Nigeria

Nigerian state bans main Shia group led by Zakzaky

Oct 08, 2016 05:41

The Nigerian state of Kaduna has declared a mainstream Shia group led by Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky as illegal as a state crackdown against the Muslim community continues.
UN says donations needed to avert death of 75,000 starving Nigerian kids

Sep 29, 2016 16:13

The United Nations warns that tens of thousands of children will die in northeastern Nigeria over the next year if international donors don't rush to help them.
Nigeria given 7-day ultimatum to release Shia cleric Zakzaky

Sep 28, 2016 13:22

A group in Nigeria has renewed its demand for the unconditional release of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky from detention.
Nigeria police attack Zakzaky supporters

Sep 23, 2016 09:58

Nigerian police have attacked a protest rally by Shia Muslims demanding the release of Nigerian Shia leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
Plot to ban the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN)

Sep 15, 2016 04:24

The Nigerian government, which last December after receiving millions of dollars from the heretical Wahhabi regime of Saudi Arabia, ordered its military to massacre in cold blood a peaceful rally of Shi’a Muslims in Zari’a and to detain the popular leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaki, is now playing politics again, and this time through the judiciary to further persecute the followers of the School of the Prophet’s Ahl al-Bayt. Now we have a report in this regard.
Deputy FM: Iran discussing Sheikh Zakzaky's health conditions, freedom with Nigeria

Sep 11, 2016 09:10

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari voiced his country's serious concern over the continued imprisonment and unfavorable health conditions of Nigeria's leading Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky.
About 38 dead, 92,000 left homeless by Niger floods

Sep 08, 2016 09:42

Recent heavy floods in Niger have killed more than three dozen people and left tens of thousands of others homeless, a United Nations (UN) report says.
Nigeria army detains suspected Avengers militants

Sep 07, 2016 12:08

Nigeria’s army says it has arrested militants suspected of working with Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), including their leader, for conducting sabotage activities against the country’s oil and gas facilities.
Gunmen abduct 15 oil workers in southern Nigeria

Sep 03, 2016 11:58

Gunmen have abducted 15 workers of a major Nigerian oil facility in the south as unrest continues to plague the African country’s main source of revenue.
Boko Haram leader injured in airstrike: Nigeria president

Aug 28, 2016 10:18

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed that Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group, has been injured in an airstrike.