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Lagos loses hijab battle at Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court on Friday overruled Lagos State on its restriction of the use of hijab by female Muslim students of public schools in the state. In a split...

How hijab sparked crisis at Baptist Secondary School in Kwara – Principal

  Principal of Ijagbo Baptist High School, in Ijagbo, Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Francis Sunday Lambe, on Monday gave a graphic account of what led...

Hijab Crisis: How Kwara Government Failed To Act, Allowed Extremists To Injure Pupils, Teachers

    The Kwara State Government is complicit and failed to act on reports given to its concerning the planned attack on Oyun Baptist High School, in the Ijagbo...

State Shuts Schools As Protests Grow Over Ban On Hijab

    Authorities in southern India have ordered schools to shut as protests intensified over a ban on Islamic headscarves, also known as hijab, that has...

Hijab: I won’t introduce policies that will cause religious crisis in Oyo – Makinde

    Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Saturday declared that he will not introduce policies that will lead to a religious crisis in the state.  ...

We won’t allow Hijab in our school, Kwara CAN insists

    Christian Association of Nigeria( CAN) in Kwara State yesterday insisted that it will not allow the use of hijab in grant-aided mission schools in the...

One feared dead, other injured in Kwara hijab crisis

    Controversy over hijab-wearing by Muslim students in Oyun Baptist High School (OBHS) Ijagbo, Oyun local government area of Kwara state turned bloody on...

Hijab: 10 affected Kwara schools resume today

  Kwara state government has announced resumption of the ten mission schools affected in the hijab controversy for Monday. Permanent Secretary Kwara Ministry of...

Islamic Council attacks CAN on hijab, Appeal Court Justices

  The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) yesterday attacked  the   Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)  for opposing  the nomination of ...