The move came a day after Trump designated Nigeria a "country of particular concern" over alleged violations of religious freedom.

Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Nigeria sparks local uproar after Binance founder CZ's post, since deleted, revived Gambaryan woes.

Nigeria has responded to President Donald Trump’s warning that the U.S. may go into the country “guns-a-blazing to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists” killing Christians and other groups.

Trump threatens military action against Nigeria over Christian persecution as Boko Haram survivor Paul Adamu speaks out in support of CPC designation.

The rap superstar said the president’s comments about the West African country gave her a “deep sense of gratitude.”

"Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria," Trump posted to Truth Social. "Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a "COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN" — But that is the least of it," he posted.

DAKAR, Senegal — Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday that his non-resident visa to enter the United States had been rejected, adding that he believes it may be because he recently criticized U.S. President Donald Trump. The Nigerian author, 91, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, becoming the first African to do so.

Nigeria will impose fines of up to 12 million naira ($8,200) and jail terms of up to 10 years on traffickers of ivory, pangolin scales and other wildlife in a sweeping new bill passed by its Senate on Tuesday.