The federal administration, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has committed to give the Nigerian Armed Forces more ability to deal with the country’s security problems.
Vice President Kashim Shettima underlined President Bola Tinubu’s strong resolve yesterday at a special Jumma’a Prayer at the National Mosque in Abuja, ahead of the 2026 Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day.
Channels TV said that the FG sets aside January 15 every year to honor the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN).
The country’s armed services recently changed the name of the January 15 holiday from Armed services Remembrance Day to Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day. This was done to better represent its twin goal of honoring current soldiers and remembering those who have died.
During the prayer, Shettima thanked the troops who died for Nigeria’s territorial integrity and the safety of its residents and their property.
The Federal Government (FG) reaffirmed its commitment to dealing with the country’s security issues after President Donald Trump of the United States threatened more air strikes if what he called “attacks on Christians” continue.
Trump indicated that if Christians are killed in Nigeria, the U.S. could launch more strikes there. This is despite the fact that the Nigerian government has disputed that Christians are being systematically persecuted, according to an interview with the New York Times.
When asked about Washington’s Christmas Day military strike in Nigeria, Trump said what he said.
At the time, the U.S. military stated it had attacked Islamic State extremists in northwest Nigeria at the request of the Nigerian government.
At the time, Nigeria declared that the attack was a “joint operation” against “terrorists” and had “nothing to do with a particular religion.”
“I’d like to make it a one-time thing…” Trump was cited as stating, “But if they keep killing Christians, it will be a many-time strike.”
When asked about his own Africa adviser, Trump added, “I think that Muslims are being killed also in Nigeria,” after saying that Islamic State and Boko Haram fighters were killing more Muslims than Christians. But most of them are Christians.
In late October, Trump started to say that Christianity is in “existential threat” in Nigeria and threatened to send in the military because he believed it wasn’t doing enough to stop violence against Christians.
Nigeria has faced ongoing security issues, such as violence and kidnappings by Islamist rebels in the north. However, the federal government has strenuously rejected that Christians are being systematically persecuted.
FG said that militants have killed a lot of both Christians and Muslims.
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