On Sunday, after Mr. Trump issued his initial threat against Nigeria, Ole Wale, a petrochemical engineer in Lagos, pointed out that many Christians had peacefully attended church in the city that morning. Mr. Wale, 32, said that the president and his allies had read too many “exaggerated” social media posts.
“It’s not true that we’re fighting against Christianity or that Christians in Nigeria are wary,” he said...

“Christianity is neither endangered nor marginalized in Nigeria,” he said.
Indeed, Nigeria is home to Africa’s largest Christian population, according to Pew Research, and is one of the world’s biggest. There are more than 90 million Christians in Nigeria, on par with Mexico and the Philippines.

While Christians may not be singled out, vulnerable Nigerians of all faiths have been forced to endured unrelenting violence.
Boko Haram terrorizes communities in the northeast, bandits kidnap people for ransom in the northwest, secessionist conflicts rage in the southeast and gunmen for hire roam the Middle Belt...

Some Nigerians said they hoped the attention from Washington would pressure their government to do more to stop the killings. After reading Mr. Trump’s social media post over the weekend, Bianca Comfort, 35, an entrepreneur from Abuja, the capital, said that she hoped Mr. Trump’s words would push Nigeria to fight terrorist groups like Boko Haram more aggressively, as the group resurges in the northeast...."