President Bola Tinubu is in a bilateral meeting with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday as part of his four-nation African tour.
Apart from Nigeria, Blinken is visiting Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, and Angola as he seeks to reinforce the US commitment to stronger relations with democracies in the subregion amid global crises.
The US top diplomat was received at the forecourt of President Tinubu’s office at about 6.55 p.m.
Among the top government officials who receive him are Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris; and Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake.
After the bilateral, he is due to have a joint press conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, before his departure later this evening for Lagos, where he will meet with the business community.
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