Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally approved the constitution of the Nigerian delegation to the US–Nigeria Joint Working Group, a bilateral framework established to deepen cooperation between Nigeria and the United States on security, intelligence sharing, counter-terrorism, and other cross-border threats.
The group will be headed by Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, and will comprise a high-level team including the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defence, Interior, Humanitarian Affairs; the Chief of Defence Staff; the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency; and the Inspector-General of Police among other senior officials. A statement from the Presidency, issued by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, urged the new working group to collaborate “assiduously” with their U.S. counterparts to operationalise all security agreements recently reached in Washington, DC.
The formation of the group follows a high-level Nigerian delegation’s visit to the U.S., during which both countries reportedly agreed on new cooperative strategies to confront terrorism, insurgency, arms trafficking, intelligence sharing, and other security threats affecting Nigeria and the region.
Analysts see this as a strategic signal that Abuja is doubling down on international partnerships to complement domestic reforms and legislative actions such as the Senate’s recent push to tighten anti-kidnapping laws in tackling the nation’s deepening security crisis.
