Nigeria is currently the most dangerous place to be a Christian, as there are more Christians being murdered there than anywhere else. Historically, their plight has received little attention, outside our friends over at Equipping The Persecuted. In 2024, President Biden snubbed the Nigerian Christians when updating the State Department’s list of countries of particular concern, although he rightly did acknowledge Azerbaijan in their update.
On October 31, 2025, President Trump designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern, the highest level for the State Department.
Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands and thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a country of particular concern. That’s a legal definition. When the Christians or any such group is slaughtered, like is happening in Nigeria, 3,100 versus 4,476 worldwide. What horrible numbers.
Something has to be done. I am asking Congressman Riley Moore, together with Chairman Tom Cole and the House Appropriations Committee, to immediately look into this matter and to report back to me. And I mean like immediately. The United States cannot stand by while such atrocities are happening in Nigeria and numerous other countries. It’s not only Nigeria, it’s all over. We stand ready, willing, and able to save our great Christian population around the world.
This is not going to happen. The killing of Christians is not going to happen.
It’s great to see American foreign policy seek to help Christians abroad rather than harm Christians, intentionally or inadvertently. It appears as though the Trump Administration’s efforts may cajole the Nigerian government to do something about the problem.
