Tag: Shiites
BREAKING: 9 killed as Shiites clash with police
Eight members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and one policeman have died during a clash between police and…
Shi’ites, youths clash again in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command on Saturday warned that it would deal with those taking the law into their hands.…
11 killed as youths, Shiites members clash in 3 states
Eleven have been reportedly killed across Katsina, Kaduna and Sokoto states, when Shiites members and youths clashed during their procession.…
Zaria clash panel again adjourns sitting
Femi Ad/Kaduna The Judicial Commission of Inquiry constituted by the Kaduna State Government to look into the clashes between the…
Shiites deny planning reprisal attack
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria, otherwise known as the Shiites in Nigeria has denied that its members were planning a…
Buhari disrespecting the rule of law – Shiites
zakz Shiite Muslims in Nigeria on Monday accused President Muhammadu Buhari government of flouting due process by detaining Sheikh Ibrahim…
Army economical with the truth, 750 missing in Zaria – Shiites
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has stated that the Nigerian army is not telling the truth by claiming that…
Confusion, anger over fate of Nigerian Shiite cleric Zakzaky
Supporters of a Shiite Muslim cleric in Nigeria are calling for his release, more than three weeks after he was…
Army kills 101, arrests 21 Boko Haram members
Femi Adi/Kaduna The General Officer Commanding I Mechanised Division, Army Headquarters, Kaduna, Major General Adeniyi Oyebade on Wednesday confirmed that…
Islamic group decries Buhari’s stance over Zaria massacre
An Islamic group, Media Forum of the Islamic Movement, has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on the Zaria massacre of…
Ban Shiites, traumatised community tells FG
The residents of Gyallesu in Zaria, Kaduna State, have called on human rights groups to look into the pains caused…
Shiites march through Kano marking killings
Hundreds of Shiite Muslims marched through Nigeria’s northern city of Kano to mark both the birth of the Prophet Muhammad…
Nigeria military killed hundreds of Shiites – Activists
Activists say Nigeria’s military has killed hundreds of, perhaps as many as 1,000, Shiite Muslims in what the country’s top…
Saudi calms sectarian tensions after deadly attack
Expressions of solidarity by Saudi Arabia’s Sunni leaders towards Shiites are helping to bridge a divide after an unprecedented militant…