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Tinubu Jets to Rome for Security Meeting

The summit aims to strengthen regional cooperation against terrorism and digital extremism, with leaders addressing the crime-terror nexus and maritime piracy in West Africa.

  • On Sunday, October 12 President Bola Ahmed Tinubu departs Abuja, Nigeria for Rome, Italy to attend the Aqaba Process Heads of State and Government Meeting focused on West Africa's security crisis.
  • A Saturday statement said the meeting will tackle expanding terrorist networks across West Africa, the crime‑terror nexus, overlap between Sahel insurgency and Gulf of Guinea piracy, and digital extremist channels.
  • Accompanying Tinubu are senior ministers and security chiefs, including Bianca Odumegwu‑Ojukwu, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, Nuhu Ribadu, and Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed, while Heads of State and Government will also attend.
  • Participants will pursue joint strategies and intelligence sharing to address maritime and land security challenges, while Tinubu holds bilateral talks to enhance subregional security coordination with regional and international partners.
  • Launched in 2015, the Aqaba Process was set up by King Abdullah II of Jordan and is co‑chaired by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Italian government, becoming a key platform in recent years to coordinate counter‑terrorism responses.
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worldstagenews.com broke the news in on Saturday, October 11, 2025.
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