Anambra Governor Soludo urges US to avoid framing Nigeria’s crisis as Christian-Muslim conflict, cities insecurity in South-east, urges diplomatic engagement.

There are moments in international relations when the mask slips, when the pretence of good intentions falls away to reveal something uglier underneath.

Bill Maher, the US comedian and TV show host, said the Nigerian terror group Boko Haram has “killed over 100,000 [Christians] since 2009”, “burned 18,000 churches” and is “literally attempting to wipe out the Christian population of an entire country”. But it’s “unclear where Maher got his figures from”, said Al Jazeera.

Christian persecution in Nigeria has ramped up dramatically as Islamist militants burn villages and kill thousands of believers in targeted attacks across the country.

Perhaps comprehension, just like objectivity, has become a casualty in this debate, but I find it difficult to understand how anyone can claim that U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent statement on faith-based violence in Nigeria aligns with the sectarian agenda advanced by certain groups.

On December 25, 2011, when the Boko Haram terrorists bombed St Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Niger state, killing 37 worshippers, did you view it as an act of genocide against Nigerian Christians?

It is located between 2°40′ and 14° east longitude and 14° and 4° north latitude, in the west, it borders Benin, in the north with Niger, in the northeast with Chad, in the east and southeast with Cameroon, from the south, it is washed by waters of ...

The UK Supreme Court has delivered a landmark ruling on the currency of costs orders in Process & Industrial Developments Ltd. v. Nigeria [2025]