Douglas Burton

I am an independent reporter covering war news and national security news related to West Africa. Open to news tips about breaking news in Nigeria.

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

Humbled and deeply honored to gain First Place Award by Catholic Media Association along with co-writer Beloved John in Birnin-Kebbi, Nigeria. The item was “Blasphemy Murder of Nigerian Christian Student.”  The story was published by Catholic News Agency. https://t.co/9eC487Ox5M

[judd saul @juddsaul]

You DC clowns are ridiculous. Not once have I ever advocated for the separation of Nigeria. You better get your facts straight or You may have law suit on your hands.

Only cowards like you take the judas $$$ from the Nigerian government to deny the genocide against Christians in the middlebelt of Nigeria.

Your lies and Roger Stone brokered Judas $$$ aren't going to succeed. Unlike you clowns, we have data, facts, and truth on our side. We don't send (mercenaries for hire journalists) to meet and dine with terrorists and sympathize with their cause.

Get on your knees and repent before the almighty God. You are doing Satan's work. You will face HIS judgment if you don't.

Why don't you take the 9 million dollars the Nigerian government gave you and actually help the victims suffering the attacks?

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

Easter Sunday was a massacre, too! https://t.co/Kv9NZ8CQrU

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

Islamization in Nasarawa. Call it what it is. https://t.co/dLqmeE9LF1

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

Jihadist expansion in Kwara. ⁦@USCIRF⁩ https://t.co/4mQ3UtgdTk

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

https://t.co/mNJTbovqfu. @USCIRF @CodyGLogan

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

Ethnic cleansing hollows out Christianity in Taraba State https://t.co/QVAW3ig3mM

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

@StephenOSEMWEGI Absolutely true! Shakespeare: The truth will out. A footballer and missionary talks to victims for a few weeks, and he says what Secretary of State Marco Rubio hasn't said in public, what SOW hasn't said, but they KNOW. https://t.co/EYi1Sy7xKV

[Stephen OSEMWEGIE @StephenOSEMWEGI]

BREAKING BOMBSHELL 🚨 : US Missionary who recently returned to America 🇺🇸 from visiting destroyed communities and rebuilding homes in Yalewata Community in Benue State, Nigeria 🇳🇬, blows Hot 🔥 on CBN News America .

“It's Fulani terrorists, the militia from the Fulani people that are going around killing and massacring, burning and kidnapping people, we need to deal with them... The Nigerian government is not doing anything to stop them; they are trying to cover it up." - Alex Barbir

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

@BiaPulse It won't work!

[Bia Pulse @BiaPulse]

Breaking News: Another genocidal killings of innocent Christians took place in Abande community of Kwande LGA of Benue State 48 hours ago, and life goes on as if everything is normal.

More than 20 people were killed on their market day and more than 40 wounded by the Fulani terrorists who carried out the attack.

The financiers and sponsors of the Christian genocide in Nigeria are, rather, trying to deflect us from the reality, and government officials with their propagandists are currently in Washington D.C making futile attempts to spin the narrative.

We must defeat the this terror and its enablers. This is the only option we have!
@realDonaldTrump @netanyahu @RepRileyMoore @tedcruz

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

@juddsaul The government has put its best foot forward by sending First Lady Olurunmi Tinubu to join the National Prayer Breakfast. She is a Pentecostal minister and a former Senator. Like the Clinton's they are partners in power, and partners in denial. But her charm tour is failing.

[Lara Logan @laralogan]

The merciless brutalization of an entire population. Shame on the apologists & deniers.

[Terrence K. Williams @w_terrence]

I NEVER FELT SO BETRAYED!

My Stomach is still Turning.

They Hired IRS agents to go after Americans just to give our money to Fake Somalian Day Care Centers

So many American Tax Payers can’t get a business loan or business grant

So many American small businesses closed down because they couldn’t get funding or any help

But the Somalians were given Billions of Dollars.

[Ọpẹ́olúwà @responficient11]

@SkyNews @YousraElbagir ‘One of the communities hit by the strikes has never reported any incident of terror.’

Well, maybe Terrorists don’t blow up their own homes??

The community Osama Bin Laden lived also didn’t report incidents of terror…that’s how it works, idiots. Stop defending terrorists!

[ISAAC @shodipo_olawale]

The description of ISWAP as “ISIS in Nigeria” is correct, but it is not the whole story. Nigeria today faces a multi-layered insurgency involving several armed Islamist groups, each dangerous in its own right, and sometimes even fighting each other.

1. ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province)
- The official ISIS branch in West Africa.
- Concentrated in the Northeast, targeting the Nigerian military and Christian communities.
- Operates as part of ISIS’s global network, with funding through ransom, extortion, and looting.
- Seeks to impose Islamic rule over seized territories.

2. Armed Fulani Militants
- Distinct from ISWAP, though ideologically aligned in hostility toward Christians.
- Responsible for the latest wave of killings in Nigeria, especially in the Middle Belt and increasingly moving southward.
- Attack Christian villages, churches, and communities, often with extreme brutality.
- Operate differently from ISWAP: less focused on direct military confrontation, more on community-level terror and displacement.
- Their mobility and spread southward make them a growing national threat.

3. Boko Haram
- The original Islamist insurgency in Nigeria, from which ISWAP split.
- Continues to attack Christians and communities, but also fights ISWAP for dominance.
- Known for mass kidnappings (e.g., Chibok schoolgirls) and indiscriminate violence.
- While weakened compared to its peak, it remains active and lethal.

Why This Matters
Nigeria is not facing a single enemy but a constellation of armed Islamist groups:
- ISWAP: entrenched in the Northeast, tied to ISIS globally.
- Fulani militants: spreading southward, devastating Christian communities.
- Boko Haram: still active, attacking civilians and clashing with ISWAP.

These groups are:
- All dangerous and must be defeated.
- Sometimes aligned in ideology, but not unified — they also fight each other.
- Together, they create a complex, overlapping security crisis that threatens national stability and risks genocide against Christian populations.

Conclusion
To speak only of “ISIS in Nigeria” is to miss the broader reality. Nigeria is under siege from multiple Islamist armed groups, ISWAP, Fulani militants, and Boko Haram, each contributing to mass killings, displacement, and terror. A sustained, coordinated campaign is required to dismantle all of them, protect communities, and restore peace.

[judd saul @juddsaul]

I was Right. @officialABAT Lied! 12 Christians slaughtered in Barkin Ladi. One of the exact areas I said was going to be attacked!
No One Listened! More attacks are planned. Do something!
@RepRileyMoore @realDonaldTrump @SecRubio @SenTedCruz
@MikeWingerii

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

It's happening
⁦@USCIRF⁩ ⁦@juddsaul21⁩ https://t.co/T4GKKupl5T

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

https://t.co/WAaeOZJpum

Mainstream media give cover to regime for genocidal attacks claimed as " REPRISALS"

@USCIRF
@HarrisFaukner Fox News

[Douglas Burton @Burtonwarnews]

@jcokechukwu Very important scoop by Luka Binniyat.

[J. C. Okechukwu @jcokechukwu]

BREAKING NEWS: 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