President Trump has reacted to the Christian genocide in Nigeria.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, CPC, in response to allegations of widespread persecution and genocide against Christians.
Writing on his Truth Social account on Friday, October 31, 2025, President Trump stated that Christianity faces a serious threat in Nigeria. The US leader also added Nigeria to a State Department watch list.
“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria,” Trump said in his post. “Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a ‘COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN’ — But that is the least of it.”
Trump added that he has directed Representative Riley Moore of West Virginia and Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma and members of the House Appropriations Committee to investigate the situation and report their findings to him.
“The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria, and numerous other Countries,” he said. “We stand ready, willing, and able to save our Great Christian population around the World!”
Meanwhile, Newsone reports that President Trump’s statement is coming after the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) had expressed deep concerns over the persistent violence and insecurity affecting Christians in several parts of the country, especially in the North, saying many communities have suffered “severe attacks, loss of life, and destruction of places of worship.”
In a press release made available to SaharaReporters, CAN had said the scale of killings and displacement facing Christians had reached alarming proportions and demanded urgent, transparent action from the government and security agencies.
The statement of the Christian body came amid concerns raised by Senators in the United States, who said Christians are being targeted by killings in Nigeria.
The Federal Government of Nigeria, led by President Bola Tinubu, however, has repeatedly denied such claims.
Earlier, U.S. lawmaker Riley M. Moore called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately take decisive diplomatic action against the Nigerian government over what he described as the “systematic persecution and slaughter of Christians” in the country.
In a letter dated October 6, 2025, and addressed to Rubio, who currently serves as U.S. Secretary of State, Moore said Nigeria has become the “deadliest place in the world to be a Christian,” urging the U.S. to “use all diplomatic tools available,” including halting arms sales to Nigeria and redesignating it as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) under the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act.
President Trump’s move comes after Senior Adviser to the U.S. President on Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, said that terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and ISIS have killed more Muslims than Christians in Nigeria.
“This is certainly unfortunate, of course, any incident, any loss of lives, those who know the terrain well know that terrorism has no colour, no religion, no tribe, people of all religions are dying from terrorists act,” he said.
