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| Re: We Are Ready For Action In Nigeria - US Defense Secretary Informs Trump by Safyqueen: 10:37pm On Nov 02, 2025 |
franchasng:You don't understand the context behind this Trump saga. Please think before commenting. You may even argue that the religion the alleged killers are sympathetic to is Islam but do they spare Muslims? Are Muslims vis-a-vis Muslim dominated state not suffering from the same menace? How would American bomb separate the 'christains' they wanted to come and rescue? Do you know that if the whole sambisa forest is bombed today, there will be more Christian casualties than that of Muslims? Majority of the towns around sambisa ranging from Damboa, Chibok, Askira, Uba are predominantly Christians living there since immemorial till now? Anyway I believe you are a teenager. |
| Re: We Are Ready For Action In Nigeria - US Defense Secretary Informs Trump by Agadinaagwuofe: 6:15am On Nov 03, 2025 |
Safyqueen:Stop gaslighting anyone it won't work. More than 66,000 citizens died during Buhari 8 years for a country not at conventional war is epic, with all the bombings in Gaza for years they are yet to get to that figured. Again 7,000 people have died only in 2025. Does this figure not making any meaning to you. The carnage has gone for long time and needs to be stopped. The deepest "salt to injury" is no one and I mean "practically no one" has been prosecuted for this carnage rather amnesty, more grandstanding and fighting with kids glove. This is online forum and nobody knows anyone here but in your sober think about all the killings especially regards to the affected. I do not care if it's Christians or Muslims but there should be heat for the leaders to do the right thing and safeguard people and if it will take intervention of US president, let it be so. PBAT needs to show serious concern and act to stop all these. The country is slowly sliding to be the most dangerous place to live. Seriously how you people still trying to twist this is heart wrenching. That's wickedness |
| Re: We Are Ready For Action In Nigeria - US Defense Secretary Informs Trump by CoolAmbience(m): 8:48am On Nov 03, 2025 |
Tenrack:Oga over 12000 people have been killed in the US this year alone from just gun-related murder, homicide etc. Where was your Trump? Abeg, make we get small self esteem! Trump cannot be allowed to talk over, insult and dictate to other countries. There are international laws. What has Trump done about the continued conduiting of Africa's patrimony, with the accomplice of his countrymen, to the US? Is that not a root cause of insecurity in Nigeria and Africa? Make e go meet him mate Putin na. |
| Re: We Are Ready For Action In Nigeria - US Defense Secretary Informs Trump by Tenrack: 8:59am On Nov 03, 2025 |
CoolAmbience:lol. I don't even care about all these. Make dem divide the country make we rest. |
| Re: We Are Ready For Action In Nigeria - US Defense Secretary Informs Trump by Safyqueen: 1:53pm On Nov 03, 2025 |
Agadinaagwuofe:You are talking on the right path. This is a patriotic call. But when you say 'christain' genocide, then one begins to wonder if Muslims lives does not matter. Tinubu through hajia Najatu Muhammad - that northern woman activist/politician has already said he has no solutions or plans on the prevailing insecurities if he wins and that he doesn't want to die. So if America can comes in as a true saviour, fine. But from history everyone knows American only works with their selfish interests. |
| Re: We Are Ready For Action In Nigeria - US Defense Secretary Informs Trump by omojeesu(m): 4:35am On Nov 05, 2025 |
Trump Is Not After Nigeria but China — The Hidden War for Nigeria’s Soul By Anngu Orngu I am following with deep interest the ongoing debates that are erupting over Donald J. Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for religious freedom violations. Many Nigerians, including analysts I respect, are rushing to interpret that decision through the narrow lens of Western imperialism or anti-Islam bias. Others are dismissing it as another of Trump’s theatrics; a foreign leader speaking loudly to his conservative Christian base. But as someone who is studying policy, governance, and environmental security — and as a Nigerian who lovws his country deeply, I am insisting that President Trump is not after Nigeria. He is after China. And Nigeria, whether we are realising it or not, is standing today as one of the hidden battlegrounds in the long-running strategic rivalry between the United States and China. Trump’s Silence on China and His Sudden Shift to Nigeria What is capturing my attention is how Trump is behaving immediately after his meeting with the Chinese President in Tokyo just some few days ago. He said nothing too detailed about the content of the meeting. Instead, he is stepping out and talking about Nigeria — about the mass killings of Christians, the destruction of rural communities, and the rise of religiously-motivated violence in the Middle Belt. To a casual observer, that shift looks random. But in the language of global diplomacy, it is a signal. You don’t move from Tokyo to Nigeria in one breath unless there is a linking thread. Trump’s intelligence briefings are showing that Nigeria’s crisis is being tied to Chinese economic interests. That is what many of us are failing to see. China’s Deep Hand in Nigeria’s Bloody Mining Economy We are not deceiving ourselves when we say Nigeria is sitting on gold. Real gold. And not just gold — we are sitting on