Overview
- Speaking at a U.S. Mission to the U.N. panel on Nov. 18, Minaj thanked President Trump, said Christians in Nigeria are being targeted, and urged urgent action.
- Trump declared Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” in an Oct. 31 post and has portrayed Christianity there as facing an existential threat.
- U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz invited Minaj after her supportive social posts and publicly praised her decision to spotlight the issue.
- Nigerian leaders, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the foreign minister, reject claims of a genocide or official religious intolerance, though at least one Nigerian senator backed Trump’s warning.
- Experts and reporting describe Nigeria’s violence as multifaceted and affecting both Christians and Muslims, and Minaj’s alignment with Trump drew fan blowback and media scrutiny.