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This Palm Sunday, reports from Nigeria indicate that at least 10 Christians were martyred in the city of Jos. Radical Islamic terrorists opened fire on the Christians before hacking them to pieces with machetes.

This is sickening and unacceptable, but it’s not surprising.

This tragedy follows a pattern of radical Islamic terrorists massacring Christians on Holy Days. In fact, terrorists have attacked Christians in Nigeria on every single holy day in recent memory, except for last Christmas — when President Trump sent 12 tomahawk cruise missiles to stop them.

Abuja knows this pattern and they must massively ramp up security for the Tridduum and Easter. If they don’t take this threat seriously and mobilize to defend our brothers and sisters in Christ, blood of these martyrs will be on their hands, and there will be significant consequences for Nigeria’s relationship with the United States.

Plateau Residents Defy Curfew, Storm Streets In Angry Protest Over Palm Sunday Massacre

Hundreds of angry residents in Plateau State on Monday morning defied the state-imposed curfew, flooding the streets in protest over the deadly Palm Sunday attack that claimed several lives in Jos North Local Government Area.

The protest, which took place at the scene of the massacre in Anguwan Rukuba, was captured in a live TikTok stream monitored by SaharaReporters.

The visibly agitated residents were seen chanting and demanding urgent government action, insisting that the imposition of a curfew was not a solution to the recurring killings.

“People are outside because of the attack that happened yesterday. They chased the security men because they are not doing any help right here,” one of the protesting residents said.

“Yesterday around 7pm to 8pm in the night, there is was no light so these people (suspected terrorists) firing, as in straight shooting on rapid, a lot of people have to flee for their lives.”

The demonstrators accused authorities of failing to prevent repeated attacks in the area, describing the curfew as both “unnecessary” and “ineffective.”

However, the protest was soon disrupted as operatives of the Nigeria Police Force moved in to disperse the crowd.

Eyewitnesses said the officers began chasing protesters while preparing to fire tear gas canisters.

The eyewitness added, “People are now running because the police want to shoot at us. They want to fire teargas.”

The protest follows a gruesome attack on Sunday evening when suspected terrorists reportedly dressed in military uniforms stormed Anguwan Rukuba and opened fire on residents.

As earlier reported by SaharaReporters, the gunmen invaded the community at about 8 p.m., shooting indiscriminately at people in what eyewitnesses described as a busy market area.

“This is my area. Gunmen came around 8 p.m. to Angwa Rukuba and shot randomly at people. It’s a market setting. People who saw them said they came in soldier khaki. They left many injured,” a resident, Nyam Isaac, had said.

Another eyewitness account circulating on social media also described the attack as sudden and brutal.

“Crisis in Jos: Gunmen attacked Angwa Rukuba Community, killing several residents in sporadic shooting. Tension gripped the area after the sudden attack,” the post read.

Amid the outrage, some Nigerians expressed frustration over what they described as the normalisation of mass killings in the country.

“Jos is under curfew tonight. Palm Sunday. Gunmen on motorcycles shot through a student community and killed at least 10 people. Over 40 dead in Plateau since Thursday,” a social media user, Kaptain Kush, wrote.

WATCH: Plateau Residents Defy Curfew, Storm Streets In Angry Protest Over Palm Sunday Massacre pic.twitter.com/sfAC66YeFq

— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) March 30, 2026

Plateau residents defy curfew, take to the streets in rage over the Palm Sunday killings.pic.twitter.com/caTI0flPng

— . (@lindaikeji) March 30, 2026

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US drones deployed to Nigeria alongside troops for intelligence, training

Summary
US troops provide training, intelligence support to Nigerian military

US MQ-9 drones now based in Nigeria for intelligence, not air strikes

No fixed timeline for US deployment in Nigeria -officials

LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has multiple MQ-9 drones operating in Nigeria alongside 200 troops to provide training and intelligence support to the military, which is fighting Islamist militants across the north, U.S. and ‌Nigerian officials told Reuters.

The troops are not integrated within Nigerian units on the frontline and the drones are collecting intelligence and not carrying out airstrikes, officials from the two countries said.

However, the U.S. deployment, which follows U.S. airstrikes targeting militants in northwest Nigeria in late 2025, shows the U.S. getting back involved in tackling Islamic State and al Qaeda-linked insurgencies that are spreading across West Africa.

The U.S. military previously had a $100 million drone base in neighbouring Niger with about 1,000 troops monitoring militants across the Sahel region, but that was closed in ⁠2024 after the Niger junta requested their departure, part of a broader rejection of western military support by countries in the Sahel region.

A U.S. defence official said the drones had been deployed alongside troops at the request of the Nigerians to collect intelligence. "We see this as a shared security threat," the official said.

Major General Samaila Uba, director of defence information at Nigeria's Defence Headquarters, confirmed that the U.S. was operating assets from Bauchi airfield in the northeast.
"This support builds on the newly established U.S.-Nigeria intelligence fusion cell, which continues to deliver actionable intelligence to our ‌field commanders," ⁠he told Reuters. "Our U.S. partners remain in a strictly non-combat role, enabling operations led by Nigerian authorities."

'IDENTIFY, TRACK AND RESPOND'

Uba said the timeline for the U.S. deployment in Nigeria would be determined in agreement by both sides.

MQ-9 drones, which are sometimes known as Reaper drones and can loiter at high altitude for more than 27 hours, can be used for both intelligence gathering and airstrikes.

Neither Uba nor the U.S. official would comment on specific cases where U.S. intelligence had ⁠led to the Nigerians targeting militants, but Uba said that U.S. forces were helping Nigeria "identify, track and respond to terrorist threats".

brain54:
Not only this religion makes people do crazy things...


Religion generally is an opium as karl Marx rightly put it.

Don't blame any particular religion... some other religions do worse.


People have died from eating grass and drinking petrol.


Anything practiced in excess/extreme is dangerous!

In Saudi Arabia, a pilgrim tried to strangle his sick father inside the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, claiming that if he died there he would go straight to heaven.

In a shocking incident in Saudi Arabia, a pilgrim was arrested after attempting to strangle his sick father inside the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. According to the man, he believed that if his father d+ed in the holy mosque, he would be guaranteed entry into paradise.

The authorities quickly intervened, preventing any further h+rm and taking the suspect into custody.

The incident has drawn widespread condemnation online, with many describing the act as a “sick culture and mentality,” raising concerns about d@ngerous interpretations of religious beliefs.

Everyone should watch this.

President Trump in 2017 explained exactly why Iran is a problem to America and the world.

"Beginning in 1979, agents of the Iranian regime illegally seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held more than 60 Americans hostage during the 444 days of… pic.twitter.com/4F8c8I9bKQ

— J (@JayTC53) March 16, 2026

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HacheNoire:
People like you disgust my soul because you not objective. Outside religion, you have no reasoning or conscience of your own.

So being anti Zionism, genocide and imperialism makes me a Muslim and being pro makes me a Christian?

Sigh….

HacheNoire:
Some of you just come online to expose your ignorance!

If you talking about TERRORISM, Sunni’s lead the pack and that is the likes of Saudi Arabia! Do you care to know why? Because they are the closest to the West and the US breeds them for menace!

Remind me again per CIA statement, which country did the funding for September 11 attack come from?