Overview
- Minaj delivered the keynote at a U.S. Mission to the United Nations event focused on religious violence in Nigeria and called for urgent steps to defend Christians.
- She praised President Trump for prioritizing the issue and framed religious freedom as a universal right, saying communities live in fear because of how they pray.
- U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz invited Minaj after her posts on X drew his attention, and he introduced her at the New York event.
- The program featured testimony from Rev. Gabriel Makan, who described years of attacks in Plateau, Kaduna and Benue states and said communities have mass graves.
- Nigeria’s government rejects claims of a targeted anti-Christian campaign as experts note both Christians and Muslims have been victims, even as Trump’s CPC move and threat of penalties raise pressure.