US Congress votes to freeze all aid to ‘corrupt’ Nigeria despite ‘wonderful’ visit by Trump Africa envoy
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Presidents Bola Tinubu of Nigeria and Donald Trump of United States of America.© Rights reserved Published on July 16, 2026 at 15:00 pm (GMT +1) US Republicans in Congress voted on 15 July to restrict all US aid to “corrupt” Abuja just as the State Department’s top Africa diplomat was highlighting his “wonderful” meetings with top Nigerian officials, laying bare the internal contradictions and conflicting constituencies of US policy.
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