She explained that her pastor is Nigerian and that her personal connection to the country, combined with reports of attacks on Christian communities, motivated her to speak out.

Minaj questioned why the reported persecution had not received greater attention from celebrities and public figures.

“And I thought, why isn’t anyone making a big deal out of this, you know? And sometimes when things aren’t cool to talk about, people don’t talk about it.”

Nigeria continues to experience deadly violence involving jihadist insurgents, armed criminal groups and communal conflicts. Christian communities have suffered targeted attacks.

The overwhelming majority involved the Greek Orthodox Church, which recorded 362 incidents.

Another seven incidents affected Old Calendarist Orthodox Christians, four involved Jehovah's Witnesses, and one concerned the Anglican Church.

The documented offenses included burglaries, thefts, vandalism, sacrilege, grave desecration and other forms of profanation targeting Christian places of worship and religious property.

When Hamas invaded his kibbutz, Katsman sought refuge with his neighbor, Avital Alajem, inside a closet in her home's reinforced safe room.
At approximately 1:30 p.m., terrorists broke into the house and opened fire.

Katsman positioned himself between the gunmen and Avital, absorbing the bullets and saving her life.

"He was murdered. I was saved because he was next to the door and they shot him," Avital later recalled.

The woman, identified as Miriam, received government housing in 2024 after applying through social services in 2021.

When she attempted to register herself and her daughters at the address, municipal officials informed her that numerous other individuals were already registered there.

She continues receiving official correspondence addressed to strangers, including letters from public authorities.

Miriam was subsequently denied financial assistance related to her daughters' schooling because of the household income assessment.

She suspects that income belonging to the strangers registered at her address may have been included in the calculation.

"Anyone who breaks the law, and particularly anyone who attacks firefighters, teachers, or police officers, will face 3 certainties: The certainty of prosecution, the certainty of punishment, the certainty that the sentence will be carried out.

For foreign criminals: automatic deportation."

A Telegram group with up to 897 members discussed plans to target luxury stores, burn vehicles and dumpsters, and use Halloween masks and gloves to conceal their identities. One organizer declared: "The group is for looting the rich."

Participants also discussed attacking police officers in groups of 20, stripping them of their uniforms and equipment, using Molotov cocktails, smashing shop windows and reselling stolen merchandise. One message described the planned attacks on luxury businesses as "the heist of the century."

The threats follow Saturday's violent riots in Barcelona, which resulted in 128 arrests, including 72 minors. A total of 23 businesses were looted or vandalized, firefighters responded to 33 fire-related incidents, and 14 police officers were injured, four seriously.

Benkired also forced Lola to perform sex acts on her, then slammed her head against a shower wall.

Images shown during a court hearing showed visible traumatic injuries on her genitals. She also suffered 38 cut wounds on her back and neck before dying from asphyxia, due to being bound with duct tape.

Lola's body was later found in a suitcase near her family home.

Evidence later revealed a possible motive linked to North African folklore about "Zuhri" children.

Zuhri children are described to have traits like blonde hair and blue eyes, believed to hold supernatural powers for locating buried treasures.

Lola, with her blonde hair and blue eyes, fit this description. Rituals to "unlock" these powers can involve horrific acts, including human sacrifice, with one Moroccan incantation calling for the k*lling of a "white and blonde child".

Benkired's phone showed searches for "human sacrifice," and Lola's body bore occult markings, suggesting a ritualistic intent.

After her murder, Lola’s father drank himself to death.

"He drank from morning to night" and "died of grief" in February of 2024, devastated by "his demons", Lola's mother said.

Benkired was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of seeking early release for at least 30 years, becoming the first woman in France to receive this sentence.