Security analyst urges U.S. to expand police training programme in Nigeria Security analyst Kingsley Okafor has urged the United States government to extend and broaden its police training programme in Nigeria. He cautioned that letting the initiative to lapse could weaken ongoing security efforts as Washington deepens its military advisory role in the country. Okafor’s appeal followed the arrival of approximately 100 American troops at Bauchi Airfield in northeastern Nigeria on February 16, 2026. The deployment marks the first large-scale presence of U.S. military trainers in Nigeria in recent years. The exercise, overseen by the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), comes after U.S. airstrikes targeting Islamic State-linked militants in Sokoto State on Christmas Day 2025 and is part...