Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Sunday arrived in Rome to take part within the Aqaba Course of Heads of State and Authorities Stage Assembly, specializing in the security disaster in West Africa.
The presidential aeroplane was stated to have landed on the Rome Fiumicino Worldwide Airport at roughly 7:20pm.
Recall {that a} assertion issued on Saturday by the Particular Adviser to the President on Data and Technique, Bayo Onanuga, stated the assembly will start on Tuesday and is scheduled to convey collectively Heads of State and Authorities, senior intelligence and army officers from African international locations, and representatives of intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations to debate the evolving security challenges in West Africa.
DAILY POST stories that the Aqaba Course of, a counter-terrorism initiative launched in 2015 by King Abdullah II of Jordan and co-chaired by Jordan and Italy, seeks to strengthen international cooperation towards terrorism and violent extremism.
In response to the assertion, the 2025 session will look at the rising threats in West Africa, together with the unfold of terrorist networks, the crime-terror nexus, and the overlap between land-based insurgencies within the Sahel and maritime piracy within the Gulf of Guinea.
“On the assembly, members will trade assessments of the present security panorama in West Africa and foster collaboration between regional and worldwide companions to deal with cross-border security challenges.
“Members may also develop methods to counter the fear risk on land and the ocean. The assembly will focus on concepts on the way to coordinate efforts to fight on-line radicalisation and disrupt digital networks that facilitate terrorist propaganda and recruitment.
“Along with attending the plenary classes of the Aqaba assembly, President Tinubu will maintain bilateral talks with different leaders to discover methods of addressing the rising security challenges throughout the subregion,” it added.
