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

President Trump said "numerous perfect strikes" had hit Islamic State militants in the West African nation of Nigeria.

The bombing is the latest in a series of attacks in Nigeria's troubled northern region, where the country is battling multiple armed groups.

By Ben Ezeamalu, Idrees Ali and Daphne Psaledakis LAGOS, Dec 26 (Reuters) - By publicly cooperating with the United States on a Christmas Day airstrike, Nigeria's government may have averted humiliating unilateral military action threatened a month ago by President Donald Trump.

Professor Jason Johnson appeared on MS NOW on Saturday, where he suggested that the Trump administration's strike on terror targets in Nigeria was racially motivated.

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