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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has opened the door for sanctions to be imposed on Nigeria for allegedly failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country.

Trump announced Friday that he would designate Nigeria “a country of particular concern” as it relates to religious freedom, a move that had been pushed by some U.S. lawmakers.

The designation does not necessarily mean that sanctions, which could include a ban on all non-humanitarian aid, will be imposed, but it is one step ahead of that.

“Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria,” Trump said in a social media post. “Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a ‘COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN.’”

The Nigerian government vehemently rejects the claims, and analysts say that while Christians are among those targeted, the majority of victims of armed groups are Muslims in Nigeria’s Muslim-majority north, where most attacks occur.

“The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria, and numerous other Countries. We stand ready, willing, and able to save our Great Christian population around the World!” Trump said.

Designating a “country of particular concern” under the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act is an executive prerogative that normally follows recommendations from both the congressionally mandated U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and the State Department.


The State Department usually releases its annual Report on International Religious Freedom in the spring, but has not yet done so this year. The report may or may not include “particular concern” designations, which can be done at any time. And, such designations, which authorize U.S. penalties, do not necessarily impose sanctions.

If this is true, it will be very interesting.

Let's see if sanctions will be applied to some Nigerians, especially the Muslims in the North or the entire Nigerians. Perhaps, it will be applied to only Tinubu supporters, then Trump will finally remove Tinubu and install pitobi as president.

I don't know why adults will sit down and start thinking of how to continuously cause mayhem in the country. Does a bandit give a rat ass which religion you practise before killing you if you fail to pay ransom? Idiots now say is Christian genocide. How about kidnappers killing in the south east. Do the kidnappers select religion before unleashing mayhem on their victims?

Karma is just a useless bitch. It has its way of getting around to perpetrators of evil and will sure get to them. Clowns should continue working very hard for crisis, as if the crisis will only consume few. Whatever the crisis in this country, the president family is very safe. You can only increase your insult to him, but of what consequences?

This was how they lied about Sadam Hussien having Chemical Weapons and ended up destroying the country but I am happy that there are a lots of Arab Migrants all over Europe and America today. 😁

Told lies against Gadafi.

Told lies against Fidel Castro.

ALWAYS TELLING LIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR MISCHIEVOUS GOALS.

Richtaiwo:
If this is true, it will be very interesting.

Let's see if sanctions will be applied to some Nigerians, especially the Muslims in the North or the entire Nigerians. Perhaps, it will be applied to only ti

May be they think America go give some people citizenship lol 😂.

It's all EMPTY THREATS.....the whole noise will soon die down.

The designation does not necessarily mean that sanctions, which could include a ban on all non-humanitarian aid, will be imposed, but it is one step ahead of that.

You can only call this a lie if you're not living in Nigeria. The killing of Christians in Nigeria is real and this is not the same with Iraq or Libya issue.
Has the FG done anything about the herdsmen going around with AK47?

Softmirror:
This was how they lied about Sadam Hussien having Chemical Weapons and ended up destroying the country but I am happy that there are a lots of Arab Migrants all over Europe and America today. 😁

Told lies against Gadafi.

Told lies against Fidel Castro.

ALWAYS TELLING LIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR MISCHIEVOUS GOALS.

madridguy:
You can only call this a lie if you're not living in Nigeria. The killing of Christians in Nigeria is real and this is not the same with Iraq or Libya issue.
Has the FG done anything about the herdsmen going around with AK47?

IPOB have killed uncountable Christians, so why is your emphasis on those who kill both Muslims and Christians.

madridguy:
You can only call this a lie if you're not living in Nigeria. The killing of Christians in Nigeria is real and this is not the same with Iraq or Libya issue.
Has the FG done anything about the herdsmen going around with AK47?

No, I don't agree it is real!

https://www.nairaland.com/8552303/tinubu-govt.replies-trump#137319326

Richtaiwo:
If this is true, it will be very interesting.

Let's see if sanctions will be applied to some Nigerians, especially the Muslims in the North or the entire Nigerians. Perhaps, it will be applied to only Tinubu supporters, then Trump will finally remove Tinubu and install pitobi as president.

