Tag: shiites
-
Security alert in Abuja as proposed protests by Shiites panic residents
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria will again today storm the nerve centre of Nigeria as they continue protesting the detention of their leader, El-Zaky Zaky. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that this singular development has sent jitters across the Federal Territory Capital (FCT), the seat of government in Nigeria. Unconfirmed reports have it that the protesters in…
-
Police killed two during processions in Zaria, Kaduna, says Shiites
Heavily armed policemen on Sunday allegedly opened fire on Shiites members and religious mourners in Zaria and Kaduna soon after completing this year’s Ashura processions, the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has said. It will be recalled that celebrating Ashura is a religious rite held by Shiites globally on the 10th of Muharram Islamic calendar.…
-
Police disperse protesting Shi’ites members in Abuja
The police on Monday in Abuja dispersed a protest by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), popularly called Shi’ites. The protest took place along Aguyi Ironsi Way in Maitama District. A statement by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police spokesman DSP Anjuguri Manzah said: “The sect members, who went berserk and attacked the…
-
Shiites speaks on El-Zakzaky’s ‘death’
Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shi’ites, have denied rumors that their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky is dead. In a statement on its official Twitter page, the IMN spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, urged Nigerians to ignore the reports. He said: “Contrary to the rumours making the rounds that the illegally detained…
-
Army/IMN clash: Group asks court to stop IMN Spokesman, Musa, KDGH others from publishing book
The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency, CESJET, has approached the state high court in Kaduna asking for an order to stop the spokesman of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim Musa, from publishing a book on the clash between the IMN and the Nigeria Army saying it is capable of jeopardizing the ongoing…
-
Justice will catch up with you, IMN attacks Gov. El-Rufai
The Islamic Movement of Nigeria has issued a stern rebuke of Governor Nasir El-Rufai over the continuous detention of its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife in Kaduna Correctional Centre. In a statement on Sunday, the group’s spokesman Ibrahim Musa lambasted El-Rufai over his recent comments justifying Zakzaky’s detention and vowing never to release…
-
Fear as Anti-Trump protests spread, Shiites burn US flags in Abuja
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’tes on Monday protested the United States killing of Qasem Soleimani. They marched in a procession through Banex, Wuse Area to Burger roundabout in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja The members also demanded the unconditional release of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and…
-
El-Zakzaky fate not hanging on El-Rufai, Shiites fires back at FG
Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has faulted the Federal Government’s claim that the fate of its leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, lies in the hands of Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The proscribed IMN, also known as Shi’ites, said the attack, arrest and detention of El-Zakzaky were masterminded by Federal Government agencies in the past four…
-
Police, Shiites clash in Sokoto
The police and members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shiites clashed on Friday evening at the old airport area of Sokoto. Residents and passers- by had to scamper for safety as motorists and those on foot deserted the area for fear of being hurt. There was however noo casualty…
-
Shi’ites react as court orders DSS to transfer El-Zakzaky, wife to Kaduna
A Kaduna High Court on Thursday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to transfer the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also called the Shi’ites, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, to the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Kaduna. This is to allow his lawyers and doctors have easy access to them. But…