Nigeria

Zakzaky’s daughter:

No factor can prevent organizing Intl. Quds Day in Nigeria

TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) – Suhaila El-Zakzaky Daughter of Nigeria's top Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky said that no factor can prevent organizing International Quds Day in Nigeria.

97 Nigeirans killed in armed attacks in a week

TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – At least 97 people were killed and 58 others abducted over the last week in armed attacks in Nigeria.

ISIL attack in Nigeria leaves 31 dead

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – At least 31 military forces have been killed by ISIL terrorists in northeastern Nigeria.

Nigeria: Boko Haram attack kills 18, injures 21

TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – In a Boko Haram attack on Nigeria's northeastern town of Damasak, 18 people were killed and 21 others wounded.

1,158 displaced children in Nigeria infected by measles

TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) – According to a global medical volunteer group, at least 1,158 children have been infected by measles, a viral disease, in the Nigerian volatile northeast Borno State.

1,844 inmates escape after gunmen attack in S Nigeria

TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) said on Monday that 1,844 inmates escaped following an early hour gunmen attack on its custodial center in Owerri, the state capital of southern state of Imo in Nigeria.

19 Nigerian military forces killed in Boko Haram attack

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Nineteen people were killed in the attack by the Boko Haram terror organization in the northeastern state of Borno in Nigeria, according to media reports on Saturday.

Dozens of students abducted in northwest Nigeria

TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Gunmen in northwest Nigeria kidnapped around 30 students overnight from a forestry college near a military academy.

Zakzaki's supporters commemorate martyrs of Islamic Movement

TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Sheikh Zakzaki's supporters commemorated the martyrs of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday.

Nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls released

TEHRAN, Mar. 02 (MNA) – All 279 kidnapped students of Government Girls Secondary School in Jangebe in the Nigerian state of Zamfara were released, Dr. Bello Matawalle, the state governor, said on Tuesday.

300 schoolgirls in NW Nigeria kidnapped: report

TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – More than 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state have been abducted, media reported on Friday.

Policemen killed in attacks in south Nigeria

TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (MNA) – Two policemen have been killed in separate attacks on Wednesday by unknown gunmen in Anambra, a state in southern Nigeria.

Gunmen storm school, kidnap schoolboys & staff in Nigeria

TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – A group of gunmen has kidnapped an unknown number of students and staff members of a secondary school in Niger State.

Explosion injures 7 children in north Nigeria

TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – Seven children were injured following an accidental detonation of an object in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna on Tuesday, said a local official.

Four people killed in a fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria

TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – Four people were killed in explosion of a tanker carrying fuel in Nigeria.

Late Ayat. Mesbah Yazdi also famous among Sunnis: Zakzaki

TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaki, Leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), hailed salient characteristics of senior Iranian cleric late Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, saying the Ayatollah was famous not only among Shias but also Sunnis.

US presence in West Asia has come to its ending days: IMN

TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) – The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) issued a statement on the occasion of 1st martyrdom anniversary of Gen. Soleimani, stating that US presence in West Asia has reached its ending days.

Boko Haram in charge of kidnapping Nigerian students

TEHRAN, Dec. 15 (MNA) – Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of over three hundreds of schoolboys in the northwestern state of Katsina.

'Sheikh Zakzaki's sacrifice to thwart conspiracy of enemies'

TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – The Secretary of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought said that silence of the international bodies in the face of Zaria massacre reflects the multiple standards that govern international human rights.

Armed group abducts nearly 400 male students in Nigeria

TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) – An armed group has abducted nearly 400 male students at a boarding school in northern Nigeria, local media outlets reported on Saturday.

Death toll of Boko Haram's latest terrorist attack at 79

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – According to the latest data, Saturday's terror attack of Boko Haram on rice farmers in Borno, north of Nigeria, has killed 79 innocent people.

Iran condemns brutal attack on Nigerian farmers in Borno

TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman strongly condemned the recent brutal attack on Nigerian farmers in the northeastern state of Borno.

Gunmen attack Nigerian mosque, kill 5, abduct many: Report

TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – Gunmen attacked a Friday congregational mosque killing five worshippers and abducting many others in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Al-Zakzaki’s trial postponed till Jan. 25

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – A Kaduna State High Court sitting in the state capital has adjourned the trial of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria Ibrahim Al-Zakzaki, and his wife, Zeenat, till January 2021.

Soldiers kept killing people in Lagos protest, witnesses say

TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) – Written testimonies received by a judicial panel in Nigeria notes that soldiers have directly shot and killed people during protests in Lagos in early October.

People shot dead in public protest in Lagos, Nigeria

TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – A number of people have reportedly been shot dead or wounded at a protest against police brutality in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos.

Sheikh Zakzaky's health issues deteriorated in prison

TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – The daughter of the director of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) said that her parents' health is deteriorating due to deprivation of medical services in prison.