Reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has it that the Assistant Secretary of State of the United States for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Lee Satterfield, will visit Nigeria from today (Sunday).
According to a statement released by the US Mission on its website which was sighted by Africa Today News, New York, Satterfield’s trip will take place from March 17 – 22, 2024.
During the visit, the Assistant Secretary will reinforce the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to Africa by focusing on people-to-people connections between Americans and Nigerians.
Satterfield will also build on a recent visit by Secretary of State, Mr. Antony Blinken to Nigeria.
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Blinken’s visit to Nigeria in January, according to the US State Department, was part of a bid to forge a united front with key African democracies as crisis engulfed the world.
According to the statement on the US Mission website, Satterfield will visit Abuja and Lagos State during her visit.
The statement read, “From March 17-22, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield will travel to Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria.
“While in Nigeria, Assistant Secretary Satterfield will advance key bilateral priorities, including expanding access to education and bolstering economic opportunities through the creative arts.
“Assistant Secretary Satterfield’s trip to Nigeria builds on a recent visit by Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken and reinforces the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to Africa by focusing on people-to-people connections between Americans and Nigerians.”
In another report, no fewer than fourteen lifeless bodies of killed soldiers have been recovered by soldiers of the joint task force under the supervision of the General Officer Commanding 6 division Nigerian Army, Major General Jamal Abdussalam, at Okuama community, in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.
Some of the recovered corpses were said to have been beheaded, while the stomachs and hearts of others were ripped off.
At the NDDC jetty in the coastal Delta community, the bodies of the commanding officer and the two killed majors were seen floating by the river bank as others were separated on land.