Police operatives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday arrested six members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in Abuja for alleged involvement in a violent protest. The spokesperson for the FCT Police Command, Mariam Yusuf, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the Shiites members destroyed public property and
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The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, has commended the National Executive Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), for withdrawing the invitation earlier offered to the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to address the association’s forthcoming Annual General Conference (AGC). Shiites’ commendation was stated in a letter addressed to
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Ambassador Rasheed Akinkuolie, has attributed the planned US visa restriction on Nigeria to the fear of Iranian attacks on American interests by Iranian sympathisers in Nigeria. Akinkuolie who is a retired Director of Trade and Investment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, noted that Nigeria might have been placed on the restriction list on account of its
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Another violent clash erupted late on Monday between riot police and followers of Hezbollah and the Amal movement in central Beirut after a social media post critical of the Shiite community and leadership surfaced. The video shows a man insulting the Shiite community in Lebanon, Shia Imams and leaders of Hezbollah and the Amal movement.
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