Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- The United States will send an additional 200 troops to supplement the "small team" initially deployed to Nigeria, Wall Street Journal is reporting.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the US had sent a small team to assist Nigerian troops in the fight against terrorism.

The deployment, according to Reuters, was announced 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.

But in a statement last week, Nigeria's Defence Headquarters said the deployment was part of the bilateral cooperation between the US and Nigeria.

It explained that the cooperation is centred ...