President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has received the United States Secretary of State, ANTONY BLINKEN at the State House in Abuja. 

ANTONY BLINKEN arrived at the presidential complex in a motorcade and had a meeting with President BUHARI in his office to discuss security issues facing Nigeria, especially terrorism in the northern region.

After the meeting, ANTONY BLINKEN headed to Vice President YEMI OSINBAJO’s office to sign some agreements between the US and Nigeria.

He also held a joint press conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, GEOFFREY ONYEAMA, before leaving the State House.

The US diplomat is on a three-nation tour of Africa and had first visited Kenya where he called for African-driven solutions to the continent’s crises.