I don't know why adults will sit down and start thinking of how to continuously cause mayhem in the country. Does a bandit give a rat ass which religion you practise before killing you if you fail to pay ransom? Idiots now say is Christian genocide. How about kidnappers killing in the south east. Do the kidnappers select religion before unleashing mayhem on their victims?

Karma is just a useless bitch. It has its way of getting around to perpetrators of evil and will sure get to them. Clowns should continue working very hard for crisis, as if the crisis will only consume few. Whatever the crisis in this country, the president family is very safe. You can only increase your insult to him, but of what consequences?

All these you’ve said doesn’t mean there’s no persecution of Christians in some parts of the country.

There is ethnic and religious cleansing happening in some parts of this country and it’s glaring.

Sheuns:
All these you’ve said doesn’t mean there’s no persecution of Christians in some parts of the country.

There is ethnic and religious cleansing happening in some parts of this country and it’s glaring.

Okay. And the killers have told you they are doing religious/ethnic cleansing? Or they don't have to tell you, but you already know. And they are also killing people of their own faith/ethnicity to cover up abi?

Well done.

Now that US has or will soon Sanction Nigeria for "ethnic/religious" cleansing, maybe US will now open its borders very wide for those "faith/ethnicity" being "cleansed" so they can go and be getting paid. Make una continue dey pursue shadow because of Tinubu.

Sheuns:
All these you’ve said doesn’t mean there’s no persecution of Christians in some parts of the country.

There is ethnic and religious cleansing happening in some parts of this country and it’s glaring.

Yes, there is, but the problem is that we fail to see US for who they are. Those people are not deeply interested in Nigerian Christians, bit only want to use that as an excuse to cause trouble here the same way they have done in some other countries that have deep natural resources they can exploit.

madridguy:
You can only call this a lie if you're not living in Nigeria. The killing of Christians in Nigeria is real and this is not the same with Iraq or Libya issue.
Has the FG done anything about the herdsmen going around with AK47?

for the first time seeing one of them laptop stand by truth. May truth set you all free from slavery

What can he do than to sanction Nigeria in some aspect which will reflect back to the common Nigerians including those who are celebrating this.

We don't care about Us sanction. Its when you are depended on others they can tell you what to do

The entire FIASCO is a joke.

And it's being amplified by DUMB Nigerians with grievances against the current administration.

First, the headline is RUBBISH.
There is NO Christian Persecution in Nigeria.

The FAKE NEWS machine of America is working overtime to manufacture the genocide.
First, it was a genocide of Christians. Now it's a persecution of Christians.

Liars!

Also, I couldn't stop laughing when I saw Nicky Minaj saying how happy she is that she's nallowed to practise her "religion".



Nicky Minaj that is basically a soft-core porn actress.
Nicky Minaj that many of their Christians in the US would BURN at the stake if they had the chance.

Despite all her money, she's still a Black Woman in RACIST America.
She lives like a THIRD-CLASS citizen in her country.

In fact, she's likely more PERSECUTED than any Christian in Nigeria.

Richtaiwo:
If this is true, it will be very interesting.

Let's see if sanctions will be applied to some Nigerians, especially the Muslims in the North or the entire Nigerians. Perhaps, it will be applied to only Tinubu supporters, then Trump will finally remove Tinubu and install pitobi as president.

I don't know why adults will sit down and start thinking of how to continuously cause mayhem in the country. Does a bandit give a rat ass which religion you practise before killing you if you fail to pay ransom? Idiots now say is Christian genocide. How about kidnappers killing in the south east. Do the kidnappers select religion before unleashing mayhem on their victims?

Karma is just a useless bitch. It has its way of getting around to perpetrators of evil and will sure get to them. Clowns should continue working very hard for crisis, as if the crisis will only consume few. Whatever the crisis in this country, the president family is very safe. You can only increase your insult to him, but of what consequences?

