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TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Boko Haram terrorist group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the kidnapping of more than 300 students from a secondary school attacked last Friday in Katsina state, northwest Nigeria.
News ID: 3473414   Publish Date : 2020/12/15

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hundreds of Nigerian students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in the country's northwestern Katsina state, police have confirmed.
News ID: 3473392   Publish Date : 2020/12/13

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The 5th martyrdom anniversary of Nigerian Shia Muslims who were killed in Zaria, a major city in Kaduna State in northern Nigeria, will be held online on December 12.
News ID: 3473366   Publish Date : 2020/12/11

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Pope Francis condemned on Wednesday the killing of scores of farmers and villagers in northeast Nigeria by militants as a "terroristic massacre" that offended the name of God.
News ID: 3473297   Publish Date : 2020/12/02

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Supporters of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky held a rally in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja to demand the release of the top Muslim cleric.
News ID: 3473224   Publish Date : 2020/11/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least five worshippers were killed and 40 others kidnapped when armed gunmen attacked a mosque in northwestern Nigeria, local media reported Sunday.
News ID: 3473199   Publish Date : 2020/11/23

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hundreds of Nigerians held a demonstration in the capital Abuja to demand the release of top Muslim cleric Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky.
News ID: 3472756   Publish Date : 2020/10/07

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Islamic Movement in Nigeria called for the release of the African country’s top Shia cleric Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife.
News ID: 3472542   Publish Date : 2020/09/13

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) strongly condemned the recent brutal police attack on Shia mourners in the northern Kaduna state that left three Shias martyred.
News ID: 3472371   Publish Date : 2020/08/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) – At least three people were killed and dozens of others injured after Nigerian police attacked mourners marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam and grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), in the northern state of Kaduna.
News ID: 3472355   Publish Date : 2020/08/23

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission called on the Nigerian government to release the country’s top Shia cleric and his wife, who have been in jail since 2015 on baseless charges.
News ID: 3472131   Publish Date : 2020/07/29

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The lawyers of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky have called the High Court of Justice in Nigeria to dismiss his case and release their client and his wife immediately.
News ID: 3472030   Publish Date : 2020/07/18

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hundreds of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) members held a rally in the African country’s capital of Abuja to demand the release of the leader of the movement, Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky.
News ID: 3471932   Publish Date : 2020/07/08

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The United Nations on Saturday said two civilians including a five-year-old child were killed and an aid helicopter damaged in a terrorist attack in restive northeast Nigeria.
News ID: 3471898   Publish Date : 2020/07/05

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Participants in a meeting held via video conference by the Islamic Human Rights Commission underlined that the Nigerian government must be held accountable on the massacre of Shia Muslims in an army attack in Zaria.
News ID: 3471823   Publish Date : 2020/06/29

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Terrorists have killed at least 20 soldiers and more than 40 civilians and injured hundreds in twin attacks in north-east Nigeria, residents and a civilian task force fighter said.
News ID: 3471685   Publish Date : 2020/06/14

TEHRAN (IQNA) –  Boko Haram gunmen killed at least 69 people and razed a village to the ground in northern Nigeria's Borno state on Tuesday afternoon, three sources said.
News ID: 3471653   Publish Date : 2020/06/10

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) said holding any religious gathering in the holy month of Ramadan is prohibited due to the coronavirus outbreak.
News ID: 3471249   Publish Date : 2020/04/25

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A prayer leader has been arrested in Nigeria’s northern Kano State for leading Friday prayers despite a ban.
News ID: 3471217   Publish Date : 2020/04/21

TEHRAN (IQNA) – A number of students of religious schools founded by jailed Nigerian Shia leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky held a rally to voice solidarity with India’s Muslims.
News ID: 3470850   Publish Date : 2020/03/07