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Nigeria: No Long Hijabs in NYSC Camps, DG Insists
Daily Trust, 24 November 2015
Worried about insecurity in the country, Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi has insisted that the use of long hijabs in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Concern Over Hijab Ban At Youth Corps Camps
Premium Times, 25 November 2015
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has rejected the purported ban on Hijab in the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, camps. Read more »
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Nigeria: Hijab Should Be in NYSC Camps, Says MURIC
Daily Trust, 25 November 2015
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has warned the Director General of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi against the restriction placed on… Read more »
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Nigeria: Society Counters Soyinka's Rejection of Faith-Based Uniforms
Daily Trust, 25 November 2015
The Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit (MSSN Lagos) has faulted the statement credited to Prof. Wole Soyinka that faith-based uniform be disallowed in… Read more »
Nigeria Youth Corps Bans Hijab in Camps
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi, has insisted that the use of long hijabs be barred in the youth camps.
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Muslims are outraged at a ruling by an Ikeja High Court to maintain a ban on Hijab in public primary and secondary schools. Read more »
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Dozens of traders and passersby were killed when two suspected female suicide bombers dressed in full hijab allegedly detonated bombs hidden under their garments, witnesses and ... Read more »
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Speaking at the World Hijab Day celebration in Abuja, wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Amina Mohammed Namadi Sambo, said the hijab is for protecting women from indecent men and ... Read more »
