NICKI MINAJ WANTS TO MAKE NIGERIA GREAT AGAIN

Nicki Minaj’s headline-grabbing appearance at a U.S. embassy event in New York is being used to push Donald Trump’s claim that Christians are uniquely persecuted in Nigeria. It is a narrative that collapses under basic scrutiny; it is actually quite laughable, and yet it is already being weaponised to justify a new round of American meddling in one of Africa’s most important nations.

Minaj is positioned as a moral witness for human rights in Nigeria, even though she has never meaningfully engaged with the crises hurting her own region, from U.S. bombardments in the Caribbean to ICE’s relentless deportations of Haitians. She has never spoken about the poverty, homelessness, and hunger across the U.S. itself. Her sudden concern for Nigeria appears less like solidarity and more like a convenient platform in a political project she barely understands.

More importantly, her claim ignores the African Union’s own statements that most Boko Haram victims are Muslim communities in northern Nigeria. Her narrative also erases the real drivers of instability in the region. The rise of armed groups across the Sahel cannot be separated from the collapse of Libya after NATO regime-change intervention, nor from the circulation of foreign-supplied weapons. Even in Washington, Congressman Scott Perry admitted in a recent hearing that millions in U.S. funding ended up in the hands of terrorist groups, including Boko Haram. USAID has denied these accusations.

This is not about protecting Christians. It is about building public support for deeper U.S. involvement in a major oil-producing nation. Malcolm X warned that “the media is the most powerful entity on earth because it controls the minds of the masses.” The spectacle around Minaj fits that warning perfectly, turning celebrity soundbites into cover for another colonial geopolitical push.

Nigeria, a country of more than 230 million people, has internal challenges like any major nation. Yet, it does not need lectures or interference from outside powers with long histories of devastation from Afghanistan to Libya to Iraq. The message is simple: stop the misinformation and hands off Nigeria.