Tag: hijab
JAMB speaks on candidates removing hijab during registration
The board urged the public not to spread misleading information and encouraged people to seek clarification when in doubt. JAMB…
“Niqab is not a crime” – Hijab advocates decry brutal attacks in Lagos, Ibadan
One of the incidents occurred in Ibadan, where a pregnant woman donning the hijab and niqab was publicly harassed, physically…
MURIC applauds Navy for accepting Muslim parents’ wish on hijab
MURIC is indeed proud of the professionalism exhibited by the Nigerian Army in general and the Nigerian Navy in particular…
Hijab: Again, UI-ISI loses bid to stay execution of judgement
Tuesday’s ruling, therefore, means UI-ISI lost its application for a stay-of-execution regarding the usage of hijab by its female Muslim…
Hijab verdict: Lagos Muslim students recommend sack, jail for defaulters
The World Hijab Day is marked globally on February 1st to celebrate women wearing hijab and discourage discrimination.
MURIC asks Tinubu to intervene in ‘hijab affair’ in Lagos
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has appealed to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of…
Islamic organization knocks Omirhobo for wearing traditional attire to court
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has knocked a lawyer Malcolm Omirhobo for dressing like a traditional doctor to the Supreme…
Supreme Court approves hijab in Lagos schools
Lagos high court had in October 2014, ruled against the use of hijabs in schools, a judgement that was upturned…
Court bans Hijab in schools
The high court in Karnataka state delivered the verdict after considering petitions filed by Muslim students challenging a government ban…
10 Kwara colleges shut over Hijab reopen today
Kwara State Government has announced that the 10 schools involved in a recent hijab controversy in the state should reopen…
Crimes committed under the hijab
Females in public places adorning hijab-veil are now a cause of palpable fear and apprehension, instead of being symbols of…
Kwara Hijab controversy: Church of Nigeria speaks [Full statement]
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Ecclesiastical Province of Kwara, has called for a peaceful resolution of the Hijab controversy…
Hijab, Islamic assertiveness and female Muslim identity in Kwara schools
Farooq Kperogi presented an imbalanced take on the hijab crisis and growing Islamic assertiveness in schools in Kwara state.
Hijab in Kwara: Bad news doesn’t get better with time
Bad news doesn’t get better with time is an expression from the famous Black American five star General Colin Powell’s…
Hijab: Police restore normalcy in Ilorin, sue for peace
Kwara Police Command has restored peace and order after violence erupted on Wednesday in some of the Mission grant-aided schools…
Hijab: Schools defy Gov. Abdulrazaq, violence at Baptist Surulere
Violence erupted between Christians and Muslims at Surulere Baptist Secondary Ilorin today, as officials turned back Hijab-wearing students.
Hijab: Kwara shuts 10 missionary schools indefinitely
The Kwara Government has announced that the 10 grant-aided missionary schools will remain shut down over the Hijab (religious veil)…
Association to end Hijab phobia
The Federation of Muslim Women Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) has solicited for collaboration with interfaith platforms to end unfair criticisms…
Hijab: Student society urges Sanwo-Olu to end harassment
The Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Unit has asked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to stop hijab harassment…
Buhari urged to address religious discrimination
The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Unit, has called on both THE Federal and state governments…
World Hijab Day: Groups decry discrimination against women in hijab
A coalition of Islamic Group has decried continued discrimination against women in hijab, saying that prejudice against women in veil…
Modest Fashion: How to rock the Hijab
Yet being modest has never meant (and never will) that you need to give up on looking after yourself. Your hijab…
Saudi women drop Abaya, Hijab
Some rebel women have started to shun the obligatory abaya when they leave the house in a bold push for…
Hijab: Ex VP’s wife defends users’ fundamental human rights
The wife of former Vice President, Amina Namadi Sambo, on Sunday, said the harassment and intimidation of Muslim women wearing…
Hijab harassment: MSSN threatens to shutdown Lagos
The Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Unit has threatened to mobilise millions of its members to…
Hijab: Sambo’s wife decries harassment of Muslim women
Wife of former Vice President, Hajiya Amina Namadi Sambo, has decried the harassment of Muslim women wearing hijab in parts…
Photos: Adesua Etomi rocks Hijab
Nollywood actress, Adesua Etomi shared photos of herself on set rocking hijab for the movie titled “Up North”.
UI International School shut down over Hijab crisis
The International School of the University of Ibadan has been shut down indefinitely, following controversy over wearing of Hijab by…
UI International School rejects use of Hijab
The Board of Governors of the International School University of Ibadan, headed by the UI Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Adeyinka…
Hijab: UI-owned school insists on retaining dress code
The International School Ibadan (ISI) says it will continue to maintain the dress code of the 55-year-old institution.