U.S. and Nigeria senior military and government leaders including U.S. Air Force Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander, U.S. Africa Command; U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Garric Banfield, command senior enlisted leader, AFRICOM; U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Semira Moore, acting senior defense official/defense attaché, U.S. Embassy Abuja; Keith Heffern, chargé d’affaires, U.S. Embassy Abuja; Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria’s national security advisor; retired Nigeria Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa, Nigeria’s minister of defence; Nigeria Army Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, Nigeria’s chief of defence staff; Nigeria Army Lt. Gen. Waidi Shaibu, Nigeria’s chief of Army staff; Nigeria Army Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Akomaye Parker Undiandeye, chief of defence intelligence, and Nigeria Army Maj. Gen. Ojogbane Adegbe, director of foreign liaison, Nigeria Defence Intelligence Agency, pose for a photograph outside of the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja, Nigeria, Feb. 9, 2026. Senior U.S. and Nigerian military and government officials came together to deepen their security partnership and to discuss ways to develop real-world training, joint exercises and other unique capabilities that only the United States can provide. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kenneth Tucceri)
| Date Taken: | 02.08.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 02.10.2026 02:06 |
| Photo ID: | 9515037 |
| VIRIN: | 260208-A-CK565-3177 |
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