Tag: Shiite
Shehu Sani hails DSS for releasing El-Zakzaky
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the decision of the Department of State Services (DSS) to obey…
Shiites: IMN suspends street protests after proscription
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, has temporarily suspended its protests to call for the release of their leader, Ibrahim…
Shiite Protest: I-G orders 24 hours surveillance on FCT, environs
A statement by DCP Frank Mba, the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO) in Abuja said the I-G gave the order…
Shi’ite: FEC directs FCT Minister to summon security council
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has directed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Bello Muhammad, to summon…
Roadside bomb kills 3 Shi’ite pilgrims
Three Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims were killed by a roadside bomb as they walked to a holy site near the northeastern…
El-Zakzakky: Shi`ite group protest in Nyanya, Mararaba
Members of the Shi’ite Movement on Monday in Nyanya, a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Mararaba, Nasarawa state, protested the…
Army confirms 3 dead in Shiite, troops clash in Abuja
The Army has confirmed that three members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) or Shiite, died on Saturday, while…
4 Shiite members arrested for attacking Police in Zaria
Four members of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly called Shiites, have been arrested for attacking the police during a…
Shiite protesters ground Abuja Federal Secretariat
The police on Monday dispersed members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) from the Federal Secretariat complex in Abuja,…
Zakzaky: Police shoot teargas at protesting Shiite members
Nigerian police fired teargas for a second day Tuesday at protesters demanding the release of Shiite leader Ibrahim Zakzaky, who…
Shiite Vs Kano Govt.: Court adjourns suit until April 10
A Kano State High Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing in a suit filed by Aljafariyya Shiite Movement against Kano State…
NSCDC uncovers new factional Shi’ite group in Borno
The Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has uncovered a new factional sect of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN),…
Group should respect authority of security officials-Ganduje
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said that Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in Kano, popularly…
El- Zakzaky: Court adjourns hearing till July 13
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, adjourned hearing till July 13 in a case of enforcement of fundamental…
Shiite leader, El-Zakzaky is partially blind – Falana
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has revealed that the leader of Shiite Muslims in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky who has been…
Shi’ite members allege plot to repeat Zaria massacre
By Femi Adi/Kaduna The Islamic Movement of Nigeria also known as Shi’ite Sect on Wednesday said it has uncovered another…
Zaria Clash: Shiite members’ absence stalls panel’s sitting again
Femi Adi/Kaduna Members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as Shiite sect, again refused to appear before the Judicial…
Zaria massacre: Shiite members shun panel of inquiry
Femi Adi/Kaduna Shiite members on Monday refused to appear before the Judicial Commission of Inquiry, which hearing in Kaduna on…
Army/Shiite Clash: Forum demands release of students’ corpses
aky The Academic Forum of Islamic Movement of Nigeria has asked the Nigerian Army to release corpses of students allegedly…
Zakzaky is alive, recuperating from bullet wounds in Abuja – IMN
Leader of Muslim Shi’ites in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, are alive and are recuperating from gunshot wounds…
Sheikh Zakzaky, wife’s whereabouts unknown
Ibrahim Musa, president media forum of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria has raised alarm over the condition and whereabouts of…
Shiite members raise the alarm over fate of Zakzaky, wife
Femi Adi/Kaduna Three weeks after the army arrested and detained leader of Zaria-based Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as…
Shiite members debunk hostage report
Femi Adi/Kaduna Members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, otherwise known as Shiite sect on Sunday debunked allegations that the…
Police promise to investigate Army, Shiite clash
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Solomon Arase has promised to carry out a professional investigation into the recent clash…
Shi’ite/Army Clash: Northern govs hold emergency meeting
Northern Governors on Saturday held an emergency meeting in Kaduna to evolve measures to resolve the crisis between members of…
Lagos State website hacked, Shi’ites leave message for FG
The official website of the Lagos state, http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/, has been hacked and a message was left for the federal government…
CACOL condemns army’s attack on Shi’ites
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) has condemned the recent attacks and killings of the Shi’ite sect by…
Four killed as police open fire on Shiite protesters in Kaduna
At least four people were killed on Tuesday when riot police opened fire on Shiite Muslims demanding the release of…
Nigerian troops arrest Shi’ite sect leader, kill 2 aides
Nigerian troops arrested the leader of a minority Shi’ite Muslim sect and killed his deputy and chief spokesman in raids…
Saudi deputy governor transferred after Shiite killings
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday transferred the deputy governor of the kingdom’s Eastern Province, in the aftermath of an unprecedented attack…