{"id":25526,"date":"2025-12-07T14:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T14:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=25526"},"modified":"2025-12-07T14:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T14:13:54","slug":"ribadu-hosts-u-s-congressional-delegation-seeks-stronger-security-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=25526","title":{"rendered":"Ribadu Hosts U.S. Congressional Delegation, Seeks Stronger Security Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Nigeria\u2019s National Security Adviser, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Nuhu Ribadu<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, has received a high-powered delegation from the United States Congress in Abuja, marking a continuation of last month\u2019s security discussions held in Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The delegation\u2014comprised of senior U.S. lawmakers Mario D\u00edaz-Balart, Norma Torres, Scott Franklin, Juan Ciscomani, and Riley Moore\u2014visited Ribadu to advance bilateral cooperation on counter-terrorism and regional stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Ribadu said Nigeria remains fully committed to strengthening its strategic security partnership with the United States, adding that both countries share mutual interests in tackling terrorism, instability, and transnational threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Richard Mills<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, was also present at the meeting, underscoring the significance both nations place on the ongoing collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Ribadu described the engagement as productive, expressing optimism that it will deepen trust, enhance coordination, and reinforce the shared pursuit of peace and security.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has received a high-powered delegation from the United States Congress in Abuja, marking a continuation of last month\u2019s security discussions held in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11248,8433,9198,65,1696],"class_list":["post-25526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-congressional-delegation","tag-partnership","tag-ribadu","tag-security","tag-u-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25526"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25529,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25526\/revisions\/25529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}