President Trump has previously accused the Nigerian government of failing to protect Christians from jihadists.

“I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was,” Trump said

Trump claimed the group had been targeting Christians in the region. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In a Christmas evening post on his social media platform, Trump offered no operational details and did not specify the scale of damage inflicted or the number of militants targeted in the operation.

The US carried out strikes on Islamic State-linked militants in north-western Nigeria, targeting camps in Sokoto state near the Niger border. The US military said an “initial assessment” indicated multiple fatalities.

DUBAI, Dec 26 - The United States' strike against Islamic State militants in Nigeria at the request of the country's government has put the spotlight on the group, amid concerns that it is making a comeback after it was defeated by a U.S.-led coalition in the Middle East. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Trump stated that he directed the U.S. to carry out a “powerful and deadly strike” in northwest Nigeria against ISIS terrorists.

LAGOS >> By publicly cooperating with the United States on Christmas Day ‌airstrikes, Nigeria’s government may have averted humiliating unilateral military action threatened a month ago by President Donald Trump.

Few details were provided and it was not clear how many people were killed.

President Donald Trump says he launched a “powerful and deadly” U.S. strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria.

The U.S. recently designated Nigera a “country of particular concern” under the International Religious Freedom Act.

Washington DC: The United States on Thursday (local time) launched a "deadly" strike against the terror organisation Islamic State in northwest Nigeria,

The US carried out strikes against ISIS targets in Nigeria. It signals Trump's serious approach to defeating radical Islamist terrorism.

A Nigerian lawyer mentions three reasons Trump first bombed terrorists in Sokoto before any other state. His post went viral and sparked reactions from netizens.

A Muslim man addressed his fellow faithful on Trump’s bombing against ISIS terrorists in Sokoto. He shared why the US president’s action was not an attack on Islam.

A US soldier who recently went viral on social media for predicting Donald Trump's military action in Nigeria has gone viral again after making another prediction.

A Nigerian journalist has reacted to the recent attack on ISIS terrorists by the US government and urged US President Donald Trump to target five other locations.

US War Department thanks Nigeria for cooperation after air strikes targeting ISIS militants, deepening security ties amidst threats of further military action.