuvenating our partnership based on our shared values of democracy, respect for human rights, and robust people-to-people relations.” – Secretary Antony J. Blinken, March 1, 2021 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on April 27 will participate in a virtual visit to Nigeria, where he will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 27 April, 2021 | Topics: Health Issues, News, Press Releases, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Counter Terrorism and Insecurity, COVID-19, President Buhari, Secretary Blinken, TRade
April 26, 2021 Via Teleconference MR ICE: Great, thank you. Good afternoon, everybody, and thank you for joining us. I’d like to welcome you now to this call previewing Secretary Blinken’s virtual trip to Africa, which will take place tomorrow. Just a quick reminder here at the top: This call is on the record, but ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 27 April, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Acting Assistant Secretary Bob Godec, COVID-19, Human Rights, President Buhari, Secretary Blinken, Virtual Travel
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will embark tomorrow, April 27, on his first virtual trip to Africa, where he will visit Kenya and Nigeria and engage with young people from across the continent. Secretary Blinken will begin his virtual travel to Africa meeting with Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) alumni. In a “Ten Questions ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 26 April, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Antony J. Blinken, COVID-19, President Buhari, Secretary Blinken, YALI
Abuja Premier Medical Warehouse I am delighted to join you here today at the Abuja Premier Medical Warehouse – which, in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Health, USAID commissioned in 2017 — as the U.S. government presents life-saving equipment to the Government of Nigeria and its citizens. The 200 ventilators being transferred today are ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 11 August, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, News, President of the United States, Speeches | Tags: Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard, COVID-19, Pandemic, President Buhari, President Donald J. Trump, Ventilators
Rose Garden 1:39 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. Thank you. Today, I’m honored to host President Buhari of Nigeria at the White House, right here in the beautiful Rose Garden. President Buhari, I want thank you very much for traveling to Washington for these important discussions. It’s a true pleasure to welcome ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 1 May, 2018 | Topics: News, President of the United States, Speeches, U.S. & Nigeria | Tags: Donald J. Trump, President Buhari, Press Conference, Washington D.C., White House
Oval Office 12:09 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you very much. It’s an honor to be with President Buhari of Nigeria. We have many things that we do together, as you know, probably — especially on terrorism and terrorism-related. We also have a very big trade deal that we’re working on for military equipment — ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 1 May, 2018 | Topics: Key Officials, News, President of the United States, U.S. & Nigeria | Tags: Chibok, Donald J. Trump, Oval Office, President Buhari, Washington D.C., White House
President Donald J. Trump will welcome President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria to the White House on April 30, 2018. President Trump looks forward to discussing ways to enhance our strategic partnership and advance our shared priorities: promoting economic growth and reforms, fighting terrorism and other threats to peace and security, and building on Nigeria’s role ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 16 April, 2018 | Topics: Key Officials, News, President of the United States, U.S. & Nigeria | Tags: Donald J. Trump, President Buhari, Visit, White House
The below is attributable to the State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Secretary Tillerson met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on March 12 in Abuja to strengthen the U.S. partnership with Nigeria. He recognized Nigeria’s leadership in the Lake Chad Basin Multinational Joint Task Force which seeks to defeat Boko Haram and the ISIS affiliate in ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 13 March, 2018 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News | Tags: Abuja, President Buhari, Rex Tillerson
The below is attributable to Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner: Secretary Kerry met with Nigerian President Buhari today on the margins of the COP22 in Marrakech. President Buhari updated the Secretary on his government’s ongoing efforts to combat systemic corruption, defeat Boko Haram, and address the serious humanitarian situation in northern Nigeria. Secretary Kerry pledged continued ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 16 November, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Key Officials, News | Tags: COP22, John Kerry, Marrakech, President Buhari
The following is attributable to Spokesperson John Kirby: Secretary Kerry met today in London with Federal Republic of Nigeria President Buhari. They met on the sidelines of the Anti-Corruption Summit hosted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron. The Secretary thanked President Buhari for his efforts to address corruption issues and for his decision to join ...
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By U.S. Mission Nigeria | 12 May, 2016 | Topics: Former U.S. Government Leaders, News | Tags: Anti-Corruption, Buhari, corruption, David Cameron, John Kerry, London, President Buhari
