Security situation in Nigeria is worsening, especially in the North. It's a mix of communal violence, jihadism and organized crime aka 'banditry'. Much but not all of the violence is aimed at Nigerian Christians in the Northern provinces, primarily due to religion and primarily because Christians are a minority and considered 'Southerners', even if they belong to Northern tribes. They are vulnerable hence a prime target. The Nigerian military is dominated by Muslim Northerners, yet losing ground, and many of the jihadists, bandits and pastoralists/herdsman are armed to the teeth.
Trump Administration is preparing a heavy sanction packet and possible strikes to compel the Nigerian government to protect Christian communities. Allegedly people from within the US state apparatus have told Nigerian President Tinibu to sit still and not respond to Trump's earlier allegations and statements, Tinibu was told to wait it out until Trump's attention would switch elsewhere. That doesn't seem to have happened and plans are put forward, for now at least.
A few days ago over 300 Christian girls were kidnapped from a Christian boarding school in Niger State. This happened a few days after 50+ girls were kidnapped from Kebbi State. Today children were kidnapped in Nassarawa State. If not freed these girls will be distributed amongst jihadists fighters to serve as brides. Niger State is far from the traditionally hot jihadist area in North East Nigeria, meaning that the insurgency is spreading and central authority weakening elsewhere. Similarly several churches in the North have been attacked last week, the video below shows a church being under attack and the attackers eventually breaking in.
