US Diplomat and Rap Star Nicki Minaj Slam Attacks on Nigerian Christians

A top American official and the singer Nicki Minaj have spoken out against deadly strikes on Christian groups in Nigeria. They made their points at a United Nations meeting on Tuesday night about fighting faith-based harm around the world.

The session, called “Stopping Faith Attacks and Christian Deaths in Nigeria,” zeroed in on raids that hit churches and families. The US envoy to the UN, Michael Waltz, called the killings a planned wipeout hidden as random mess. He painted a grim picture of fires in churches in the middle and northern parts of the country, parents grieving kids killed for hymns like Amazing Grace, priests losing their heads for Bible talks, and whole towns waking to bullets just for praying to Jesus. He added that some face jail for wearing a cross under rules against insulting faith.

Waltz pointed to a fresh grab of 25 schoolgirls the day before as part of the pattern. He backed a report from a rights group that says Nigeria sees eight in ten attacks on Christians worldwide. He praised the US leader for making this a top issue, unlike past bosses, by pulling global figures to the UN in 2019 to spotlight the pain and setting up a team to guard believers everywhere. “Safeguarding Christians is no game of power—it’s a clear duty,” Waltz said. He hoped the talk would break the quiet from world watchers and push for real answers.

Minaj tied Nigeria’s woes to bigger fights for belief rights in many lands. She said Christians there get hunted, chased from homes, and slain, with holy places torched, kin split, and towns scared stiff over simple prayers. “This mess grows not just in Nigeria but across the globe, and it needs fast fixes,” she noted. She thanked the US leader for leading the charge to shield Nigerian Christians, fight wild radicals, and halt harm to those chasing their right to pray and live free. Minaj wished the gathering would spark team work so everyone can worship without fear.

The words follow the US leader’s claim of a full-on Christian purge in Nigeria and his plan to mark it as a prime worry spot for faith wrongs. Nigeria’s rulers reject any link to religion, saying the unrest comes from crooks chasing gain, not hate. US voices keep raising the flag anyway.