One of the lawyers of Nigeria’s Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky says the Nigerian government is seeking to file a new lawsuit as part of attempts to keep him in Nigeria and prevent him from leaving the country for medical treatment.

Nigeria’s Kaduna state aims to foil Sheikh Zakzaky's release by filing a new charge against the prominent cleric, his attorney reveals.

The defense team of Nigeria's top Shia cleric Sheikh Zakzaky has adopted its final address to a Nigerian High Court submitting that there is no case against the Muslim cleric.

The prosecution in Sheikh Zakzaky’s trial finally completed the presentation of witnesses when the trial resumed in a Kaduna High Court where the Islamic cleric is standing trial for culpable homicide and other charges which he pleaded not guilty.

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Amnesty says the Nigerian government is desperately attempting to cover up the killing of a dozen citizens during peaceful protests in Nigeria’s biggest city of Lagos last October. 

Police in Nigeria shoot dead at least two protesters demonstrating against the continued detention of Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky and his wife, Mallimah Zeenat.