US Launches Airstrikes In Sokoto State Nigeria

The United States Military has launched airstrikes against Northwest Nigeria

By Kazeem Kasali

December 26, 2025 1:17 AM GMT+1

The United States Military has launched airstrikes supposedly against ISWAP rebels in Northwest Nigeria.

The Airstrikes which were confirmed by US President Donald on his Truth Social Media account took place in Sokoto State.

The strikes came only a few hours after persons carried out a bombing of a mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital killing 8 worshippers. Nonetheless, the Maiduguri incident was against Muslims, not Christians. Borno State is in the Northeast and not the Northwest where Sokoto state is located.

The airstrikes also follows a series of events started off by an alleged genocide of Christians in Nigeria by Donald Trump on Truth Social Media.

His outrage was as a result of claims pushed by Senator Ted Cruz and Rep Riley Moore of an alleged Christian Genocide by Muslims in Nigeria.

Trump in his post on Truth Social Media also said more of the strikes will come.

He claimed that Nigerian authorities also gave the green light for the strikes.

The strikes also follows what was described as days and weeks of intense intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance flights over parts of the country by the US Military.

The flights reportedly originated from Ghana allegedly with the knowledge of the Nigerian Government.