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Nigeria:
Aregbesola Threatens to Expel Students 'Wearing Choir Robes' to Schools
Vanguard, 14 June 2016
The Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Tuesday said students who wore unauthorised cloths to any public schools in the State would be expelled henceforth. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hijab Crisis - How Osun Schools Turned Religious War Theatres
Vanguard, 15 June 2016
The threat of religious disorder that would have resulted from Christian leaders in Osun State asking Christian students to appear in church service robes in their classrooms,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Osun Hijab Crisis - Aregbesola Threatens Students 'Disobeying School Rules'
Premium Times, 14 June 2016
Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, said on Tuesday that students found disobeying school rules in the state risk expulsion. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hijab - Religious Crisis Looms in Osun
Vanguard, 14 June 2016
As students of public primary and secondary schools in Osun State resume today after June 12 public holiday, there are strong indications that Christians and Muslims in the state… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hijab Crisis - Drama in Osun As Pupils Wear Church Garments to Public School
This Day, 14 June 2016
The Hijab crisis took a new dimension on Tuesday in Osun state as some students , appeared in their schools in choir robes and other church garments. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Group Asks Osun to Implement Ruling On Hijab in Schools
Guardian, 14 June 2016
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged the Osun State government to give vent to the court ruling on wearing hijabs in schools, urging her to ignore the threat from the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Osun Muslim Community Urges Can to Respect Judgement On Hijab
Daily Trust, 12 June 2016
The Osun State Muslim Community has urged the state chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to respect the judgement of the state High Court on the use of hijab by female… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Osun Hijab Crisis - CAN Warns of 'Christian Garments' in Public Schools
Premium Times, 10 June 2016
The Osun State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has warned that Christian students in public schools will start wearing church garments to school if Governor… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Celebration As Court Upholds Use of Hijab in Osun Schools
Guardian, 10 June 2016
For the Muslim girls in Osun State public secondary schools, it was a new dawn as the State High Court declared that the female students are free to wear hijab in their schools. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hijab Crisis - Osun Can Orders Christian Students to Attend Classes in Church Robes
Vanguard, 10 June 2016
Osun State Christian Association of Nigeria, OSCAN, has directed all female Christian students in both primary and secondary schools in the state to wear their church garments to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Tension in Osun Over Hijab in Public Schools
This Day, 10 June 2016
Palpable tension on Tuesday enveloped some schools in different parts of Osun State including Osogbo, the state capital, over the use of hijab by female Muslim students during… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Tension in Osun Over Court Judgement On Use of Hijab
Daily Trust, 9 June 2016
There was a palpable tension on Thursday in some schools in different parts of Osun State including Osogbo, the state capital, over the controversy on the use of hijab by female… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Christians Threaten to Wear Church Garments to School If Hijab Is Allowed in Osun
This Day, 9 June 2016
The Osun State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has threatened that Christians in the state public schools will start wearing church garments to school if… Read more »