The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sanctioned some of its accredited officials for demanding that a hijab-wearing candidate at Saturday’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination must remove her headgear. The officials, at one of the examination centres in Lagos,…
The Federal Government has approved the use of Hijab for female Muslim students. This was contained in a circular dated February 1, 2023, signed by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Andrew David Adejo. The circular was sent to…
Ogun State League of Imams and Alfas asked all female Muslim students in the state to begin wearing hijab in public schools. The development comes after its December meeting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The state’s Islamic leaders said…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised Nigerian Muslim students and their parents to avoid private universities owned by Christians. The body said such schools should be shunned pending the time the National Universities Commission (NUC) “sanitise them” The Director,…
Supreme Court has ruled that Muslim Female Students in Lagos State can wear hijab to school. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, who wrote the lead majority judgment, which was read by Justice Tijani Abubakar, dismissed the appeal on the grounds that the…
The Kwara Government has approved the use of hijab (veil worn by Muslim women) in state and grant-aided public schools. This is contained in a statement released by the Secretary to the Kwara Government, Mamma Jibril. Kwara government had on…
