In a renewed push to enhance Nigeria’s security architecture through strategic international partnerships, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Wednesday held high-level discussions with the French Defence Attaché to Nigeria, Colonel Stéphane Useo, at the Army Headquarters in Abuja.
Boko Haram: Tinubu seeks French military intervention, support
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to France to step up assistance to Nigeria in tackling the escalating wave of violence in the country’s northern regions, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.
France’s standing in Africa still strong despite coups – Defence minister
Paris, Aug. 13, 2023 (Sputnik/NAN) France’s influence in Africa remains strong, and that is why recent coups featured attempts of manipulation aimed at undermining its clout, according to French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu.