International pressure on Nigeria increased on Tuesday as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Michael Waltz, and American musician Nicki Minaj raised serious concerns about persistent attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria.

Both speakers highlighted the issue during a United Nations briefing on global religious freedom titled “Combatting Religious Violence and the Killing of Christians in Nigeria.”

Waltz described the widespread killings as “genocide wearing the mask of chaos,” saying recent attacks and kidnappings showed a disturbing trend targeting Christian groups.

He said churches in northern and central Nigeria continued to face violent raids, while families were forced to bury victims killed “for the crime of calling Jesus their Lord.” He also referenced the recent abduction of 25 schoolgirls in Kebbi State, describing it as part of a larger pattern of insecurity.

Citing reports from Open Doors, Waltz said Nigeria accounts for 80 per cent of all recorded violence against Christians worldwide, arguing that the global community must take the situation seriously.

Waltz commended former US President Donald Trump for consistently speaking against the killings, saying Trump’s advocacy “pierced the silence” surrounding the crisis.

Nicki Minaj, who also addressed the UN event, said Christian communities in Nigeria were being “driven from their homes, killed, and forced to live in fear because of how they pray.”

She noted that the problem was global but highlighted Nigeria as one of the worst-hit countries, urging coordinated action to protect vulnerable groups.

Minaj thanked Trump for prioritising the issue at international forums, expressing hope that renewed global attention would lead to stronger protection for persecuted communities.

The comments come days after Trump declared that there was an ongoing “Christian genocide” in Nigeria and suggested the country could be listed as a Country of Particular Concern under US policy.

Nigeria’s Federal Government has rejected such claims, insisting that insecurity is driven by criminality, economic factors, and banditry, not religious persecution. Despite this, US officials continue to express concern over attacks on religious communities.

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A United States lawmaker, Riley Moore, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of making “completely false” statements about the killing and persecution of Christians in Nigeria.

Moore said the president’s recent denial of targeted violence was aimed at protecting his political interests.

Speaking during an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Moore rejected Tinubu’s claim that Nigeria is not a religiously intolerant country.

He insisted that several states still enforce blasphemy laws that endanger Christians.

“Unfortunately, that is completely false,” Moore said. “There are states in Nigeria that have blasphemy laws.

People are facing the death penalty for blasphemy against Islam. I know President Tinubu is in a difficult position, and trying to protect his interests. But they are complicit to some degree for making statements like this.”

Moore referenced the case of Sunday Jackson, a Christian farmer from Adamawa, who was sentenced to death after defending himself from an armed herdsman.

The development comes ahead of a U.S. congressional hearing scheduled for Thursday to debate what lawmakers describe as widespread Christian persecution in Nigeria.

The session will examine recent killings, displacement, and reported attacks by armed groups across several states.

The hearing will be chaired by Congressman Chris Smith, head of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and a long-standing critic of the Nigerian government’s handling of religious violence

. Smith previously pushed for sanctions against individuals linked to attacks and recommended that Fulani-ethnic militias be classified under the Entities of Particular Concern (EPC).

Senior U.S. officials including Jonathan Pratt of the Bureau of African Affairs and Jacob McGee of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour are expected to testify. A second panel will feature leading global religious-freedom advocates and Nigerian church leaders.

Meanwhile, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has alleged that 99 Christians were killed in Nigeria between October 28 and November 11. The organisation also reported 114 kidnappings within the same period, blaming jihadist militant groups for the attacks.

The group’s findings were signed by its head, Emeka Umeagbalasi, alongside human rights lawyers Joy Igboeli and Ogochukwu Obi.

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