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Nigerian Police on Monday clashed with hundreds of Shiites in the central area of Abuja, teargassing the demonstrators as they made attempt to enter the National Assembly, Premium Times report. Members of the Shia group, Islamic Movement in Nigeria, are campaigning the release of their leader...

A 58-year-old member of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) collapsed on Friday morning on learning that President Muhammadu Buhari had returned to the country. The man, a potato seller, is known as “Malam Ibrahim” (pictured) by locals at the popular Mararraban Jos, a few kilometers to...

Wife of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Ibraheem Zakzaky, Zeenat Zakzaky, has claimed that former President, Goodluck Jonathan ordered the murder of her three sons while President Muhammadu Buhari slaughtered thousands of the sect’s members. Zeenat alongside her...

In this open letter to Nigerians, Mohammed Zakzaky, oldest son Of Shiite leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky appeal to people to come to the aid of his father who is ‘being wearied down into a blind man.’ Read full letter below: Enough Is Enough: A Letter From Mohammed Zakzaky, Son Of Shiite Leader...