Nigeria

Nigerian opposition protests presidential election result

Mar 07, 2023 10:21

Supporters of Nigeria's Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have marched through the streets of the capital, Abuja, chanting and condemning the results of the country's latest presidential election.
Iran's energy minister hopes D-8 could return to its core missions

Mar 02, 2023 03:12

Iranian Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian says politics has overshadowed the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation as he expresses hope that the organization could return to its core mission which is to foster economic growth in member states.
Nigeria: Bola Ahmed Tinubu wins election

Mar 01, 2023 06:59

Bola Ahmed Tinubu from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the race to become the next president of Nigeria.
Nigerians vote in tight race to choose successor to President Buhari

Feb 25, 2023 08:42

Nigerians have voted to choose a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari amid hopes the next leader will steer Africa's most populous nation and biggest economy on a new course after years of worsening violence and hardship.
Nigerians hold rally to celebrate Iran's Islamic Revolution anniv.

Feb 11, 2023 02:20

Thousand of people in the Nigerian cities of Abuja and Kano held rallies and processions to commemorate the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran led by the late Imam Khomeini (God bless his soul) in 1979.
Some 14,000 Nigerians sue Europe's largest oil company over spills

Feb 03, 2023 03:29

Nearly 14,000 Nigerians from the oil-producing Niger Delta have filed a compensation claim against Shell, Europe’s largest oil company, at the London High Court over the loss of livelihoods and environmental destruction.
IMN commemorates anniversary of Lt. General Soleimani's martyrdom

Jan 04, 2023 12:25

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) have staged a peaceful protest to commemorate the third anniversary of the martyrdom of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
Nigerians commemorate 3rd martyrdom anniv. of Lt. Gen. Soleimani

Jan 04, 2023 04:30

Thousands of people across Nigeria commemorated the third martyrdom anniversary of Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, former Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, the Second-in-Command of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU).
Sheikh Zakzaky: US plot in Lt. Gen. Soleimani's case fails

Jan 03, 2023 10:17

The Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky stressed that the US plot in the assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, former Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), aimed at dominating the whole West Asia not only failed but also created more people like martyr Soleimani and boosted the morals of activists.
Nigeria Muslims rally to protest persecution of Shias in Azerbaijan

Dec 11, 2022 09:59

Members of the Islamic movement in Nigeria have rallied to condemn Azerbaijan's persecution and torture of Shia members of the Muslim Movement for Unity (MMU) and its leader Sheikh Haj Tale' Baqir Zadeh.