Nigeria, Nov. 2 -- The defence department of the United States, which President Donald Trump renamed the Department of War, said it is "preparing for action" in Nigeria.

The US Defence Secretary, the equivalent of the Minister of Defence in Nigeria, Pete Hegseth, said this in a post on X in response to a Saturday night statement by Mr Trump that the US would stop aid to Nigeria and would deploy troops to "completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists" killing Nigerian Christians.

PREMIUM TIMES reported Mr Trump's statement after the US falsely accused the Nigerian government of genocide against Christians in the country.

The Nigerian government earlier denied allegations of Christian genocide in Nigeria, following Mr Trump's claim that Ch...