Nigeria’s first lady says US strikes were a ‘blessing,' welcomes collaboration with Trump

Nigeria and some U.S. lawmakers have not always seen eye to eye on terrorism and the violence affecting Christian communities in Africa’s largest nation. This week, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu arrived in Washington to clear the air. 

America’s Christmas Day strike on Islamist militants in northwest Nigeria was a "blessing," Tinubu said, signaling that her husband’s government welcomes further U.S. involvement as it confronts insurgents and criminal gangs.

"The intervention of the U.S.