Lawmakers raise concerns about escalating violence against Christians in Nigeria

Trump’s threats of military action in Nigeria prompt closed-door talks

Defense chief met Nigerian counterpart following warning over violence against nation's Christians, say media reports - Anadolu Ajansı

Trump’s threat: US military invasion would endanger Christians - CSIS Africa Director

The Director of the Africa Programme at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, Oge Onubogu, has warned against any US military intervention to curb insecurity in Nigeria. Onubogu issued the warning on Thursday in the US Congress hearing by the House Subcommittee on Africa, to examine President Donald Trump’s decision to return Nigeria to the Country of Particular Concern, CPC, list. She noted that any unilateral US military ac…

Lawmakers sound alarm on ‘deadliest place on earth to be a Christian’ as Nigeria violence escalates

Congressional hearing debates Trump administration's response to anti-Christian persecution in Nigeria as State Department officials defend U.S. engagement strategy.

U.S. lawmakers question Nigeria’s will, capacity to curb violence

United States lawmakers yesterday issued stark warnings over Nigeria’s worsening violence, questioning Abuja’s capacity and political

Christians face escalating existential threats from extremist violence, Nigerian bishop warns

Nigeria remains the deadliest place on earth to be a practising Christian. More believers are killed there every year than in the rest of the world combined, a Catholic prelate from Nigeria told lawmakers in Congress on Thursday.

Convicting Nnamdi Kanu while Sheikh Gumi walks freely, clear case of selective justice – Nigerian lawyer

A lawyer and political analyst, Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo, has said the life sentence on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has exposed the disturbing reality of Nigeria’s two-tiered justice system that punishes some citizens with ruthless efficiency while shielding others who commit equal or worse offences in full public view. Omirhobo […]