7 h. ago Nigeria's Christians beg Trump for help before they are wiped out as bodies pile up and villages disappear

Veteran activist Emeka Umeagbalasi describes a campaign of killings, kidnappings and church burnings, and reveals how Donald Trump can stop Nigeria becoming an Islamic state.

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5 d. ago The slaughter of Christians in Nigeria that has sparked fury from Trump

As part of a social media rampage involving more than 30 Truth Social posts in less than three hours, President Donald Trump doubled down on his threats to launch an attack on Nigeria .

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7 d. ago Christians in Nigeria beg for US intervention... as Trump's threat interrupted the African leader's morning espresso

Trump had already designated Nigeria a 'country of particular concern,' but he took his condemnation of the situation in the country even further last week, threatening to send troops.

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7 d. ago Does Trump truly care about Nigerian Christians? Of course not – he just knows faith sells | Simon Tisdall

In a bid to exercise absolute power, today’s crop of authoritarian leaders is recruiting – and exploiting – believersDonald Trump’s crusading threat to invade Nigeria and save Christians from Islamist terrorists is typical attention-seeking. Surely even he must realise that unilateral US military intervention would invite disaster. And he’s got his facts wrong. The threat of Islamist terrorism is real, but it affects Nigerian Muslims as much, if not more, than Christians. There’s no evidence of genocide, contrary to the alarmist claims of US far-right internet warriors. Trump’s intervention was about politics, not faith.In speaking out, he was massaging a key domestic constituency, not acting from genuine, God-fearing concern for “our cherished Christians” in a land he’s never visited. Christian nationalist votes helped clinch Trump’s two presidential victories despite the obvious insincerity of his professed beliefs. His support among white evangelical Protestants is much higher th...

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1 week ago Trump threatened military action in Nigeria after Fox News wondered if he should ‘step up’ over treatment of Christians

‘Does this president need to step up and do more?’ Fox News’ John Roberts wondered on Friday, less than an hour before the president began posting about Nigeria on Truth Social.

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1 week ago Nicki Minaj thanks Trump for threatening military action against Nigeria over ‘slaughter’ of Christians

Rapper Nicki Minaj has praised President Donald Trump after he threatened military action against Nigeria for the “slaughter” of Christians

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2 w. ago What to know as Nigeria rejects U.S. military threat over alleged Christian killings

A Nigerian government official says the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump cannot unilaterally carry out any military operation in Nigeria over its claims of Christian persecution in the West African country

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2 w. ago Trump issues stark warning to Nigeria threatening military action with ‘guns blazing’

DONALD Trump has threatened military action against Nigeria, accusing the West African nation of allowing the “killing of Christians” by Islamist extremists. Trump’s remarks came just one day after he added Nigeria to the U.S. list of “Countries of Particular Concern” over religious freedom. Posting on his social media platform, Truth Social, the former U.S....

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2 w. ago Trump threatens Nigeria with military action over treatment of Christians: ‘Government better move fast!’

Trump designated Nigeria as a ‘country of particular concern’ on Friday

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2 w. ago Trump threatens Nigeria with military action over violence against Christians

US conservatives have alleged Islamist insurgents in the country are carrying out a genocide

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2 w. ago Trump threatens military action against Nigeria over killings of Christians

President Donald Trump has threatened military action against Nigeria if the government continues to allow terrorists to kill Christians.

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2 w. ago Trump said ‘radical Islamists’ are killing Christians in Nigeria. What’s the truth?

Trump announced he was adding the West African country to the State Department’s watch list

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3 w. ago Soho House billionaire has plans for 'grotesque' mansion in the Cotswolds refused after outrage from furious neighbours

Ronald Burkle, who owns celebrity hotspot Soho House, had sought to build a lavish six-bedroom country pile on farmland in the quaint village of Little Tew. But his plans have been scuppered.

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last month Ted Cruz claims ‘Christian mass murder’ is happening in Nigeria. But what does the data say?

US Senator Cruz is pushing for Nigeria to be labelled a ‘country of particular concern’

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last month A US senator claims 'Christian mass murder' is occurring in Nigeria. The data disagrees

U_S_ Sen_ Ted Cruz has been trying to rally fellow evangelical Christians and urge Congress to designate Nigeria as a violator of religious freedom with unfounded claims of “Christian mass murder."

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