Nigeria’s first lady says US strikes were a ‘blessing,' welcomes collaboration with Trump
This affects the entire country.
Nigeria and some U.S. lawmakers have not always seen eye to eye on terrorism and the violence affecting Christian communities in Africa’s largest nation. This week, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu arrived in Washington to clear the air.
America’s Christmas Day strike on Islamist militants in northwest Nigeria was a "blessing," Tinubu said, signaling that her husband’s government welcomes further U.S. involvement as it confronts insurgents and criminal gangs.
"The intervention of the U.S. was quite a welcome development," Tinubu told Fox News Digital during a week-long visit to Washington, D.C.
"Nigeria is looking forward to collaboration" with the U.S. onc security issues. "We are expecting that there will be more."
ANOTHER CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AT RISK IN AFRICA AS EXTREMISTS AND WAR TAKE THEIR TOLL
The fight against Islamist militants — whose attacks have included the kidnapping and killing of Christians and the desecration of churches — has become a focal point in U.S. political debate, drawing attention from President Donald Trump and some of his most vocal supporters.
Trump designated Nigeria a "country of particular concern" over violations of religious freedom. Tinubu and her husband, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have pushed back on that characterization, arguing that the violence plaguing the country is real and severe, but not limited to any one faith.
Gunmen believed to be Islamic extremists killed at least 162 people in Nigeria’s Kwara state earlier this year, torching homes and looting shops in Muslim-majority villages where residents were targeted for refusing extremist ideology — an attack that underscored how the violence now cuts across regions and religious lines.
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"Terrorist groups hide in the forest, and also bandits and other people are kidnapping for ransom," Tinubu said.
"We are concerned about our people’s safety," she added, pointing to steps taken by the Nigerian government, including a nationwide security emergency, plans to recruit 50,000 new police officers and the redeployment of more than 11,000 officers from VIP protection duties to conflict-prone areas.
Despite the negative attention, the U.S.’s focus on Christian killings kicked off conversations between Nigeria and the U.S., according to Tinubu.
"We have that attention. We have the conversation going. And we are expecting that there will be more. You know, it's going to yield better fruit for us, and both for us and also America."
During her Washington visit, Tinubu met with senior …
This affects the entire country.
Nigeria and some U.S. lawmakers have not always seen eye to eye on terrorism and the violence affecting Christian communities in Africa’s largest nation. This week, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu arrived in Washington to clear the air.
America’s Christmas Day strike on Islamist militants in northwest Nigeria was a "blessing," Tinubu said, signaling that her husband’s government welcomes further U.S. involvement as it confronts insurgents and criminal gangs.
"The intervention of the U.S. was quite a welcome development," Tinubu told Fox News Digital during a week-long visit to Washington, D.C.
"Nigeria is looking forward to collaboration" with the U.S. onc security issues. "We are expecting that there will be more."
ANOTHER CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AT RISK IN AFRICA AS EXTREMISTS AND WAR TAKE THEIR TOLL
The fight against Islamist militants — whose attacks have included the kidnapping and killing of Christians and the desecration of churches — has become a focal point in U.S. political debate, drawing attention from President Donald Trump and some of his most vocal supporters.
Trump designated Nigeria a "country of particular concern" over violations of religious freedom. Tinubu and her husband, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have pushed back on that characterization, arguing that the violence plaguing the country is real and severe, but not limited to any one faith.
Gunmen believed to be Islamic extremists killed at least 162 people in Nigeria’s Kwara state earlier this year, torching homes and looting shops in Muslim-majority villages where residents were targeted for refusing extremist ideology — an attack that underscored how the violence now cuts across regions and religious lines.
TRUMP TARGETS ISIS IN NIGERIA AMID WARNINGS SAHEL REGION IS BECOMING ‘EPICENTER OF TERRORISM’
"Terrorist groups hide in the forest, and also bandits and other people are kidnapping for ransom," Tinubu said.
"We are concerned about our people’s safety," she added, pointing to steps taken by the Nigerian government, including a nationwide security emergency, plans to recruit 50,000 new police officers and the redeployment of more than 11,000 officers from VIP protection duties to conflict-prone areas.
Despite the negative attention, the U.S.’s focus on Christian killings kicked off conversations between Nigeria and the U.S., according to Tinubu.
"We have that attention. We have the conversation going. And we are expecting that there will be more. You know, it's going to yield better fruit for us, and both for us and also America."
During her Washington visit, Tinubu met with senior …
Nigeria’s first lady says US strikes were a ‘blessing,' welcomes collaboration with Trump
This affects the entire country.
Nigeria and some U.S. lawmakers have not always seen eye to eye on terrorism and the violence affecting Christian communities in Africa’s largest nation. This week, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu arrived in Washington to clear the air.
America’s Christmas Day strike on Islamist militants in northwest Nigeria was a "blessing," Tinubu said, signaling that her husband’s government welcomes further U.S. involvement as it confronts insurgents and criminal gangs.
"The intervention of the U.S. was quite a welcome development," Tinubu told Fox News Digital during a week-long visit to Washington, D.C.
"Nigeria is looking forward to collaboration" with the U.S. onc security issues. "We are expecting that there will be more."
ANOTHER CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AT RISK IN AFRICA AS EXTREMISTS AND WAR TAKE THEIR TOLL
The fight against Islamist militants — whose attacks have included the kidnapping and killing of Christians and the desecration of churches — has become a focal point in U.S. political debate, drawing attention from President Donald Trump and some of his most vocal supporters.
Trump designated Nigeria a "country of particular concern" over violations of religious freedom. Tinubu and her husband, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have pushed back on that characterization, arguing that the violence plaguing the country is real and severe, but not limited to any one faith.
Gunmen believed to be Islamic extremists killed at least 162 people in Nigeria’s Kwara state earlier this year, torching homes and looting shops in Muslim-majority villages where residents were targeted for refusing extremist ideology — an attack that underscored how the violence now cuts across regions and religious lines.
TRUMP TARGETS ISIS IN NIGERIA AMID WARNINGS SAHEL REGION IS BECOMING ‘EPICENTER OF TERRORISM’
"Terrorist groups hide in the forest, and also bandits and other people are kidnapping for ransom," Tinubu said.
"We are concerned about our people’s safety," she added, pointing to steps taken by the Nigerian government, including a nationwide security emergency, plans to recruit 50,000 new police officers and the redeployment of more than 11,000 officers from VIP protection duties to conflict-prone areas.
Despite the negative attention, the U.S.’s focus on Christian killings kicked off conversations between Nigeria and the U.S., according to Tinubu.
"We have that attention. We have the conversation going. And we are expecting that there will be more. You know, it's going to yield better fruit for us, and both for us and also America."
During her Washington visit, Tinubu met with senior …
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