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Nigerian police martyr 3, injure 12 Ashura mourners in Sokoto: Report
Aug 21, 2021 03:00At least three people have been martyred and a dozen more wounded after police forces attacked a commemorative Ashura mourning procession held by local Shia Muslims in Nigeria’s northern state of Sokoto, a report says.
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Chibok schoolgirl freed in Nigeria seven years after abduction, governor says
Aug 08, 2021 11:07One abducted girl from the Nigerian town of Chibok has been freed and reunited with her parents seven years after Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped her and more than 200 of her classmates, Borno state's governor said on Saturday (August 7).
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Nigerian government seeking to file new lawsuit against Zakzaky: Lawyer
Aug 08, 2021 09:47A lawyer of Shia Muslim religious scholar Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky says the Nigerian government is seeking to file a new lawsuit against the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria as part of attempts to prevent him from leaving the country for medical treatment.
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Sheikh Zakzaky’s acquittal – triumph of truth over tyranny
Aug 06, 2021 16:21The recent verdict of the Nigerian Court absolving the illegally detained Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) of all accusations against him and his subsequent freedom, along with that of his wife, is indeed heartening for all conscientious people throughout the world.
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Nigeria’s Kaduna State seeks to foil Zakzaky's release by filing new charge: Lawyer
Aug 02, 2021 04:46A prominent Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist has revealed that the Kaduna State government has hastily filed a new charge against Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, and his wife in a desperate move to block their release.
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Nigerian Cleric Sheikh Zakzaky, wife freed from jail
Jul 29, 2021 01:43Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife were acquitted by a court in Nigeria’s central State of Kaduna of all the charges leveled against them.
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Over 120 students missing after Nigeria school raid: Church official
Jul 07, 2021 12:20About 125 students were still missing on Wednesday, but 28 others had been re-united with their families after an attack by armed men on a boarding school in Nigeria's Kaduna state, the head of the Kaduna Baptist conference said.
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UN: Years-long conflict in NE Nigeria killed 324,000 children under five
Jun 24, 2021 11:04A report released by the United Nations on Thursday says a 12-year-old conflict in northeast Nigeria has caused the deaths of some 324,000 children under five.
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Nigeria’s Boko Haram confirms death of notorious ringleader
Jun 17, 2021 07:04The Nigeria-based Boko Haram terrorist group has confirmed the death of its notorious ringleader, Abubakar Shekau, who was recently reported to have killed himself following clashes with rival terrorists similarly allied to Daesh.
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World Bank warns about rise in crimes in Nigeria due to surging inflation
Jun 16, 2021 11:47The World Bank has warned about surging inflation and soaring food prices that have pushed seven million people in Nigeria into poverty and are encouraging crimes.