The Police Command in Kaduna State said it has banned all forms of unlawful gathering by the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria including its planned Ashura procession. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, announced the ban in a statement issued…
*Ikoyi building collapse: Sanwo-Olu suspends Lagos building agency boss (Punch)*NNPC allays fear over fuel scarcity (Vanguard)
Ikoyi building collapse: Sanwo-Olu suspends Lagos building agency boss (Punch) Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the suspension of the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, Mr. Gbolahan Oki, The governor also said the government will…
FG outlawed criminality of IMN, not freedom of worship, Presidency explains (Guardian)
Presidency says the prescription of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has nothing to do with banning the larger numbers of peaceful and law-abiding Shi’ites in the country from practicing their religion. A statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior…
Three killed as Shiites, police clash again over El-Zakzaky (Guardian)
Some members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) again clashed with security agencies yesterday over the continued detention of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. The Shiites leader has remained incarcerated despite several court rulings ordering the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration…
Shi’ites storm National Assembly, force Reps to adjourn plenary (Punch)
Protesting members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria on Wednesday stormed the National Assembly, Abuja, forcing the House of Representatives to end its plenary abruptly. Chanting solidarity songs and demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakyzaky, the Shi’ite members…
How FG spends N3.5 million feeding El-Zakzaky monthly – El Rufai (Guardian)
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained how the Nigerian government spends about N3.5 million on a monthly basis to feed the detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky since December 2015. Nigeria’s information minister…
Shiites allege fresh plot to kill El-Zakzaky (Guardian)
Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), popularly called Shiites, have alleged fresh plot to kill its leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky A leader of the group, Abdullahi Musa, disclosed this yesterday. He said: “We received information that the life of El- Zakzaky…