Nigeria Is the Deadliest Place in the World to Be

President Trump named Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern (CPC)” in October 2025 because of the persecution of Christians, which is rampant in the West African nation, and the commonly occurring extremist violence.

He tasked Reps. Riley M. Moore (WV-02) and Tom Cole (OK-04) with the job of detailing what precisely goes on over there and what we are able to do to stop it. On Monday, the congressmen handed in their homework:

📢 President Trump named Nigeria a CPC due to the horrific persecution of Christians & severe security threats the nation faces.

He requested me to lead the investigation. On Monday, I delivered our report to the White House.@POTUS is reviewing our suggestions. So are you able to🧵 pic.twitter.com/UG104aLeZl

— Rep. Riley M. Moore (@RepRileyMoore) February 26, 2026

In a assertion posted on Riley’s web site, he said that numerous hours of work had gone into making ready the report:

This report is the outcome of months of investigation, including a bipartisan congressional fact discovering journey to Nigeria, hearings with knowledgeable witnesses, consultations with spiritual leaders, conferences with Internally Displaced Persons, and engagement with senior Nigerian authorities officers.

The findings? The allegations are true: Nigeria is a very harmful place to live if you’re Christian.

After many years of persecution, Nigeria is the deadliest place in the world to be a Christian. Christians are subject to ongoing violent assaults from well-armed Fulani militias and terrorist teams, ensuing in the death and homicide of tens of hundreds of Christians, including pastors and monks, the destruction of hundreds of church buildings and faculties, as properly as kidnappings. Blasphemy legal guidelines in Nigeria’s northern states silence speech and dissent, goal Christians and minorities, and justify so-called “convictions” without due course of.

First, we must be clear about the disaster.

Violence and insecurity in Nigeria impacts people of all faiths, but Christians bear the overwhelming brunt of the assaults and have suffered in silence for twenty years.

Christians are 5 occasions more probably to be killed than any other… pic.twitter.com/kNp1NC9jGn

— Rep. Riley M. Moore (@RepRileyMoore) February 26, 2026

Moore’s continues:

Christians are 5 occasions more probably to be killed than any other spiritual group.

Fulani militias and terrorist teams continually assault Christians: focusing on pastors and monks, burning faculties and church buildings, often on holy days.

They have killed tens of hundreds.

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What ought to the U.S. do to counter extremism and spiritual persecution in Nigeria? The report made a number of suggestions; listed here are the key ones:

• Establishing a bilateral U.S.–Nigeria security settlement to defend susceptible Christian communities and dismantle jihadist networks.
• Withholding sure U.S. funds, pending demonstrable motion by the Nigerian authorities to stop violence against Christians.
• Implementing sanctions and visa restrictions against people and teams accountable for or complicit in spiritual persecution.
• Providing technical help to the Nigerian authorities to eradicate violence from armed Fulani militias.
• Demanding the repeal of Sharia and blasphemy legal guidelines
• Working with worldwide companions including France, Hungary, and the United Kingdom

Nigeria responded to the report, mainly saying, “Why, we would never let such things go on here.”

In a assertion on Tuesday carried by the Nigerian paper Punch, Nigeria’s minister of data and national orientation, Mohammed Idris, harassed that his nation has never had a state coverage of spiritual persecution.

“The violence being confronted by our security agencies is not driven by government policy or religious bias, but by complex security threats, including terrorism, organised criminality, and longstanding communal tensions,” he said.

These are some concrete steps we are able to take, but it’s clear that a downside this advanced received’t be solved in a single day. Trump is correct, however, to call out the Nigerians on the world stage and shed mild on the persecution of Christians in that nation and others.

Too many other leaders would just like to fake it isn’t taking place.

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