columbite, tantalite, lithium, and other rare earth minerals that are vital to modern technology: electric cars, smartphones, satellites, even weapons. Whoever is controlling the supply of these resources is controlling the future of global power. China is dominating global rare-earth production and refining, but as its domestic reserves are depleting, it is expanding into Africa — and Nigeria, with a weak regulatory system and persistent insecurity, is looking like a prime target. Across Zamfara, Niger, Nasarawa, Plateau, Benue, Taraba states, illegal mining is exploding. Beneath the surface of that chaos is a powerful network of Chinese-backed miners, local collaborators, and militia protection rackets. In some communities, entire villages are being emptied out by attacks so that the land is being “freed up” for mining. A visit to some communities in Benue, Plateau and Nasarawa where the soil is carrying visible scars of reckless excavation. Locals are speaking of strange foreigners arriving at night and trucks loaded with ore moving under military escort. These are not fairy tales — they are the daily reality of a nation losing its wealth to foreign hands under cover of terror. Terrorism as a Tool for Resource Control We often view terrorism in Nigeria as purely ideological — a religious war or a clash of civilizations. But when we look closely, we are seeing that terrorism is becoming a deliberate tool for resource control. Groups that label themselves as herders, bandits, or insurgents are aligning with illegal miners. They are attacking Christian farming communities, killing or displacing the inhabitants, and leaving behind ungoverned zones/spaces ready for exploitation. Chinese middlemen and local cartels are moving in to dig, extract, and export. The minerals are leaving Nigeria illegally, ending up in Dubai, Hong Kong or Shanghai — enriching foreign economies while Nigeria bleeds. When Trump is talking about Christian persecution in Nigeria, many people are thinking he is pandering to faith-based voters. But he is also responding to strategic intelligence. His government is discovering that China is using Nigeria’s instability as a shield for illegal extraction — and that thousands of Christian lives are not being lost randomly, but as collateral damage in a global economic war. The Buahri Waterways Bill — China’s Trojan Horse We are remembering how, under President Buhari, the Water Resources Bill was being pushed. Nigerians from every corner resisted it and rightly so. On the surface, the bill seemed like administrative reform to bring all inland waterways and adjoining lands under federal control. But beneath that surface was something far more sinister. Those waterways; rivers, streams, wetlands are not just water routes; they are mineral corridors. Many of Nigeria’s richest alluvial gold and rare earth deposits are located along these river systems. By centralising control of the lands, the bill if pass was paving the way for foreign interests especially Chinese-linked companies to gain access through federal licences, bypassing state governments and local communities. I believe Chinese advisers and investors were quietly lobbying for that bill. They were seeing it as a legal shortcut to Nigeria’s mineral heartlands. Fortunately, Nigerians resisted it fiercely. But the attempt itself exposed how deeply Chinese mining ambitions are penetrating our policymaking corridors. Trump’s Intelligence Briefing and the Bigger Picture Now imagine Trump sitting in the Oval Office, reviewing a classified intelligence briefing ahead of his meeting with the Chinese President. The report might read: “China is funding illegal mining operations in Nigeria through proxies. Minerals are being smuggled to China. Terrorist groups are clearing Christian farming zones to open mining fields. Nigeria’s government is aware but failing to act.” If I put myself in Trump’s shoes — a man obsessed with America First, economic nationalism, and confronting Chinese influence, I see why he is doing what he is doing. That explains why after his meeting with the Chinese President he is saying nothing about the trade war or Huawei. Instead, he is focusing on Nigeria. He is not only expressing moral outrage, he is sending a geostrategic message to Beijing and Abuja alike: “We see what you’re doing in Nigeria, and we are watching.” The CPC designation thus becomes a diplomatic weapon; not just to defend religious freedom, but to pressure Nigeria’s leadership to confront internal terrorism, regulate its mining sector, and cut off China’s exploitation routes. It is also telling China that the U.S. will not silently allow Africa’s mineral corridors to slip into Beijing’s hands. The Blood of the Poor, the Gold of the Powerful As a development professional, I am telling ourselves that underdevelopment is not accidental. It is a system maintained for the benefit of those who profit from chaos. The violence ravaging Nigeria’s north and middle belt follows an economic logic. It is driving farmers away from ancestral lands, weakening resistance, and clearing the field for predatory extraction. In many of these regions, the victims are overwhelmingly Christian farmers. Their lands sit on mineral deposits. Their displacement often labelled as “herder-farmer clashes” is enabling illegal mining. Every truckload of gold leaving Zamfara or Niger without record is carrying stolen wealth plus the blood of innocent people. When Trump is referring to “Christian genocide,” it may sound dramatic to some. But to me it is