Let those disgruntled election losers promoted mostly by the rising sun people continue in their ignorance, na so they do during their so called Endsars to show President Buhari by cutting their nose to spite their ears.

madridguy:
You can only call this a lie if you're not living in Nigeria. The killing of Christians in Nigeria is real and this is not the same with Iraq or Libya issue.
Has the FG done anything about the herdsmen going around with AK47?

It is promoted propaganda by the election Losers.

You know your statement is untrue. Everything is not about politics.

buckeyemedia:
It is promoted propaganda by the election Losers.

Richtaiwo:
If this is true, it will be very interesting.

Let's see if sanctions will be applied to some Nigerians, especially the Muslims in the North or the entire Nigerians. Perhaps, it will be applied to only Tinubu supporters, then Trump will finally remove Tinubu and install pitobi as president.

I don't know why adults will sit down and start thinking of how to continuously cause mayhem in the country. Does a bandit give a rat ass which religion you practise before killing you if you fail to pay ransom? Idiots now say is Christian genocide. How about kidnappers killing in the south east. Do the kidnappers select religion before unleashing mayhem on their victims?

Karma is just a useless bitch. It has its way of getting around to perpetrators of evil and will sure get to them. Clowns should continue working very hard for crisis, as if the crisis will only consume few. Whatever the crisis in this country, the president family is very safe. You can only increase your insult to him, but of what consequences?

.taqyiyah is DOA in this case.. no matter how you deny it, twist it recalibrate it..the Karma that has been delayed since 2015 your darling daddy started the terrorism will eventually fall on tilumbu's head..& all those who have been defending the Apcish maladministration of terrorists..

..no matter the level of taqyiyah you were taught..know this this that delusion lies, deceit, propaganda has been exposed & fallen like a Pack of cards...

..your messiah tilumbu said there has always been a Christian genocide..aint you aware...?

Zero8zero Kemetian pulapower helinues

I hate to say I told you so,but can't help myself

When Trump started beating the drums of war in South Africa with his white genocide nonsense you were all over the place gloating and celebrating" the downfall of SA and the impending hunger of black SA and infrastructural destroyal of SA" ....didn't I tell your likes that he will work his way down the list of Africa. South Africa was obviously the ring -leader hence he first focused on us , as a warning to the rest of the negr'o world, but since you refused to listen .....you're next . Kenya that should be up next is already parading around with Israeli flags .

The difference between your own situation and ours is that the Boeres whom he wanted to use to get his filthy administration into SA are very patriotic people. Most see no other place as their home but SA and despise the thought of being refugees or migrants and naturally even with all their complaints about the current administration, they still wouldn't want to see Americans all over SA business ....because any smart group would know how that will end.... We would all end up with a Zim or Afghanistan with their blue-eyed blonde babies almost extinct ( Americans ain't going to protect none of us,but their focus would be to destroy the economy and ofcourse strategic infrastructure)...and then leave them here with the rest of us 😉.

Your "Christians " or abi na Jews , they seem to be falling for the trick . " Trump will sanction the bad guys" yeah like they did in Zim....was it the * few bad eggs* that ended paying the price or the majority of the citizens?
" Trump will invade Northern Nigeria " ....like they did " terrorist "Afghanistan, Iraq and them ? Yeah I'm sure ,only the Northern Nuslims will suffer hunger and chaos . The lack of patriotism and lack of both self respect and foresight will be the end of your people.

We managed to bend together and give Trump the middle finger in SA even with a the racial wahala we have .....let's see how you'll do🫡. You celebrated to quickly, hey ?

Lionessza6:
Zero8zero Kemetian pulapower helinues

I hate to say I told you so,but can't help myself

When Trump started beating the drums of war in South Africa with his white genocide nonsense you were all over the place gloating and celebrating" the downfall of SA and the impending hunger of black SA and infrastructural destroyal of SA" ....didn't I tell your likes that he will work his way down the list of Africa. South Africa was obviously the ring -leader hence he first focused on us , as a warning to the rest of the negr'o world, but since you refused to listen .....you're next . Kenya that should be up next is already parading around with Israeli flags .

