Nigeria has rejected what it described as its portrayal as a “religiously intolerant” country, after US President Donald Trump directed the Department of War to prepare for a possible military intervention in Africa’s most populous nation over attacks on Christians by "Islamic terrorists. " Also Read | 'Guns-a-blazing': Donald Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria; vows to halt aid over Christian killings "The characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality, nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard freedom of beliefs for all Nigerians," President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said in a statement. Nigeria, he added, is a country with "constitutional guarantees to protect citizens of

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