Trump's threats over killings of Christians in Nigeria and the US strikes
Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026
In November 2025 President Donald Trump threatened military action against Nigeria, saying its government was failing to stop the killing of Christians, and ordered the Pentagon to plan for it.[1][2]In late December the US carried out strikes in Nigeria that Trump said targeted Islamic State militants who were killing "primarily, innocent Christians,"[3] and in February 2026 US troops began arriving to train Nigeria's military.[4][5]
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In late December the US carried out strikes in Nigeria that Trump said targeted Islamic State militants who were killing "primarily, innocent Christians,"[3] and in February 2026 US troops began arriving to train Nigeria's military.[4][5]
Coverage over time
Share of tracked outlets · weekly (UTC)
52%0%
Oct 20252026this week
LeftCenterRightLighter bar: this week so far
Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 4 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.
Weekly counts, outlets and reports (7 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)
Left
Center
Right
Of tracked
Share
Receipts
Feb 16, 2026
3
4
4
11 of 178
6%
Feb 9, 2026
2
1
3
6 of 180
3%
Dec 22, 2025
18
33
21
72 of 139
52%
Nov 17, 2025
1
5
3
9 of 189
5%
Nov 10, 2025
0
1
5
6 of 188
3%
Nov 3, 2025
7
13
9
29 of 209
14%
Oct 27, 2025
6
14
9
29 of 174
17%
Latest coverage
The newest reporting in this story's record.
Feb 15, 2026 · first reported · Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Nigeria has long struggled with violence ranging from international terrorist groups to disputes between farmers and herders.[2] After his threats, the administration promoted efforts to work with Nigeria's government against the violence.[6] Following the strikes, the US said it would send 200 troops to train Nigerian forces to fight Islamist militants,[4] and about 100 arrived in February.[5]