The difference between your own situation and ours is that the Boeres whom he wanted to use to get his filthy administration into SA are very patriotic people. Most see no other place as their home but SA and despise the thought of being refugees or migrants and naturally even with all their complaints about the current administration, they still wouldn't want to see Americans all over SA business ....because any smart group would know how that will end.... We would all end up with a Zim or Afghanistan with their blue-eyed blonde babies almost extinct ( Americans ain't going to protect none of us,but their focus would be to destroy the economy and ofcourse strategic infrastructure)...and then leave them here with the rest of us 😉.

Your "Christians " or abi na Jews , they seem to be falling for the trick . " Trump will sanction the bad guys" yeah like they did in Zim....was it the * few bad eggs* that ended paying the price or the majority of the citizens?
" Trump will invade Northern Nigeria " ....like they did " terrorist "Afghanistan, Iraq and them ? Yeah I'm sure ,only the Northern Nuslims will suffer hunger and chaos . The lack of patriotism and lack of both self respect and foresight will be the end of your people.

We managed to bend together and give Trump the middle finger in SA even with a the racial wahala we have .....let's see how you'll do🫡. You celebrated to quickly, hey ?

That’s not true ma’am..

I’ve never be on Trump side for anything and I never celebrated his unfortunate action towards SA..

And regarding invading Nigeria, 10 trumps can’t invade Nigeria. After he’s done ranting, he’ll go back to normal. Right now, he’s insanely abnormal..

As for our lost Jews, those ones are battling with concentrated low self esteem. They’re not proper, mentally. Unfortunately for them, they’re insignificant in the scheme of things..

Lionessza6:
Zero8zero Kemetian pulapower helinues

I hate to say I told you so,but can't help myself

When Trump started beating the drums of war in South Africa with his white genocide nonsense you were all over the place gloating and celebrating" the downfall of SA and the impending hunger of black SA and infrastructural destroyal of SA" ....didn't I tell your likes that he will work his way down the list of Africa. South Africa was obviously the ring -leader hence he first focused on us , as a warning to the rest of the negr'o world, but since you refused to listen .....you're next . Kenya that should be up next is already parading around with Israeli flags .

The difference between your own situation and ours is that the Boeres whom he wanted to use to get his filthy administration into SA are very patriotic people. Most see no other place as their home but SA and despise the thought of being refugees or migrants and naturally even with all their complaints about the current administration, they still wouldn't want to see Americans all over SA business ....because any smart group would know how that will end.... We would all end up with a Zim or Afghanistan with their blue-eyed blonde babies almost extinct ( Americans ain't going to protect none of us,but their focus would be to destroy the economy and ofcourse strategic infrastructure)...and then leave them here with the rest of us 😉.

Your "Christians " or abi na Jews , they seem to be falling for the trick . " Trump will sanction the bad guys" yeah like they did in Zim....was it the * few bad eggs* that ended paying the price or the majority of the citizens?
" Trump will invade Northern Nigeria " ....like they did " terrorist "Afghanistan, Iraq and them ? Yeah I'm sure ,only the Northern Nuslims will suffer hunger and chaos . The lack of patriotism and lack of both self respect and foresight will be the end of your people.

We managed to bend together and give Trump the middle finger in SA even with a the racial wahala we have .....let's see how you'll do🫡. You celebrated to quickly, hey ?

You need to remind me where I was gloating and celebrating. I have never supported any of Trump's shenanigans and at no point have any reverence for the narcissistic supremacist sociopath occupying the white house. If anything, I felt embarrassed for his condescending interaction with Ramaphosa. There's a sort of similarity here, just as Elon Musk was the chief protagonist of setting Trump on a potential war path with SA, there are some political & religious elements within the country who see themselves as lackeys to Trump and are ready to bend over for him. Let me say this, I feel like Ramaphosa's going to the white house doused the tensions as it fed Trump's ego regardless how badly Trump might have treated him. And I can tell you the difference between Tinubu and Ramaphosa is the fact that Tinubu has a personality that will never make him run before Trump with his hands behind his back and cower before him. And suffice to say, all these are mere bluffs from Trump, Nigeria is not a country that can be intimidated or evaded. Although these rumblings will only propel the Govt to step up her game.

