The State Department also recently announced it would restrict visas for Nigerians and their family members involved in killing Christians. But that is now diluted by Nigeria’s recent military operation in neighbouring Benin to help foil an attempted military coup. Like Gumi, but perhaps for different reasons, many would argue that Nigeria has what it takes, militarily, to defeat Boko Haram and other terrorist armed groups. In 2012, former President Goodluck Jonathan disclosed that Boko Haram sympathizers were in his government. If it was based on shared intelligence, how come Nigeria was rather reactive, given the time-lag between Trump’s tweet and the Nigerian Foreign Ministry statement on the airstrikes?

Source: GNN Liberia December 30, 2025 13:08 UTC