Abstract
In the cause of evaluating the US assistance to Nigeria in the first against Boko Haram insurgency in the country, the study succeeded in evaluating the bilateral military relations between two different administrations in both countries; that of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria and that of Barack Obama and Donald Trump of the United States. The study emphasized that the radicalization of the Boko Haram sect which heightened the state of insecurity in Nigeria, especially the northern part of the country arose international attention and interest which eventually made the US government to develop a special interest in the activities of the group. Though, the US have been of immense help to Nigeria in providing logistics, intelligence support, training and financial assistance to Nigeria to be able to combat the scourge of the terrorist group; the study is aimed at evaluating and ascertaining the effectiveness of the US assistance to Nigeria in the entire fight against Boko Haram insurgency sect, and the theory of dependency was adopted as the most ideal theory that suits the research. The study finally recommended among others that the US should increase its assistance to Nigeria in combating the daring posture of the Boko Haram sect through increase sales of military hardware to Nigeria, aviation training and incentivizing disarmament, demobilization and reintegration efforts in Nigeria as to put an end to the spate of insurgency in the country