PulaPower:
That’s not true ma’am..

I’ve never be on Trump side for anything and I never celebrated his unfortunate action towards SA..

And regarding invading Nigeria, 10 trumps can’t invade Nigeria. After he’s done ranting, he’ll go back to normal. Right now, he’s insanely abnormal..

As for our lost Jews, those ones are battling with concentrated low self esteem. They’re not proper, mentally. Unfortunately for them, they’re insignificant in the scheme of things..

Louder 📢
This is just one of those moments the lost Jews build castle in the air, they will soon come back down to earth.

PulaPower:
That’s not true ma’am..

I’ve never be on Trump side for anything and I never celebrated his unfortunate action towards SA..

[b]And regarding invading Nigeria, 10 trumps can’t invade Nigeria. [/b]After he’s done ranting, he’ll go back to normal. Right now, he’s insanely abnormal..

As for our lost Jews, those ones are battling with concentrated low self esteem. They’re not proper, mentally. Unfortunately for them, they’re insignificant in the scheme of things..

Lmao @bolded. Ok na.

But I didn't mean invade as in ...put boots on your soil. But do what they did with your civil war...make one group slap another ,and cheer behind the " victim" to slap back ....and wallah! Then send missionaries to come in and" rescue" Christians in the North ( whom they will say are kidnapped and hidden in the fields ....burn the fields with with all the ripe produce and have the Southerners cheer ).....there goes the food the security of the country . Northerners in the South react....and have them chased out of the South...especially the Niger delta ( where most of the missionaries will be at to begin with ) . The "Northerners" will bomb the Porthocourt gaspipeline in retaliation .

Anyways, let's hop you're right ..... That none of you will take the bait and slap the other hard enough to inspire retaliation just as was the case prior to the war with Ejukwu's selective justice .

zero8zero:
You need to remind me where I was gloating and celebrating. I have never supported any of Trump's shenanigans and at no point have any reverence for the narcissistic supremacist sociopath occupying the white house. If anything, I felt embarrassed for his condescending interaction with Ramaphosa. There's a sort of similarity here, just as Elon Musk was the chief protagonist of setting Trump on a potential war path SA, there are some political & religious elements within the country who see themselves as lackeys to Trump and are ready to bend over for him. Let me say this, I feel like Ramaphosa's going to the white house doused the tensions as fed Trump's ego regardless how badly Trump might have treated him. And I can tell you the difference between Tinubu and Ramaphosa is the fact that Tinubu has a personality that will never make him run before Trump with his hands behind his back and cower before him. And suffice to say, all these are mere bluffs from Trump, Nigeria is not a country that can be intimidated or evaded. Although these rumblings will only propel the Govt to step up her game.

LMAO. You were always number one on every thread fooling the gullible among you to think that somehow because of 59 poor boeres that SA would collapse .

So you think Ramaphosa went to cower before Trump? . Actually he campaigned and won more support from the global South and Europe with that visit....proving that the current administration respects only bribes ,race and is obviously lead by the most mor*nic bunch who would go around taking pics of a war in Congo and lie that it was from SA. No one thought that Trump was going to be respectful with Ramaphosa but Ramaphosa with the white-studded team had to stomach everything else to show the true agenda of the orange man for all to see. He didn't care about white SA but wanted to use them as bait to get Europe to help him attack South African interests....it backfired. And lastly, Nigeria and SA don't carry or command the same attention, repect and interest in the world....that is why the Ramaphosa visit was one of the most anticipated globally. SA had slapped Israel with both hands in the public view of everyone and ofcourse with SA apartheid history and racial dynamics, BRICS involvement and it's G20 leadership...no way was SA going to maintain it's global standing by hiding or ignoring the blatant lies ...closing up that race- hole into SA that Trump wanted to use to sneak in and attack was more important as it is the number attack line by any foreign force against SA.

