Rex Tillerson has been removed as the Secretary of State, ending a tumultuous tenure as America’ s top diplomat that was marked by a series of public disagreements with his boss — President Donald Trump .
Trump plans to appoint CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace the former Exxon Mobil chief executive . The president picked deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel to run the spy agency .
Just on Monday, March 12 , Tillerson visited Nigeria on the last leg of his official visits to Africa , being the first high -ranking official under the Trump administration to do so .
He met President Muhammadu Buhari during the visit , where they discussed issues of mutual interest to both countries .
