Tag: Tukur Buratai
Amnesty International wants probe of secret mass burial of Shiites in...
Claims by a Kaduna State official that Nigeria's military secretly buried 347 people after clashes with members of a minority Shiite Muslim sect should...
Shiites march in Kaduna, demand Zakzaky’s realese
Dozens of protesters carrying “Free Zakzaky” banners marched in Kaduna on Friday demanding the release of Ibrahim Zakzaky, the Nigerian Shiite leader who has...
Buratai orders all army officers to declare assets
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has directed all officers of the Nigerian Army who have not declared their assets to...
Shiites march through Kano to mark Muhammad’s birthday, killing of members
Hundreds of Shiite Muslims marched through Kano State on Thursday to mark both the birth of the Prophet Muhammad and the killing of hundreds...
Human Rights Watch accuses Nigerian soldiers of killing hundreds of Shiites
Hundreds of Shiite Muslims were killed by Nigerian soldiers and buried in mass graves in an "unjustified" attack earlier this month, Human Rights Watch...
American Muslims protest Shiite killing as northern governors hold emergency meeting
Some Muslims in American on Friday held a demonstration in New York to condemn the massacre of Shiites by Nigerian troops just as northern...
Nigerian military commutes death sentence of 66 soldiers to 10 years
The military announced a reprieve Saturday for 66 soldiers sentenced to death by firing squad for mutiny and trying to kill their commanding officer...
Many feared killed as Boko Haram attacks army chief’s village
Boko Haram gunmen launched a dawn raid Saturday on the hometown of Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, triggering a fierce gun...
US, CAN, NSCIA call for investigation of Shiite deaths
The United States of America on Wednesday urged the Nigerian government to investigate reports of a large number of deaths over the weekend in...
Army evacuates dead Zakzaky followers after clashes in Kaduna
Troops on Monday evacuated the bodies of Shiite Muslims killed in two days of clashes with the army in northern Zaria, home base of...