And South Africa is a country that can be intimidated and evaded ?

And lastly, Trump never invited Tinubu to the white to begin with...your statement would be believable if he had rejected the offer but Trump has not even mentioned him by his name in any of his rants , so basically he doesn't see him as someone he can use to send any message to any black leaders . But he is gunning for Nigeria( biggest population of blacks with oil) to use it as an example not Tinubu. Tinubu doesn't have that kind of standing that a racist would want to attack . He was ready to " invade" the Junta countries on behalf of Macron not so long ago...so he is more of an ally to racists than anything else .

Lionessza6:
LMAO. You were always number one on every thread fooling the gullible among you to think that somehow because of 59 poor boeres that SA would collapse .

So you think Ramaphosa went to cower before Trump? . Actually he campaigned and won more support from the global South and Europe with that visit....proving that the current administration respects only bribes ,race and is obviously lead by the most mor*nic bunch who would go around taking pics of a war in Congo and lie that it was from SA. No one thought that Trump was going to be respectful with Ramaphosa but Ramaphosa with the white-studded team had to stomach everything else to show the true agenda of the orange man for all to see. He didn't care about white SA but wanted to use them as bait to get Europe to help him attack South African interests....it backfired. And lastly, Nigeria and SA don't carry or command the same attention, repect and interest in the world....that is why the Ramaphosa visit was one of the most anticipated globally. SA had slapped Israel with both hands in the public view of everyone and ofcourse with SA apartheid history and racial dynamics, BRICS involvement and it's G20 leadership...no way was SA going to maintain it's global standing by hiding or ignoring the blatant lies ...closing up that race- hole into SA that Trump wanted to use to sneak in and attack was more important as it is the number attack line by any foreign force against SA.

And South Africa is a country that can be intimidated and evaded ?

And lastly, Trump never invited Tinubu to the white to begin with...your statement would be believable if he had rejected the offer but Trump has not even mentioned him by his name in any of his rants , so basically he doesn't see him as someone he can use to send any message to any black leaders . But he is gunning for Nigeria( biggest population of blacks with oil) to use it as an example not Tinubu. Tinubu doesn't have that kind of standing that a racist would want to attack . He was ready to " invade" the Junta countries on behalf of Macron not so long ago...so he is more of an ally to racists than anything else .

Lol, pls, don't do this. I know you're trying to be patriotic and cover the naked bu.tt of Ramaphosa but pls stop overreaching. Don't let's get into the details and reopen the mess, it's that bad. Atleast, now you can breathe, so continue enjoying the grace Trump has given you.

It has to be done at this point

zero8zero:
Lol, pls, don't do this. I know you're trying to be patriotic and cover the naked bu.tt of Ramaphosa but pls stop overreaching. Don't let's get into the details and reopen the mess, it's that bad. Atleast, now you can breathe, so continue enjoying the grace Trump has given you.

You're the one who is trying to cover Tinubu nyash here...the man is yet to be on Trump's raider and now that Trump is zeroing in on Nigeria, let's see how the tough Tinubu will slap that silly Trump around .


I hear he is even anticipating a meeting?

Lionessza6:


You're the one who is trying to cover Tinubu nyash here...the man is yet to be on Trump's raider and now that Trump is zeroing in on Nigeria, let's see how the tough Tinubu will slap that silly Trump around .


I hear he is even anticipating a meeting?

Yeah, it's called a meeting and not a summon. We knew how Ramaphosa quickly answered his Dad's summon.

madridguy:
You can only call this a lie if you're not living in Nigeria. The killing of Christians in Nigeria is real and this is not the same with Iraq or Libya issue.
Has the FG done anything about the herdsmen going around with AK47?

bro I thought you’re one of those APC data boys

😊😊I’m glad you’ve repented

Madrid guy don change oh
Him Dy counter new APC data boy

This is a national matter and not political or party matter.

Brownseen:
bro I thought you’re one of those APC data boys

😊😊I’m glad you’ve repented

Madrid guy don change oh
Him Dy counter new APC data boy