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He said on  Saturday he had asked the Defense Department to prepare for possible &#8220;fast&#8221; military action if Nigeria does not crack down on the killing of Christians.<br \/>Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu made his remarks during his first operational visit to Borno State, the epicentre of a 16-year insurgency that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria&#8217;s new army chief promised on Friday to step up military operations against Islamist militias in the northeast, days after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of possible military action if Abuja fails to curb violence against Christians.Trump last week designated Nigeria a &#8220;country of particular concern&#8221;, a list of countries that the U.S. says have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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