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Three people were allegedly killed when police tried to dispel the Ashura procession embarked upon by members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, in Kaduna on Tuesday. Our correspondent gathered that the incident, which took place in the early hours of the day, caused confusion in Bakin...

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has announced a temporary suspension of its street protests. Ibrahim Musa, president of the media forum of IMN, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. read more

Less than three days after a court outlawed activities of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) in the country, members of the group staged a protest in Abuja. The Shi’ites, who converged on Apo in the nation’s capital, chanted: “Free El-Zakyzaky”. Upon sighting them, some residents took to...

The Nigerian government in its formal rejection of the 2015/2016 annual report of Amnesty International, AI, which accused the country’s security and military forces of “extreme” human rights abuses declared the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, a security threat and compared it to the...

The United States government has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the release of Shiite Muslims leader, El Zakzaky from detention. “On Dec. 5th, the Kaduna State Government in Nigeria issued a long-awaited White Paper on clashes last year that resulted in the deaths of a reported...