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Hours after the U.S. Christmas Day strikes on ISIS-linked targets in Nigeria, Nigerian officials signaled openness to continued American military involvement to counter what President Trump called “terrorist scum.”
The new campaign follows attacks in which radical Islamists had killed Christians.
It was Nigeria that provided intelligence for the US strike in Nigeria. We spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio twice: once 19 minutes before the strike and another time 5 minutes before it went on.
— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) December 26, 2025
– Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs. pic.twitter.com/P7ywtoCY9S
“I believe this is an ongoing thing and we’re working with the US,” Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar told Channels Television on Friday, adding “It’s a new phase of an old conflict.”
Tuggar said Nigeria provided intelligence to the U.S. for the strikes.
He noted that he was actively speaking with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
While the Pentagon has not formally announced additional operations in Nigeria, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on X earlier that there was “more to come.”
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