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AFRICA NEWS

The acting President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan met with the United States President, Barack Obama, at the White House on Sunday.

The two leaders discussed the west African nation’s weakening security especially in the north and electoral reforms among others.

Jonathan is among more than 40 Heads of State invited by Obama to attend a two-day summit on preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.

According to the Times of Nigeria, the two leaders met for about 15 minutes, but no official statement was issued after.

However, sources said the status of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian on trial in the U.S. for attempting to blow up a U.S. airliner in December last year was brought up.

Jonathan also reportedly pressed Obama to remove Nigeria from the list of terror nations after disclosing that Abuja has met and exceeded American airport security requirements by installing scanners and approving the use of armed air marshals on all Nigeria-U.S. bound planes.