"Nigeria is not a hostile country, Nigeria is a partner with the American government," an adviser to the Nigerian government said.

First pressuring South Africa, and now threatening Nigeria, President Donald Trump is letting US domestic politics steer his policy on Africa -- boding ill for foreign governments hit with his fury."It is incredibly irresponsible of President Trump to threaten military action,

Officials have accused the United States of foreign interference and called on Washington to support the country’s democracy instead of fomenting division.

The United States government has blamed “Fulani ethnic militia” for the alleged “genocide against Christians” in Nigeria. The allegation was contained in a position conveyed by the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in a terse statement following President Donald Trump’s decision to designate Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern.”

The secretary of state is responsible for deeming a country a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC). Other countries designated as CPCs include Burma, the People’s Republic of China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

The Nigerian government is facing renewed allegations of complicity in the Christian persecution plaguing its country amid the Nigerian army s publication of a social media post dismissing warnings

Forged by colonial lines that ignored its people, Nigeria now strains under insurgency, corruption, and oil politics as the military grinds on multiple fronts and voices like Ojy Okpe refuse to look away.

Rap superstar Nicki Minaj recently thanked President Donald Trump for shedding light on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.

“Immediately the youths escaped, the Fulani gunmen began shooting sporadically ... “We are calling on the federal government of Nigeria and the Plateau State government to arrest this young man named Umar Auwal Bakwankwashe for his comments on a ...