Nigeria, Nov. 1 -- President Bola Tinubu has rejected allegations of Christian genocide in Nigeria, stating that the country strictly upholds the constitutional guarantees of religious liberty.

In a statement he personally signed on Friday, Mr Tinubu kicked against the claim of an existential threat to the Nigerian Christian faith made by US President Donald Trump.

He refuted the claim of widespread religious intolerance in Nigeria, saying such portrayals "do not reflect our national reality," and emphasising that Nigeria "opposes religious persecution and does not encourage it."

"Religious freedom and tolerance have been a core tenet of our collective identity and shall always remain so," he said.

On Friday, the US designated Nigeria...