The US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Nigeria next week where he is expected to meet President Muhammadu Buhari ando discuss cooperation on the fight against Boko Haram, the Nigerian economy and human rights issues.
State Department spokesman John Kirby said the Secretary Kerry will also travel to Kenya and Saudi Arabia for talks with senior government officials on regional issues.

“The visit to Kenya would focus on South Sudan’s peace process and Somalia’s political transition,” Kirby said, adding that “In Saudi Arabia, Kerry would meet senior Saudi leaders as well as counterparts from Gulf Arab states to discuss the conflict in Yemen.”
Daily Trust reports that Nigeria and the United States are cooperating in the areas of Security, Economic Growth and Development as well as Governance and Democracy under the US-Nigeria Bi-National Commission (BNC)