Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- The United States military has confirmed that a small team of US forces has been dispatched to Nigeria, marking the first official acknowledgement of American troops operating on the ground in the West African nation since US airstrikes last December.

The deployment, according to Reuters, was announced on Tuesday by Dagvin Anderson, head of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), who said the move follows a mutual agreement between the United States and the Nigerian government to strengthen efforts against terror threats in the region.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that President Trump ordered airstrikes on what he described as Islamic State camps in North-east Nigeria.

While United States and Nigerian officials said the 25 December 2...