Nigeria now ranks 6 out of 66 on the 2025 Global Terrorism Index and the index does not even take into In recent years, more Christians have been killed for their faith in Nigeria than in all other places only a small sample of the persecution in Nigeria.  attempts to forcibly Islamize Nigeria. Therefore, I urge Congress to recommend CPC re-designation for Nigeria.

With elections set for January, President Tinubu seeks to clamp down on kidnapping trend in northern Nigeria An estimated 600 worshippers were kidnapped at a mosque in northern Nigeria last week. By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Nigeria has launched a hunt for hundreds of people kidnapped from mosques the growing threat posed by mass abductions in northern Nigeria. However, “terror will not cow Nigeria,” the Nigerian president insisted.

By Mubarak Aliyu Abuja, Nigeria – In December 2025, Burkina Faso detained 11 Nigerian Air Force personnel The incident underscored the widening political divide between Nigeria and the three Sahelian countries “The influx of bandits from the AES into Nigeria is something that had been ongoing since Gaddafi was This made Nigeria a target.” “I hope that it will not go beyond where it has gone so far. Nigeria shares a long northern frontier with Niger.

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< Back Nigeria Team Report: October 2025 Picture showing Shekau, former Boko Haram leader. mass killings Recent attacks attributed to Boko Haram continue to claim civilian lives in northeastern Nigeria marked by kidnappings, killings, and community terrorization, underline the continuing human cost of Nigeria Policy Responses to Nigeria’s Alleged Christian Genocide The persecution of Christian minorities in Nigeria Thus, religious conflict in Nigeria bares significantly more nuance than is given credit for, with ethnic

< Back Nigeria Team Report: July 7th, 2025 Photo from the Daily Post Nigeria continues to face a severe massacres of Christians as a “Jihadist Genocide of Christians,” noting 8,222 killed in 2023 and calling Nigeria Sources such as Save the Persecuted Christians and Daily Post Nigeria highlight this trend. Truth Nigeria articles repeatedly highlight that while atrocities happen within view of military bases International Misrepresentation Save the Persecuted Christians, via Truth Nigeria, emphasized that global