truthful. He is naming what the rest of the world is refusing to name: a systematic campaign of dispossession combining religion, resource greed, and geopolitics. Nigeria at the Crossroads of Global Power Politics Nigeria is now standing at a dangerous crossroads. On one side is China — aggressive, patient, and comfortable operating in the shadows. On the other side is the United States — loud, moralistic, and determined not to lose strategic ground. Both are seeing our country as strategic: China for minerals; America for influence. For Beijing, Nigeria is a silent goldmine. For Washington, Nigeria is a partner slipping away. And for Nigerians like us, we are caught in the middle — a proud nation being turned into a chessboard for foreign powers. The truth is uncomfortable: our leaders allowed it. Through negligence or complicity, they permit foreign powers to profit from our insecurity. Every village burned in Benue or Plateau, every displaced farmer in Nasarawa, every illegal mining pit in Niger is part of the same global script — the conversion of African lives into raw material for foreign profit. What Trump’s Move is Actually Signalling Trump’s move is not hostility toward us. It is a wake-up call. He is using America’s legal and diplomatic tools like the CPC designation to jolt our leadership into action. He is highlighting the shootings in Plateau, Benue and Southern Kaduna not just out of empathy, but because those regions sit atop mineral deposits that feed China’s industrial machine. When he says “The persecution of Christians must stop,” he is also meaning “Nigeria must stop enriching our biggest rival through the corridors of instability.” His message, though blunt, aligns with what every patriotic Nigerian should demand: a state that protects its people, its land, and its resources. Nigeria Must Wake Up Nigeria cannot continue to live in denial. We must stop pretending our insecurity is purely domestic. It is not. It is being sponsored, exploited, and sustained by global powers who see profit in our pain. We must press for urgent reforms — a national mining framework that shuts down illegal foreign operators; a security architecture that protects communities; and leadership that understands that when a Nigerian village falls, the nation’s sovereignty is being stripped. We must draw the connections from the blood on our farmlands to the gold in Chinese vaults. From Christian families fleeing in the Middle Belt to the wealth fueling Asian factories. From the failed waterways bill to the shadowy corridors of global mining diplomacy. Conclusion President Trump is not after Nigeria. He is after China and Nigeria is just one of the theatres where this global confrontation is playing out. His warnings about Christian killings and religious freedom are carrying more than moral weight; they are linked to strategic intelligence. As a Nigerian, I accept his message not as an insult, but as a challenge — a reminder that sovereignty lies not only in our flag, but in how we protect our people, our land, and our resources. If we fail to act, the silent war between the United States and China will keep being waged on our soil — not with tanks or missiles, but with shovels, mineral flows, and human suffering. It is time for Nigeria to wake up. Anngu Orngu writes from Koti-Yogh, Ute, Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State. oranngu@gmail.com Babatundehy: |
| Re: We Are Ready For Action In Nigeria - US Defense Secretary Informs Trump by Babatundehy: 9:48am On Nov 07, 2025 |
omojeesu:If many Nigerians are capable of thinking just as half as this, then the leaders will not have the guts or even the intentions to eat out the state. Unfortunately, the "educated" folks cry because they do not want a system designed to keep them impoverished to be restructured, either because they fear change or benefit from the rot, the illiterates who mostly have been strategically made to be poor, are only concerned about the next meal, the next handout. The only reason why man is the most biologically advanced, is the brain, if the majority of those in a certain demographic who are supposed to be men but appear to be deficient in thinking, and making a unanimous decision towards a favourable future for all, act like goats, then cry to "God" and chant "sovereignty" they have never had, when those who see how persistently wasteful they have been, come for their resources, and help the ruling class fulfil their desires, permanently make its people poor, as it is in many African countries, it is always a fight between foreign powers, heads of states are installed, they do the bidding of the foreign power who got them there, and that involves making its people starve, and never able to get out of poverty, this present government takes it further, as has never seen in the history of the country, evidently successful in deleting the middle class. Let us all pray, and continue to think the fight is between Muslims or Christians, Hausa against Igbo, or Fulani against Yoruba and Igbo, the insatiable worms are from all the tribes, the agents of death and poverty are fully represented by all tribes, in the senate, the house of reps, and In the local government, the fight we need to win is against the government, those in the positions to make the country work are doing the exact opposite! |
| Re: We Are Ready For Action In Nigeria - US Defense Secretary Informs Trump by omojeesu(m): 10:50am On Nov 07, 2025 |
Thank you! Babatundehy: |
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