Hijab

The Supreme Court recently gave a decision permitting the usage of the hijab in all state-run institutions, and the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, Lagos Unit, has requested that the Lagos State Government release a circular…

A Kano Sharia Court on Thursday, June 23, ordered that a 28-year-old man, Badamasi Abubakar, who pleaded guilty to lifting a woman’s veil, also known as Hijab, without her consent be remanded in a correction centre. Abubakar, who…

The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Unit, has called on the state government to issue within 30 days a circular that allows Muslim female students to wear hijab, following Supreme Court ruling. Malam…

Supreme Court has approved that Muslim female students in Lagos state wear hijab to school without harassment or discrimination. In a majority decision, Nigeria’s apex court gave the ruling on Friday, June 17 in Abuja, stating that…

There'd been a four-month shutdown due to a crisis sparked by the wearing of the Hijab. Now the Kwara State Government has declared the reopening of Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo; for pupils to resume academic activities. Hijab…

A number of persons sustained injuries on Thursday as a protest over the use of hijab took a turn for the worse in Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo, Oyun LGA of Kwara state. The use of hijab has been generating controversy in public…

Kwara State Government has shut 10 grant-aided missionary schools indefinitely as a result of the controversy over the use of Hijab - head covering scarf. The government initially approved the use of Hijab and directed the schools to…

Kwara State government has approved the use of hijab by female Muslim students in all public schools including Christian missionary schools aided by government grants. The directive was disclosed in a statement released by Secretary to…

A 9-year-old female student has dragged the Ogun govt to court for allegedly violating her fundamental human right to use Hijab, demanding N1m. The student of Gateway Junior Secondary School, Aisha AbdulAleem dragged the State government…

The use of hijab approved by the Lagos State Government after series of heated debate on whether Muslim female students should be allowed to wear the head and body covering to schools. This was contained in a circular by the state…

Firdaus Amasa, the Nigerian law graduate who made news last December after the Nigerian law school refused to call her to bar because she was wearing a Hijab, was today allowed to take part in the Call to bar ceremony wearing a small…

Law graduate, Firdaus Amasa made news headlines last year when she wasn't called to bar with her set because she refused to remove her hijab. It has now been revealed that she will be allowed to be called to bar, but there are conditions,…

On Wednesday, an Iranian woman was sentenced to 2 years in prison for removing her hijab in public. The woman, in an act of defiance, removed her headscarf on Enghelab Street in the capital city of Tehran. She was arrested…

The Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike over the controversy on hijab. Amasa Firdaus, a graduate of the Nigeria Law School, was denied her called to bar for wearing a…

As the debate on whether or not female Muslim Law students and lawyers are permitted to wear a hijab while adorning their wigs and robs continues, the president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Abubakar Mahmoud, has said that the…