BREAKING: Three Feared Dead As Police Open Fire On Shiites In Kaduna, Gombe …Sects Match In…
Also, reports have it that an unspecified number of protesters were shot dead by armed policemen in Gombe State.
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Shi’ites procession will be treated as terrorism, police warn
Reacting to the move by the Shi’ites to hold a procession which they said was in line with their religious obligations and constitutional rights, the force spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, in a statement on Monday, said the Inspector-General of…
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BREAKING: IMN Vows To Proceed With Procession Despite Ban
The procession is to mourn the massacre of the prophet’s grandson who was brutally killed on the 10th of Muharram which coincides with tomorrow, 10th of September.
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Send El-Zakzaky to us for treatment, Iran tells Nigeria
According to AhlulBayt News Agency, an Iran-based news organisation, Montazeri said this in a letter on Saturday.
Montazeri also criticised the Federal Government’s handling of the crisis, adding that El-Zakzakky’s current medical…
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igerian Shiites write U.S. not to sell weapons to FG
A Nigerian Shiite group, Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, has written to the United States government urging it not to sell weapons or any military hardware to the Nigerian government.
The letter, which was dated August 17 and signed by…
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US asks Buhari to release Zakzaky, punish soldiers who killed Shi’ites
The United States wants the Nigerian government to act on the Federal High Court, Abuja decision on December 2 that Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife should be released from prison within 45 days, as…
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Kaduna Govt. labels Shiite IMN an “insurgent group”, vows to prosecute El-Zakzaky
The Kaduna State Government has officially labelled the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, an insurgent group.
This is contained in a White Paper released by the state government on Monday in Kaduna.
“For all intent and purpose,…
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Breaking News: Court orders immediate release of Nigeria Shi’a leader, El-Zakzaky, fines SSS N50m
An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Friday ordered the release of the leader of the Shi’a Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
Mr. El-Zakzaky was arrested by the military on December 14, 2015, after a clash between…
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Shiites threaten to storm Abuja, demand El-Zakzaky’s release
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, otherwise known as Shiites, said on Monday that they would march on Abuja to protest the continued detention of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, in the Department of State Service.
They…
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