Nigeria

The Interior Ministry of Benin announced on Sunday that an attempted military coup against President Patrice Talon had been thwarted.

A top official in Nigeria condemned calls from prominent American and other human rights figures for the country to abolish the imposition of sharia, or Islamic law, on citizens regardless of religion, dismissively remarking, “we are not Venezuela.”

Archbishop Henry Ndakuba on Friday announced that kidnapped Anglican priest Edwin Achi had been murdered by his abductors, a month after he was kidnapped from his home in the state of Kaduna and held for ransom.

Nigerian Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar tendered his resignation on Monday, the office of President Bola Tinubu confirmed, amid a growing wave of jihadist violence against Christians in the country.

The World Food Program (WFP), an arm of the United Nations, warned on Tuesday that parts of Nigeria may face unprecedented hunger in the most perilous parts of the upcoming year, leaving as many as 35 million people facing “severe food insecurity.”

Yet another kidnapping of young Nigerian women by jihadis of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) was reported on Sunday. The wave of violence prompted the government of Nigeria’s Bauchi state to close all schools as a precaution, including both government and private institutions.

Rap superstar Nicki Minaj called for God’s intervention in the effort to rescue the captured Christian hostages in Nigeria. 

Nigerian Bishop Wilfred Anagbe testified before the House of Representatives on Thursday, detailing the “gory” violence Christians face.

The U.S. is mulling a host of options such as sanctions and Pentagon engagement on counterterrorism as part of a plan to compel the Nigerian government to better protect its persecuted Christian communities.

Another day, another anti-Christian attack by jihadists in strife-torn Nigeria. Multiple news agencies reported Friday dozens of pupils have been abducted by armed men from a Catholic school in the center of the country.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, who has denied the existence of persecution against Christians in his country, was obliged to postpone his trips to the G20 and AU-EU summits on Wednesday due to the ongoing crises of a mass schoolgirl kidnapping and a brutal jihadi attack on a church.

A church in rural Nigeria was attacked by jihadists Wednesday with at least two people murdered before the pastor and some worshippers were kidnapped, police and witnesses said. The attack comes just days after 25 girls were abducted from a boarding school.

Rap megastar Nicki Minaj praised President Donald Trump for “prioritizing” the issue of the persecution and slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, and thanked him for his “leadership on the global stage” in calling for action on this issue.

Pope Leo XIV offered prayers for the persecuted Christians of Nigeria during his public address on Sunday.

Nigerian police said on Monday that a swarm of armed “bandits” descended upon a girls’ boarding school in the state of Kebbi, killed one staff member, and abducted 25 of the students.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz praised rap superstar Nicki Minaj for using her platform to “spotlight” the persecution and slaughter of Christians in Nigeria.

Nigerian Minister of Information Mohammed Idris reportedly declared on Thursday that the country’s advertising and marketing executives have a “crucial responsibility” to make Nigeria look good, particularly given recent global attention on the ongoing genocide of Christians in the Middle Belt region.

Multiple Nigerian newspapers reported on an incident on Wednesday in which the Nigerian military attacked peaceful protesters organizing to demand that the government act to protect civilians from genocidal jihadist attacks, which have persisted for over a decade with little government interest.

Nigerian Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) conceded in remarks on Tuesday that President Donald Trump “told the truth” when he denounced a genocide of Christians in the country, asking those outraged by the American’s remarks to channel that anger into fixing the problem.

Nigeria’s most prominent Muslim organization, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), blamed “pro-Israeli actors” on Sunday for the growing international alarm at the Christian genocide happening in the country. It further alleged the genocide itself is “fake” contrary to extensive evidence of slaughter and displacement.

Violent attacks targeting Christian communities occur in Nigeria about eight times a day on average and the government has been “largely ineffective” at stopping them, Ryan Brown, the CEO of the Christian aid organization Open Doors, told Breitbart News.

Workers at a displaced persons camp in Benue state, Nigeria, denounced the discovery of trash disposals full of fetuses.

The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday produced a report that found $303 billion in oil revenue from the past ten years is missing, much of it attributed to oil thieves who tap into pipelines and sell their stolen crude on the black market.

Nigeria’s Premium Times newspaper reported on Thursday, in the context of the federal government claiming to release over 500 hostages from “bandit” captivity, that the government has threatened locals plagued by jihadist violence with arrest if they speak publicly on the slaughter.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu said on Tuesday that he regarded President Donald Trump’s expression of concern for oppressed Christians as a “threat,” and that confronting violent extremists will make Nigeria “come out stronger.”

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning expressed support for the government of Nigeria on Tuesday, and claimed President Donald Trump was only interested in the slaughter of Christians as an “excuse” to interfere in Nigerian politics.

Nigerian military officials met to plan a response to President Donald Trump’s threat of military action against Islamist terrorists.

At least 17 Christians were killed in Nigeria hours after President Donald Trump designated the nation as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for ongoing attacks by radical Islamists, with local media reporting “fresh attacks by gunmen across communities in Plateau and Kaduna states.”

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu condemned President Donald Trump’s statements acknowledging the ongoing genocide of Christians in his country in remarks on Saturday, claiming they did not reflect “reality,” while a top adviser told local media Tinubu planned to meet Trump “in the coming days.”

President Donald Trump warned that if the Nigerian government continues to allow Christians in the country to be killed, the United States military “may very well” go into Nigeria “guns-a-blazing.”

Rap superstar Nicki Minaj praised President Donald Trump for intervening and taking the matter of the “mass slaughter” of Christians in Nigeria by radical Islamists “seriously.”

President Donald Trump has designated Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” for the ongoing mass murders of Christians by radical Islamists, directing the House Appropriations Committee “to immediately look into this matter” and stating that the United States “cannot stand by” while the slaughters occur.

The Vatican news agency Fides, in anticipation of the Catholic “World Mission Sunday” on October 19, published statistics on the world’s Catholic population revealing a boom in the number of faithful in Asia and Africa in particular.

The head of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON), a coalition of Anglican leaders opposing the liberalization of the Anglican Church spearheaded by leadership in England, announced on Thursday they would split from Canterbury, declaring itself the true leadership of the Church.