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Takfiri terrorists kill 14 troops in ambush in western Niger
Dec 27, 2019 05:19Fourteen troops were killed when “heavily-armed terrorists” ambushed a convoy in the western Niger region of Tillaberi, the interior ministry said Thursday.
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Seven killed in Nigeria terrorist attack on Christmas Eve
Dec 25, 2019 13:25Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists have killed seven people on Christmas Eve in a raid on a Christian village near the town of Chibok in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, local militia and residents say.
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Delay in Sheikh Zakzaky’s release raises doubts in Nigerian gov’t
Dec 19, 2019 05:51Sections of the Nigerian press have begun to express doubts on Nigeria’s claim to be a functioning democracy, by noting that Mohammadu Buhari first took power in 1983 in a military coup as a general, long before his election in 2015 as a democratically elected president, who earlier this year began his second term – on the basis of questionable voting.
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Study shows India, China, Nigeria lead world in pollution-linked deaths
Dec 19, 2019 05:02India leads the world in pollution-linked deaths, followed by China and Nigeria, according to a new study that estimates the global impact of contaminants in the air, water and workplace.
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Boko Haram attack village in western Chad, 14 killed
Dec 18, 2019 12:08Boko Haram Takfiri militants have attacked a village in western Chad near the border of northeast Nigeria, leaving 14 people killed and 13 others unaccounted for.
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Islamic institute condemns Nigeria for ‘inhumane’ treatment of Sheikh Zakzaky
Dec 17, 2019 12:11Al-Mustafa International University, an Islamic academic institution, has condemned the Nigerian government’s “inhumane” and “unlawful” treatment of jailed senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky as well as the silence of the international community and so-called human rights organizations on the crime.
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Iran pursuing case of Nigerian cleric's health via diplomatic channels: Foreign Ministry
Dec 09, 2019 04:00Iran constantly pursues the case of Nigeria’s top Shia Cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky through diplomatic contacts with the Nigerian government in line with efforts to help improve his health, says the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman.
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Nigeria transfers Sheikh Zakzaky, wife to 'dilapidated' jail
Dec 06, 2019 09:09Nigerian authorities transfer top Shia cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, and his wife to a dilapidated prison, where many detainees have so far died due to lack of medical attention.
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Nigerian Muslim leader languishing in jail despite court's ruling
Dec 03, 2019 09:39In a statement issued to the press, the Islamic movement in Nigeria described the continuous detention of Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat as one of the worst violations of the rule of law.
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The deafening silence on Sheikh Zakzaky
Nov 17, 2019 14:22There is hardly any news about the condition and whereabouts of the Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) ever since his abrupt return to his country from an Indian hospital three months ago and his whisking away by the Nigerian security forces to an undisclosed destination.