Nigeria - Travels of the President - Travels - Department
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Nigeria
Name | Locale | Remarks | Date |
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William Pierce Rogers | Lagos | Met with General Gowon and senior Nigerian officials. | February 19–20, 1970 |
Cyrus Roberts Vance | Lagos | Accompanied President Carter on a State visit. | March 31–April 3, 1978 |
George Pratt Shultz | Lagos | Met with President Babangida. | January 12, 1987 |
Madeleine Korbel Albright | Abuja, Kano | Met with President Obasanjo, senior Nigerian officials, representatives of ECOWAS,
and officials and political leaders of northern Nigeria. | October 19–20, 1999 |
Colin Luther Powell | Abuja | Accompanied President Bush. | July 11–12, 2003 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton | Abuja | Met with Foreign Minister Maduekwe. | August 11–13, 2009 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton | Abuja | Met with President Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian National Security Council, and
Anti-Corruption Leaders. | August 9, 2012 |
John Forbes Kerry | Lagos | Met with President Goodluck Jonathan and presidential candidate Muhammedu
Buhari. | January 24–25, 2015 |
John Forbes Kerry | Abuja | Attended the inauguration of President Muhammedu Buhari. | May 29, 2015 |
John Forbes Kerry | Sokoto, Abuja | Met with local civic and religious leaders in Sokoto, and with President Muhammedu
Buhari, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, and northern governors. | August 23–24, 2016 |
Rex W. Tillerson | Abuja | Met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and Foreign Minister Geoffrey
Onyeama. | March 12, 2018 |
Antony Blinken | Abuja | Met with President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and Foreign
Minister Geoffrey Onyeama. | November 18–19, 2021 |