On HBO’s “Real Time,” Bill Maher stunned his audience by stating: “I’m not a Christian, but they are systematically killing Christians in Nigeria… They’ve killed over 100,000… They’ve burned 18,000 churches… They are literally attempting to wipe out the Christian population of an entire country.”

Two guests who can take this beyond a viral clip into hard facts, names, and locations on the ground are:

• Judd Saul – American documentary filmmaker and founder of Equipping the Persecuted, a relief and security network serving Christian communities across Nigeria since 2011. Saul is currently rebuilding the massacre-ravaged community of Yelewata in Benue State, where his team is providing housing, security training, and early-warning systems to villagers who have survived jihadist attacks. He can provide up-to-date casualty numbers, attack patterns, and first-hand video documentation that corroborate the scale of killings Maher referenced.
• Franc Utoo – Nigerian human-rights attorney, Yelewata native, and recent CPAC USA 2026 speaker, who has warned that “7 out of 10 persecuted Christians anywhere in the world are in Nigeria” and that there is “a systematic, deliberate plan to obliterate Christians from that part of the world.” Utoo is pressing Nigerian and international authorities to recognize these attacks as genocide, and he can speak to both the failures and complicity of local officials “calling these terrorists our brothers” while villages are emptied and survivors pushed into IDP camps.

Why this matters now:

• Multiple independent reports estimate between 50,000 and 100,000 Christians killed in Nigeria since 2009, with at least 18,000–19,000 churches and thousands of schools burned or destroyed by Boko Haram, Fulani militants, and other Islamist groups.
• New attacks in 2026 continue to create what Saul describes as “a nation of IDP camps,” as communities like Yelewata, Mangu, and Bokkos are repeatedly razed while the world looks away.
• U.S. lawmakers are beginning to react: recent resolutions and hearings have cited Nigeria as “the biggest killing ground of Christians in the world,” yet policy has not caught up to the scale of the crisis.

Potential angles for your audience:

• “Beyond the Bill Maher clip: Is a Christian genocide unfolding in Nigeria?” – with Saul and Utoo fact-checking and expanding Maher’s numbers.
• “Rebuilding after massacre: Inside Yelewata’s fight to survive” – on-the-ground story of a village being rebuilt privately while government aid lags.
• “What will it take for Washington to call this genocide?” – U.S. policy conversation, with Utoo’s legal framing and Saul’s field data.

Judd and Franc are available immediately for TV, radio, or podcast segments, as well as print/online interviews. I’d be happy to coordinate a joint segment or individually so you can shape the narrative to your format.

Would you like to speak with Judd Saul, Franc Utoo, or both this week?