Tag: SHIITES
Shiite leader, El-Zakzaky, makes rare court appearance with wife
Leader of the pro-Iranian Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, who has been in Nigerian custody since 2015 after clashes between troops and...
Protest: Police confirm arrest of another 60 Shiites in FCT
The FCT Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 60 members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in the territory during a violent...
Police clash with Shiites in Abuja again
The Police in Abuja on Monday clashed with members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) after they stormed the National Human Rights Commission...
10 Shiites killed in clashes with police in Kano
At least 10 people were killed and several injured Monday when police opened fire during clashes with pro-Iranian Shiites in Kano, witnesses and police...
10 killed as soldiers, youths clash with Shiites
At least 10 people were killed and scores injured on Wednesday in violent clashes between Shiite Muslims, civilians and security forces across northern Nigeria,...
Amnesty International accuses army of killing 17 unarmed Biafra protesters
Human rights group, Amnesty International, has claimed the Nigerian military shot dead unarmed civilians before a march to mark the anniversary of the 1967...
Amnesty International wants probe of secret mass burial of Shiites in...
Claims by a Kaduna State official that Nigeria's military secretly buried 347 people after clashes with members of a minority Shiite Muslim sect should...
Shiites march in Kaduna, demand Zakzaky’s realese
Dozens of protesters carrying “Free Zakzaky” banners marched in Kaduna on Friday demanding the release of Ibrahim Zakzaky, the Nigerian Shiite leader who has...