Nigeria, Aug. 14 -- The US State Department has approved the sale of munitions, precision-guided bombs, and rockets estimated to be potentially up to $346 million to Nigeria.

The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

According to the DSCA, the request was granted following the Nigerian government's request for a series of munitions, including the purchase of 1,002 MK-82 general purpose 500 lb bombs.

The Nigerian government also requested non-major defence equipment (non-MDE) items in the package, including FMU-139 joint programmable fuses, bomb components, impulse cartridges, high-explosive and practice rockets, integration support and test equipment, and the US con...