Nigeria - Travels of the
President - Travels - Department History
Nigeria
| Name |
Locale |
Remarks |
Date |
| 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 |
