Overview
- In a new video, Trump warned he could halt U.S. aid and "go ... guns a-blazing" to "wipe out" Islamist militants in Nigeria.
- The Times, citing the New York Times, reported the Pentagon was asked to draft options including airstrikes, drone strikes and embedding U.S. troops.
- Nigerian President Bola Tinubu rejected portrayals of religious intolerance and denied allegations of a mass slaughter of Christians.
- Human rights lawyer Femi Falana said the genocide claim is false, arguing many killings stem from banditry, ransom, and land-and-grazing conflicts in Benue and Plateau.
- Casualty figures and motives remain contested, and the White House dismissed online claims that Trump's video was AI-generated.